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The next preoccupation was the removal of people who
in other countries are called patriots, as their desires, which
were directed only towards the welfare of their own country
rather than the “harmonious manner of working with the
two legations” (as Sir G. Barclay expressed it so charmingly),
traversed the pretty design of a rapid partition of Persia: the
leaders of the democratic party.
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Twenty of these inconvenient patriots were exiled from
Teheran in the spring of 1912 or at least urgently invited to
take a trip to Europe! J ) Amongst them there were Hussein
Kuli Khan Nawwab 2 ) Wahid-ul-Mulk, Suleiman Mirza and
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. Mohy, the hopes of the Young-Persian party 3 ).
According to the opinion of England and Russia, the final
word on the subject of the definite destruction of Persian
liberty could now be pronounced. The empty state of the Per
sian exchequer and the claims to compensation which the
two powers (who had really caused the disturbances by
concentrating their troops) made on the Persian Government
for damage done to Anglo-Russian property, offered a welcome
pretext for extorting new demands in return for the payment
of insignificant amounts. Grey is prepared to grant an Anglo-
Russian loan of £200,000 (!) if Persia:
1. employs the £ 100,000 granted by England for the
organisation of the Swedish Gendarmerie in the South, that
is to say chiefly for British commercial purposes.
2. If the Shah who had fled to Russia and whose friend
liness towards Russia was feared by Grey, again received a
pension from Persia.
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J ) English Blue Books Persia No. 1 ( 1913 ) No. 128 . The new English
minister Sir W. Towniey having admitted that nothing could be proved
against these men, adds: ’’The moment was considered a favourable one
to pay off old scores and to eliminate from the political arena all the leading
members of the party which had made itself conspicuous in the former
Assembly by its adherance to the Shuster programme and by its uncom-
him (Nov. 29 th 19 x 5 ) one of the most estimable of Persian statesmen.
3 ) English Blue Books No. 1 ( 1913 ) No. 126 .
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