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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 --' [31v] (62/178)
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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As regards bis relations with the popular
movement, the Sheikh mentioned that he had
already been asked by leaders of the popular
party to declare himself, and he had been
advised to seize the customs and send
assistance to Tabriz. Requests for assistance
iiad at the same time reached him from the
Shah through the Nizam-es-Sultaneh. He
was in danger of falling between two stools,
and would like our advice as to what course he
should pursue. The question was, however, not
pressing and no reply was given at the time.
On the 10th March, Major Cox tele
graphed that the Sheikh had represented that
the assurances which had been given to him
on the 1st December on behalf of Government
(paragraph 17 of the Memorandum for
January), would only safeguard him so Ion"-
as Persia remains on her feet. The Sheikh
therefore asked urgently for an extension of our
guarantee to cover the contingencv of Persia
ceasing to be a Sovereign State and of occupa
tion or intervention by Poreign Powers, lie
particularly wanted to be assured that he and
is . descendants and tribesmen would be
maintained in the enjoyment of their posses
sions so long as they remained loyal to British
advice and interests.
fo;i.„ Th ^* 8 v!' e l kh i app , ea . red t0 be annoyed at our
lure hitherto to advise him as to whether lie
should side with the Royalist or with the
Rationalist parcy Roth parties were appeal!
mifstnl f t le ? ara<! of Persia and he
must ultimately make his choice. He was
lf he ^ould. in the absence of
reJarrfT’ 0086 the Wr ° n S horsp > "'U might
mfarw / ““.^u 80 f ° 1 ' withdrawing Cur
guarantee from him. °
Major Cox was instructed on grounds of our
policy of non-interference in internal disputes
not to advise the Sheikh in reply to his re’
quest for advice connected with the represent-
< tions he bad received from the Constitution-
tte o S th!r 6 ° ne 11311(1 and fr ° m the S hah on
Sir p S 1 £ gards the question of assurances
Sir G. Barclay was doubtful, unless the
S eikh specified from what quarter he antici-
pated aggression, how we could go bevond the
general assurances given by Sir A TTn^r 6
and by His Majesty^ Consuf-Generli SelpaZ
mo) lit 01 ‘he MemorandumJor January
and suggested to His Majesty’s Govern' 7
ment that, if the Sheikh feared Turkish aggres-
stance^of SirSI' t ' 6 ? c< l uainted with the sub-
tl or?,. x' , • Gre - V s despatch No. 75, dated
the 2oth lebruary 1908, to Sir N. O’Conor
jor March 1JU8). ^ In this despatch Sir N
O Conor, then Ambassador at Constantinople'
was informed that in the Mohamme -an
district His Majesty’s Government w“r“
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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.
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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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- front, front-i, 2r:88v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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