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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 --' [19v] (38/178)
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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warn the Persian Government of the danger of
granting any sueh concession, and he enquired
whether Sir G. Barclay would approve of
his sending such a telegram.
The Minister telegraphed on the 4th
February, requesting that the Sheikh might
be informed that he (Sir G. Barclay) was glad
to know his views, but that as the prospects of
a concession being granted seemed still to be
remote, the Sheikh would act wisely in refrain
ing for the present from making the proposed
communication to the Persian Government,
and that he was consulting His Majesty’s
Government as to what steps should be taken
to safeguard the Sheikh’s interests. Sir G.
Barclay added that the Minister for Foreign
Affairs quite recognised British interests in
the question and would keep him fully
informed. The Minister for Foreign Affairs
also told Sir G. Barclay that the late
Netherlands Minister had expressed his dis
satisfaction with the option.
On the 16th February, His Majesty’s
Secretary of State for India telegraphed that he
had agreed to the proposal of the Foreign
Office (1) to remind the Netherlands Govern
ment that no scheme, which was not viewed
favourably by the Sheikh of Mohammerah, or
which was in any way prejudicial to British
interests, could be supported by His Majesty’s
Government, and (2) to enquire the scope and
nature of the reported negotiations. His
Majesty’s Secretary of State added that no
further communication with the Sheikh was
proposed, pending the reply of the Netherlands
Government.
In a telegram dated the 26th February,
Sir G. Barclay staled that the Sheikh had
again expressed a desire to telegraph to the
Persian Government in the sense formerly
proposed, as he had heard from a Dutch
merchant at Ahwaz that a concession had
been granted. Sir G. Barclay caused the
Sheikh to be informed that His Majesty’s
Government were watching the matter closely,
and that lie would keep His Majesty’s Consul
at Mohammerah informed; that as* far as he
could ascertain there was no truth in the
Dutch merchant’s assertion; and that there
seemed no necessity for the Sheikh to make
the proposed communication.
13. In June 1908, Major Cox addressed
Establishment of & Government of
Vice-Consulate at India reviewing the
LiDEah ‘ general political situa
tion in the south of Persia and in the Persian
Gulf. He indicated briefly the efforts that were
being made by the Germans, through Messrs.
TVonekhaus & Co., to work up an interest
at Lingah. Inter alia Major Cox recom
mended the appointment tentatively for two or
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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:
- Abu Musa and Hormuz red oxide concession
- Arabistan, Ahwaz-Borasjun and Khaf-Seistan telegraph lines
- appointment of an Italian agent at Muscat
- arms traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- dhows arbitration award
- insecurity of Persian trade routes
- Karun irrigation project
- Lighting and buoying in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
- murder of subjects of Chief of Abu Dhabi
- Najd affairs
- Perso-Aghan relations
- Persian deputation to Russia
- Proposed loans to local rulers
- Relations with the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Bakhtiari khans
- Riots and disturbances in Persia
- road concessions
- Shaikh of Kuwait's properties at Fao
- Tour of Consul-General, Meshed
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (87 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
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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- front, front-i, 2r:88v, back-i, back
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