'File No. II/12 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re: affairs in Persia and Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf. Jan '09 --' [‎28v] (56/178)

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amounting to domination over Seistan land
holders, through whose land would run the only
portion of the road which requires construction
and by whose labour it would, if ever construct
ed, be made. Further, trade on this route
could not bear road dues in addition to the
existing heavy freightage charges. The Gov
ernment of India were of opinion that, hoth
on political and strategical grounds, as well
as in the interests of trade, an attempt should
he made to frustrate the application.
5. {Vide paragraph 8 of the Memo-
The Meshed-Tehraa randum for February
and Khaf-Seistan tele- 1909.) Mr. G. New,
grap imes. o £ Indo-European
Telegraph Department, has recently returned
to Tehran after completing an inspection of
the Meshed-Tehran line and effecting repairs
where necessary, so that the line is now in
good condition for another year.
The Khaf-Seistan line is, however, not in
such a good state. Mr. McManus, Sub-Assistant
Superintendent of the Indian Telegraph
Department, who recently made an inspection
of the line from Nasratabad to Bandan, has
reported that no new posts have been put in
since the line was made, the old ones having
been merely shortened as their bases were
destroyed or became decayed. There is con
sequently in very many places insufficient
headway, and the line generally is in bad
condition. It is understood, however, that the
more urgent repairs on this line have since been
carried out.
6. ( Vide paragraph 9 of the Memorandum
Arms traffic in the for February 1909.)
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . 0 n the 7th March, an
arms-runmng dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , belonging to Omani
subjects, but with no flag or papers, was
captured off Jask by H. M. S. “Fox”.
Tiie vessel contained 350 rifles and 50,000
rounds of ammunition. Under instructions
from 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, her crew were handed over to the
Sultan of Maskat for custody and punish
ment. As the Sultan did not claim the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
and seemed inclined to disown the crew, the
Government of India ordered that the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
should be burnt and the arms jettisoned. Five
days later, another dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. flying no flag and
without papers, with a cargo of 1,200 rifles and
about 1,25,000 rounds of ammunition, was
intercepted on the high seas also by H. M.
S. “ Fox ”. As her crew abandoned her before
she was captured, it was impossible to as
certain the vessel’s nationality. The Govern
ment of India approved the proposal of 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. to sell
the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. for prize money and to jettison the
arms.
Reports received through the Director
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Telegraphs, show that 8,40(5
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