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File 3893/1912 'Persia: Bakhtiari Khans and the Lynch Road; Bakhtiari-Mohammerah relations' [26r] (56/308)
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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"O.lfQfi of 1913
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From
Lioutonant Colonel Sir P.Z. Cox,
political Roaident in the Persian Golf
• *
To
The Hcm , bl« Lieutenant Colonel
Sir A. - f . rc fahan, G.C.V.O., K.C.I.S., C.S.I.,
Secretary to the G vernment of India
in the Foreign 'Department, Simla*
D^ted Bushire, 50th M a y 1913*
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With reference to my letter v o.2741 dated 25th October
1912, I have the honour to forward, for the information of
?*q. 57/L67 dated 19th Far oh 1913. } the Government of India,
' - C
a copy of the marginally cited letter which has been received
from Lis Majesty's Vice-Consul at Ahwas, in which are given
certain corrections to the list of Rakhtlari Khans, forwarded
in ny letter above mentioned.
I have etc.,
Sd/- P. Z. Cox
Lieutenant Colonel
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.
.
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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- IOR/L/PS/10/304
- Title
- File 3893/1912 'Persia: Bakhtiari Khans and the Lynch Road; Bakhtiari-Mohammerah relations'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:151v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence