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File 348/1913 Pt 1 'Persia: Kerman affairs; proposal to finance the governor; Proposal to appoint British officers' [118v] (241/288)
The record is made up of 1 volume (140 folios). It was created in 11 Dec 1909-16 Dec 1913. 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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I saw the Governor General yesterday, and he puts his case as follows
He is destitute of funds and the Persian Government owes him on account
ne is months the sum of
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10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
40,000. This sum
■ { h L S a t Ssltelv lute immediately, and if he does not get it. he will be
,S \,An P nter oTanrexpedition, or to remain on as Governor. He is support-
bfhimself on loans with difficulty, and is beginning to be obliged to part with
hif Bakht ari forces. He demands that the Ass.stant Fmanc.al Agent s accounts
be subiected to examination (he has had no access to them) w.th special reference
to the collection of revenue in kind. If within ao days he is given the
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
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Shfu'lTh" luiftaJdala, Llg, the tribe, -ill get «« .1 lund, the toad, .ill be
closed, and disturbances will commence in the city.
My own views (please remember that I am not entirely new to Persia and
the Bakhtiaris) are as follows:—
We should accept case put forward by the Governor, and do all m our power
to meet his wants speedily. Any change of Governor and equally further pro-
1 nmaet inaction on his oart would be disastrous. In either case we shall have
to face the closing of the routes which is the one matter of real importance to us.
I think that there is no reason to question but that he is without funds an
cannot in present circumstances raise them except by criminal force. I sha t y
and find out what Lecoffre can and will do. Neither of us has as yet seen him.
You will probably press the Tehran authorities to instruct Lecoffre to meet the
Governor’s demands so far as may be just and possible without delay, but it is to
be anticipated that he will in any case demand time, and I would recommend for
your consideration the expediency of our being prepared to give within three weeks
pecuniary help to the Governor, if possible against the security of the Kerman
revenue.
The Governor General repeats his promises to co-operate heartily with
Lecoffre each acting strictly within his own sphere. He professes to have proots
of dishonesty on part of Assistant Financial Agent, and asks for the right ot
inspection, without that of control, of revenue accounts.
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The volume comprises correspondence between: the 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. , the Foreign Office, the Foreign Secretary for India, the British Consul for Kerman, the British Minister at Tehran, and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , regarding affairs in Kerman.
The subjects are:
- a proposal to finance the Governor General of Kerman for purpose of restoring order;
- Kerman finances;
- the state of the Bunder Abbas-Kerman roads;
- a proposal to appoint a British officer to organise the provincial forces, opposed by the Government of India because 'it may open the door for a similar Russian demand for Russian officers in the Russian zone';
- the despatch of 200 Swedish gendarmes to the Province;
- the appointment of a new Governor-General.
The volume comprises part 1 of two. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (140 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.The subject 348 (Kerman affairs) consists of two volumes IOR/L/PS/10/334-335: part 1 in the first and part 2 in the second volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 142; 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. The fold out on f 128 is a bookmark and so is marked with an 'A'.
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- File 348/1913 Pt 1 'Persia: Kerman affairs; proposal to finance the governor; Proposal to appoint British officers'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:141v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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