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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 --' [‎41r] (81/178)

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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11
Dutch concession, M. ter Meulcn is reported
to have read to Lieuteuant Wilson a letter
which he had received from M. van lioggen,
the Dutch Engineer. The letter stated
that M. de Sturler had received a telegram
saying that the concession, which was for
91) years, had been signed. The syndicate
must be formed within two years. This tends
directly to traverse the assurances given to His
Majesty’s Minister by the Persian Minister
for Foreign Affairs, to the effect that no actual
concession had been granted but only an
option for two years (see paragi aph 16 of the
Memoravtdum for January 1909).
Sir William Willcccks, who recently pro
ceeded up the Karun, accompanied by His
Majesty’s Consul at Mohammerah, has in
formed Major Cox that in his opinion the best
interests of the Sheikh lie in the postponement
of the scheme for works at Ahwaz and in
making a start with a scheme from the
Kerkha river. He considered both schemes
especially the Kerkha project very easy and
very remunerative.
13. (Vide paragraph 10 of the Memo-
Proposed loan to the vandum for March
Sheikh Of Mohammerah. 19o9.) Major Cox tele
graphed to Sir G. Barclay on the 5th April, with
reference to the refusal of His Majesty’s Gov
ernment to accede to the Sheikh’s request for
a loan, that the Sheikh did not suggest or con
sider that the Britisli Government were under
an ‘‘obligation to grant him a loan”, that he
had been under pressure of great anxiety and
had simply counted on the friendly desire of
the British Government to promote his
interests, and hoped for an assurance that
they would do their best to find him the
money for irrigation works when the need arose,
either by means of a Government loan or the
introduction of British financiers. Major Cox
pressed that he might be permitted to inform
the Sheikh that in the case of a small loan the
Government of India would accommodate him
on learning the amount and object in view, and
that if a larger amount were required for
utilitarian purposes, the British Government
would endeavour to obtain the money for him
from British sources. The Government of
India, in a telegram dated the 9th April to His
Majesty’s Secretary of State, strongly support
ed Major Cox’s recommendation. They drew
attention to the vital imports nee to Indian inter
ests of maintaining British influence with the
Sheikh, and emphasised the importance w hich
the Sheikh’s attitude might assume in certain
eventualities, expressing general concurrence
with the views expressed by Lord Curzon’s
Government, in their telegram dated the 26th
November 1902. The communication quoted
pointed out that our weakness in Persia
arose largely from failure to support those
Chiefs and officials w T ho inclined to our side,

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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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