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File 364/1913 'Persia: situation in Fars (attack on 39th Central India Horse)' [23r] (50/522)
The record is made up of 1 volume (259 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.
P
Sir W. Townley to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received February 10, 3*40 p.m.)
(No. 64.)
Tehran, February 10, 1913.
(February 10, l'20 p.m.)
* THE 15,0001 alluded to in the last paragraph of your telegram No. 46
was advanced for the financial requirements of the administration of Ears. It
has always been earmarked m a budget that has been framed m such a manner as to
allow the administration of that province to be carried on till 21st March, when as
Minister for Foreign Affairs is very anxious to know what answer I have received
respecting gendarmerie proposals. I have returned an evasive reply, but may I now
proceed on the assumption that the 100,000Z. will be forthcoming, and negotiate for
as many as possible of the conditions proposed by His Majesty’s consul-general at
Bushire, to protect our interests in the Gulf as modified by Government of India ?
If I do this it will be tantamount to declaring that His Majesty’s Government do
not intend to take any active measures in the south for the present.
represented in my telegram No. 20
required.
'('pA
, further funds will be urgently
(282—245]
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and reports relating to an attack by Bakhtiari tribesmen on a party of the 39th Central India Horse regiment and the killing of a British officer. The discussion in the volume relates to the implications for the British relationship with the Persian Government and options for restoring British prestige including use of military force.
Included in the volume (folios 12-16) is a copy of the 'Report of an attack on a party of the 39th Central India Horse on the 11th December 1912. Resulting in the death of Captain A. B. Eckford' (Delhi, Superintendent Government Printing, Delhi, 1913).
Principal correspondents include: 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. , Percy Zachariah Cox; the Viceroy; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office; HM Minister to Tehran, Sir George Head Barclay, Commanding Officer, 39th King George's Own Central India Horse.
The volume 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 (259 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 259; 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 364/1913 'Persia: situation in Fars (attack on 39th Central India Horse)'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:15v, 17r:71v, 72v:258v, 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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