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File 3893/1912 'Persia: Bakhtiari Khans and the Lynch Road; Bakhtiari-Mohammerah relations' [20r] (44/308)
The record is made up of 1 volume (152 folios). It was created in 1912-1913. 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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CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1891, dated Bushire, the 15th (received 23rd) June 1913.
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From— -Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., Political Resi
dent in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Bushire,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department,
In continuation of my letter No. 1819, dated 7th June 1913, I have the (
No. 7-33, dated gth June 1913. honour to forward, for the information of
...... the Government of India, a copy of the
marginally cited telegram which has been received from His Majesty’s Vice-
Consul at Ahwaz, now in Ispahan, with regard to the situation on the Ahwaz-
Ispahan road.
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Telegram P., No. 7-23, dated (and received) gth June 1913.
From—His Majesty’s Vice-Consul, Ahwaz (Ispahan), L ^
To—His Majesty's Minister, Tehran. (Repeated Resident, Bushire.)
o foreign office
5 AUG 1913
Letters have just been received by me dated Malamir, May 30th, from
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
-i-Jang, in which he states that he is now awaiting the arrival of 300 road
guards of the Bahmai and Tebi tribes. His intention is to post these on the
section from ^ Malamir to Shalil leaving to the Bakhtiari guards the Shalil-
Dopulan section. The road, he says, will then remain safe and he begs me to
assure Your Excellency that this will be so.
The 30,000
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
, which the Young Khans embezzled from the Revenues
last year^ he again repeats, have not yet been refunded to him. He asserts that
unless this is done he cannot continue to meet the heavy expenses which are
at present being incurred by him, and that he will have to resign the likhani-
ship.
C3iFD«44—28*6*13—GCBPS Simla
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda and notes relating to the security on the Ahwaz to Isfahan Road (this road was also known as the Lynch Road). It also contains correspondence concerning the relations between the Bakhtiari clans and the Shaikh of Mohammerah over the Jerrahi lands.
Family trees (folio 121; folio 141) of the branches of the Bakhtiari Khans ( Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. family) are supplied in an attempt to understand the feuds impacting on British interests. Also mentioned in the correspondence is the Bakhtiari Oil Fields Company and arms trafficking taking place.
The principal correspondents are His Majesty's Vice-Consul and Assistant Resident, Ahwaz (Captain A J H Grey); First Assistant Resident (Captain R L Birdwood); 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. (Sir Percy Zachariah Cox); and Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Simla (Sir Henry McMahon).
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- 1 volume (152 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 152; 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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- File 3893/1912 'Persia: Bakhtiari Khans and the Lynch Road; Bakhtiari-Mohammerah relations'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:151v, 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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