File 3893/1912 'Persia: Bakhtiari Khans and the Lynch Road; Bakhtiari-Mohammerah relations' [‎32r] (68/308)

Your Excellency’s request, therefore, if complied with involves far more than
merely a personal appeal to the goodwill of the Shaikh ; it will have a detrimen
tal effect on interests which appear to outweigh those by which your proposal
was prompted. In respect to the latter interests, I gather from one of Reuter’s
1 telegrams that Salar-ed~Dowlah is off the bill of fare for the time being, and
regarding the probability of the Bakhtiari veering towards the Russians, it does
not appear from the final sentence of your despatch to the Foreign Office of
February 28th, No. 46, that the danger of such a development is regarded by you
as very lively or grave.
Telegram P., No. 256-891, dated 18th May 1913.
From-—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. ,
To—His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran.
My telegram No. 254. Following from His Majesty’s Vice-Consul, Ahwaz.
Begins :—
(1) Haji Rais informed me that when at Band-i-Qir he saw a private letter
from the Khans to Jang telling the latter to do all he could to get 50,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
for the lands but in the last resort to accept tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 30,000. I have no reason to
doubt the accuracy of this.
(2) The Jarrahi lands were owned in the following proportions by the
various Khans
Samsam-es-Sultaneh ^th.
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. Jang and Amir Mufakham jointly Jth,
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. Muhtasham ^th.
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. Ashjaa Jth.
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. Assad ^-th.
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. Zaffar Jth.
All the property of 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. Jang and Amir Mufakham is held jointly and so
they cannot object to the terms.
Samsam’s objection cannot be serious as all his affairs are managed by
Murtaza Quli Khan. 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. Ashjaa tells me that the 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. Jang’s arrange
ment meets with his unreserved approval.
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. Zaffar is in Europe and cannot be a party to the present objections.
There remain therefore only Muhtasham and Assad and I submit that in
view of the foregoing considerations the attitude of the latter two cannot be said
to voice the opinion of the majority of the Khans.
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