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'File No. II/12 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re: affairs in Persia and Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf. Jan '09 --' [‎8v] (16/178)

The record is made up of 1 volume (87 folios). It was created in 1 Feb 1909-19 Jan 1914. 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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of living abroad as well as the expenses of his
establishments in Persia. The Zil also request
ed that, in view of the disturbances at Ispahan,
{vide paragraph 2 above) fresh instructions
might be given to the British Consulate there
to carefully safeguard his interests and to watch
over his family.
The Taki Zade is reported to have
returned to Tabriz. This individual had been
exiled as a result of the Shah’s coup last year,
and His Majesty’s Government had guaranteed
his life and property. Sir. G. Barclay
informed His Majesty’s Consul-General that
he considered that the Taki Zade’s return
cancelled our guarantee regarding his life and
property.
7. {Vide paragraph 10 of the
Memorandum for December 1908.) His
Britannic Majesty’s Consul for Seistan and Kain
Bussian interference reports that the village
in Seistan. 0 f Gurguri has been
handed over by the Deputy Governor to
Hussain Khan, the Bussian protege. M.
Bravine informed Major Kennion on the 5th
December that he had received no answer to
his telegram to the Russian Legation, and that
the matter had apparently been settled in
Hussain Khan’s favour “ by the Karguzar ”.
8. The usual disputes are said to be
The Seiatan Water occurring between
question. Afghans -and Seistanis
on the border about the digging of new canals.
Major Kennion has advised the Afghan
Brigadier to take joint action with the Seistanis
both in the direction of strengthening the
Shahgul Band, and clearing out silt from the
Rud-i-Sim. Captain Daukes, who recently
returned from a tour in Miankangi, reports
that there is no fear of the water question
assuming an acute form this season.
9. {Vide paragraph 11 of the Memo-
Bobberies on the Perso- randum for December
Afghan frontier. 7908.) Major Kennion
reports that robberies by Afghans on the roads
between Seistan and Kain have become very
numerous lately, and that the Karguzar com
plains that his letters on the subject to the
Afghan frontier officials are disregarded. The
Karguzar now intends, failing a satisfactory
reply, to represent the case officially to His
Britannic Majesty’s Consulate in Seistan ; and
has already telegraphed to the Hissam-ud-
Dowleh to take measures to protect the roads
and also to the Foreign Minister complaining
of the supineness of the Afghan authorities.
The Afghan Brigadier, whom Major Kennion
met on a recent visit to the frontier, said that
he would look into the matter when he visited
Jo wain, as he shortly intends doing.

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The volume mainly comprises printed reports for each month from January to August 1909 entitled 'Memoranda of information received during the month of ... relating to affairs in Persia, and the Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. The memoranda are dated and despatched by the Officiating Deputy Secretary to the Government of India (L W Reynolds). Also included in the file are letters of instruction from Deputy Secretary to the Government of India to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait, emphasising the confidential nature of the reports and with instructions on the procedure of transfer and acknowledgement to be followed by successive Political Agents. Also included in the file are letters of receipt from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait (William Henry Irving Shakespear; Stuart George Knox; William George Grey).

Each memorandum includes a table of contents. Topics covered in the memoranda include:

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1 volume (87 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 89; 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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