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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 --' [‎9v] (18/178)

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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temporarily to withdraw the telegraph staff
at Dehaneh to Koh-i-Malik Siah. The
Secretary of State added that there was no
objection to the temporary retention of troops
at Robat or to the reinforcement, if necessary,
of the telegraph staff guards along the coast.
On the 23rd January, Sir G. Barclay stated
that tbere was no necessity to take imme
diate steps for the removal of the staff from
Dehaneh.
From information received from Maskat,
it appears that, during the period 6th Decem
ber 1908 to the 9th January 1909, 2,300
rides, with the usual quantity of ammunition,
were shipped by arms-runners to the Mekran
Coast.
15. {Vide paragraph 7 of the Memo-
Ahwaz-Borasjun tele- randum for December
graph line. 1908.) On the 8th
December 1908, Sir G. Barclay telegraphed to
Sir E. Grey that the Indo-European Telegraph
Department would probably receive from the
Persian Minister of Telegraphs a proposal to
take over control of the reconstruction and
maintenance of the Arabistan telegraph lines,
t>., from Mohammerah to Borasjun and from
Dizful to Ahwaz, and that the Department
bad also been informed that the Shah wished
the wooden posts to be gradually replaced
by iron ones, which would cost from £6,000
to £14),000, according to the quality to
be used. It appears from a Memorandum
drawn up by Mr. Kirk (Director-in-Chief,
Indo-European Telegraph Department) that,
should the proposal referred to in Sir G.
Barclay’s telegram be received, the Indo-
Europeqn telegraph Department would be
prepared to accept it, and, provided that, in
addition to other minor stipulations, the Persian
Telegraph Department would undertake to
procure an extension of the concessions till
1945, would offer in the first instance to
reconstruct the Arabistan line on behalf
of the Persian Telegraph Department at
a cost of some £6,000 and to spend some
£600 per annum in maintaining it sub
sequently. In addition to this, should it
prove necessary in order to secure the exten
sion of the concessions, the Indo-European
Telegraph Department would be further pre
pared to offer to advance to the Persian
Telegraph Department a lump sum not
exceeding £10,000, being ten years’ rental
of the Central Persian line. In a telegram,
dated the 9th December, Sir A. Nicolson
pointed out that it had been originally decided
to consider the question of the prolongation
of the concessions along with the transfer of
the Tehran-Khanikin rights. He doubted
therefore the advisability of combining it now
with the question of the control of the
Arabistan line which had been dealt with
independently of Russia.

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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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