'File No. II/12 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re: affairs in Persia and Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf. Jan '09 --' [47v] (94/178)
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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they saw no objection to the withdrawal of
the force. The Darya Begi also gave satis-
lacioiy personal assurances for the future main
tenance of order and security. The blue-jackets
were consequently embarked partly on the 19th
and partly on the 20th May, and H. M. S.
“Pox” left Bushire on the latter date.
At the beginning of May there was a
Situation at Hunder Abba,. de cided improvement in
... 0 . the position at Bunder
Abbas. Saiyid Abdul Husain Lari withdrew
nearly all his tufangchis owing partly to the
news of the Darya Begi’s arrival and partly to
fear of an attack on Lar from the direction of
Shiraz.
During April the revolutionary party
situation at Meshed. a * ^ es hed are reported
to have received rein
forcements in the shape of two gangs of
Caucasians, but there have been no further
disturbances. Some excitement was caused
by the arrival of the Russian troops and,
though the bazar was closed for two da vs
the inhabitants are now said to be resigned!
The Kussian Consul-General told a deputation
plainly that he had sent for the troops as there
was no security in Meshed and that manv of
the leading inhabitants had approved of the
step.^ Major Sykes has, on the other hand
received many petitions asking that the troops
should be sent back. He has asked the
ixarguzar to explain that he cannot take any
action in the matter. On the whole the
popular party gained ground during the month
largely owing to the absence of the Governor-
General at Nishapur.
. Mujtahid Sheikh Muhammad Hadi, of
Bn-jand, has received a telegram from 'the
Meshed Anjuman announcing the fact of
armed interference by Russia, and saying that
Meshed had telegraphed a protest to the
Parliaments of the World ”. The Mujtahid
sent a similar telegram of protest from the
people of Birjand.
. A further telegram from the Meshed
Anjuman, addressed to “all the Mullas, nobles
and residents of the places of Khorasan and
Seistan ”, informed them that the Russian
Government had increased the number of
Cossacks under the pretence of protectinn* their
Consulate, and that a protest had been made
against this action.
In an aide-memoire communicated to
Sir A. Nicolson, dated the 13th April 1909
the Russian Government stated that the British
Ambassador had expressed a wish that the
Russian Consulate-General at Meshed might
be instructed to protect, in case of danger the
lives and property of British subjects' in
Meshed and it was hinted that this was one of
the reasons for the increase to the Consulate
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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
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- 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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