File 52/1912 Pt 3 'Persia Diaries' [‎115v] (241/1128)

enquire carefully and submit a full report.
,0. Bn'uk /X “n'w^ "aM dat.^
value of tbe Indian goods for im^ j - ^ ^ rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. . The rate for com-
^ o f W
40 This again constitutes a record.
11. Yesterday the . lns ^ iSlL Mu^^d near
the command of Captain ^hue, r Jnnation with the work of the Military
Bujnurd and the Russian liontier m c B qj ^., arrived at Meshed
I 1 officers. Captain Ato-Samad Shah has accompanied
this force as Political as well as Intelligence officer.
i -%r n T \riaitpd the Governor General on tx_e litn. ills
12. General MaHeson an ' _ ^ ohject with which the
SSrSa's^SiSS, mp 5 “»“»*"? "- v ic
,3. I„ ^7^«‘f ”g2 CKS: ShtittbS ouT,S-
to settle an account with the I m pe t( .. utm08t patience and indulegnce
ing for nearly a year and in regar t Ruggian CoBsnkte General, I was compelled
has been shewn to the firn ^ to take aome strong steps to obtain
with the approval of H*' * j- . _; ven mv colleague due warning in
a settlement; and on Thursday last My colleagS at
writing, posted a ^ ird tter but [ informed him that the party would not
once came round to ' ^ a promise fo ^tfog that the amount
fotimKTte^ - d admitted by him to be due by the firm, would be paid
vdthin ten days. This undertaking he has not yet gn en.
Twill prihly have to confiscate and sell the firm’s wool to realise the
necessary sum for payment of the debt.
^ «. • TVo Panrasian nartv are quiet and have given m> col-
14. Russian M MaximoS has twice written to me urging the appomt-
leaguenofu^rtroub . Turb at>i-Haidan, rice our present Agent,
S^hutltve^ Ms
“^ht mT^”^Ifttr’ais, whose wife has recovered.
15. Persian ant Gennan
Closed their "^^^eTwork thev have°accomplished recently is the des-
patch df^a'riolSon'to tlm Kawwam begging that the prices of certain articles ot
food may be reduced.
and ar Austrian. The Governor of Jam will be informed.
17 We have not yet succeeded in effecting the dismissal of . th , e , h -‘
directed that hiswork
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18. One Riza Rnan, supposeu pf i ^ Drofession with some
time in Kirman where e „ at Turbat-i-Haidari and sent to Meshed
success, was recently arrested by offic( l Coinnianding here . This he failed to do,
with orders to repor ^ tte lic<j at tbe instanC e of the Kawwam.
and was re-arrested during^ tha | be bal l a Turkish passport and also a
He seems to have told o . ri , lsSe3S i 0 r but neither of these have been found,
^‘reference ^o'Kirman reveals that Riza’i case was examined by General Sykes