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'Memorandum of information received during the month of August 1909, relating to affairs in Persia, and on the Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf' [‎5r] (9/14)

The record is made up of 1 file (7 folios). It was created in 1909. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Akbar Mirza, stated that, though the latest
assurances regarding the ZiPs property were
annulled by his return to Persia contrary to
the advice of His Majesty’s Government, he
believed that the older assurances, promising
protection to his life, honour, and family should
he remain loyal to the Shah, still held good,
and he begged that, if this view of his was held
by His Majesty’s Government, Sir G. Barclay
might be instructed to help him to return to
Europe safely. Sir E. Grey proposed to reply
to this communication that, though His
Majesty’s Government were dispensed from
all guarantees when the Zil-es-Sultan returned
to Persia against their advice, the British
Government would do what they could to
facilitate his exit to Europe. Sir G. Barclay
who was again approached by the sons of the
Zil-es-Sultan, though he was of opinion
that the latter by neglect of the advice which
had been given to him, had forfeited all claim
to our intervention based on the assurances
given by His Majesty’s Government, proposed
to express to the Persian Government his
hope that the Zil would be allowed to return
in safety to Europe, and to ask his Bussian
colleague to join with him in the re
presentation.
3. (Vide paragraph 5 of the Memo-
Telegraph lines in randum for July 1909.')
Persia. On the 2nd August
1909, His Britannic Majesty’s Minister, Tehran,
reported to His Majesty’s Government that
the new Persian Minister of Telegraphs had
asked the Indo-European Telegraph Depart
ment to erect the second line from Tehran to
Shahrud in the autumn. Sir G. Barclay
suggested that a definite reply should be
avoided as long as possible, in view of the
connection between this and the question of
the exchange of telegraph lines; and of the
necessity of postponing the latter question
until the Arabistan Convention had been sub
mitted to the Persian Assembly.
4. (Vide 'paragraph 6 of the Memoran-
The Russian Bank in duw> for July 1909.)
Seistan. The local Manager of
the Imperial Bank has informed His Britannic
Majesty’s Consul-General at Meshed that the
question of the transfer to the Imperial Bank
of Persia of the liabilities of the Russian Bank
in Seistan has fallen through owing to the
departure of the former Manager of the
Russian Bank; hi# that, should he return,
it will possibly be re-opened.
5. (Vide paragraph 7 of the Memo-
Proposed establish, randum for July and
ment of a Customs paragraph 4 Of the
Bureau at Birjand. Memorandum for June
1909!) The Persian Customs Department

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The file consists of a memorandum written by Leonard William Reynolds, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, at Simla, 1 September 1909.

Based upon a series of reports it covers: the situation in Persia - Azerbaijan, Shiraz, and Kerman; the Zil-es-Sultan; telegraph lines in Persia; the Russian Bank and Russian Consular Staff in Seistan; the proposed establishment of a customs Bureau at Birjand; the Russian Military Attaché in Seistan; the seizure of a Maskat [Muscat] dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. by the Italian authorities on the Benadir coast; the opening of a dispensary at Matrah by the American Mission at Maskat; Persia's claim to sovereignty over Bahrain; Nejd affairs; an attempt by Turkish authorities to register the Shaikh of Koweit [Kuwait] as a Turkish subject; and the murder of certain subjects of the Chief of Abu Thabi by residents of Taona.

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1 file (7 folios)
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This file consists of a single memorandum, and includes a table of contents (f 2).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the outside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 7; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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