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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 --' [‎17r] (33/178)

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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Later reports showed that, though not
much damage was done, fighting of a rather
serious nature had taken place outside the town
of Maraga, in which the National party, who
bad succeeded in putting a stop to all com
munication between the Ain-ed-Dowleh's
forces and those of Maraga, had got the best
of it. The Ain-ed-Dowleh was believed to be
waiting for the return of Rahim Khan before
moving.
The Nationalists are reported to have
fought a successful engagement with the Maku
near Julfa on the 26th January.
{Vide paragraph 2 of the Memo-
T , randum for January
Afa, r .„U^. Isog) •' Meshed i3
reported to be to outward appearance normal,
but the outlook is not encouraging. The
Russian Consul-General is very pessimistic
and is seriously alarmed for his own safety.
In case of emergency, Major Sykes has decided
to offer the Russians a part of the British
Consular premises, which he states, they
should be able to hold with our assistance.
Russian subjects are said to be forming secret
societies which will probably work on sinister
lines.
2. {Vide parogt'aph 19 of the Memo-
Tour of His Britannic a f 0r . October
Majesty’s Consul-Gene- 1908.) Major Sykes,
rai, Meshed. _ an d Captain Watson,
I.M.S., returned to Meshed, from tour, on the
22nd December 1908. Captain Watson left
Meshed on the 31st December 1908, and
arrived at Turbat-i-Haidari on the 3rd January
1909.
3. {Vide paragraph 6 of the Memo
randum for January
1909.) The Ispahan
Anjuman has demanded from the Zil-es-Sultan
one-tenth of the taxes due next year, which
begins on the 21st March, or five hundred
pounds sterling. Should he pay this, his action
will, the Zil fears, be construed as hostile
by the Persian Government; and if he
refuses, all the Nationalists will go against
him to the danger of his property, and they
may make further demands. As “all have
to contribute to public security ” the Samsam
and Anjumans decline to waive their claim to
the taxes. Under instructions from the
Legation His Britannic Majesty’s Consul-
General at Ispahan declined to accede to a
request preferred by the ZiPs son for advice
as to the payment of taxes.
4. Sir G. Barclay reported on the 25th
Financial situation in January that the
Persia. Minister for Foreign
Affairs had asked M. Bizot, the French Finan
cial Adviser to the Persian Government, to
make arrangements in Paris to appoint
The Zil-es-Sultan.

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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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