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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 --' [61r] (121/178)
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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was informed by Sir E. Grey that the anxiety
of His Majesty’s Government in the matter
was due solely to a desire to be able to defend
the Russian Government and not to lessen
their influence in Northern Persia where
the retention of Russian troops would enable
Turkey to claim an undesirable right of inter
ference on strategical grounds. The Ambassa
dor said that M. Isvolsky was in favour of
the withdrawal of troops which would, he
hoped, be soon decided.
Sir G. Barclay reported on 8th June 1909
that Sattar Khan and Bagher Khan were will
ing to leave Persia for Turkey if they could
be given guarantees that their property would
be protected, their persons safeguarded till
the frontier was reached, and their return
permitted on the evacuation of Tabriz by the
Russians. Sir G. Barclay, however, considered
that their departure would create a bad im
pression as it would seem to be an expulsion.
Ala-ed-Dowleh was appointed Governor
of Tabriz on 29th May in preference to the
Nationalist candidate Mukhber-es-Sultaneh.
Much indignation was expressed at the choice
by the Nationalists at Tehran as the Ala-ed-
Dowleh is regarded as a reactionary imposed
on Tabriz by Russian pressure. Sir G. Barclay
did not, however, anticipate that he would
prove unwelcome to the Tabriz populace.
At Urumia at the end of May complete
anarchy prevailed and the Russian guard there
was strengthened by a small force from Tabriz.
Mr. Wratislaw telegraphed on 27th May that
Soujboulak was being attacked by a large body
of Kurds whose advance guard was approach
ing Miandoab. Turks were supposed to be
accompanying them and the fall of Soujboulak
was said to be imminent.
{Vide paragraph 1 of the Memoran-
Situation at BuoUro. f 0r ^ay 1909)
A party of Tangistams,
numbering some 200, contrived to penetrate
Bushire island early on the morning of the
6th June. Fighting ensued between them
and the forces of the Governor and on the
following day they were driven out and Saiyid
Murtaza seized. With the removal of Saiyid
Murtaza Ahremi, the cause of all the recent
disturbances, a marked improvement has taken
place in the situation at Bushire, normal
Customs arrangements having been restored.
( Vide paragraph 1 of the Memorandum
. SituationaiSUraa. for March 1909.) The
grant of the constitu
tion has been coldly received at Shiraz, where
order has been maintained chiefly through the
attitude assumed by the Soulet-ed-Dowleh.
Information was received early in May
to the effect that Lar,
the head-quarters of
the rebellious Saiyid Abdul Husein Lari, had
k
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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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- 'File No. II/12 Foreign Dept Memoranda of Information re: affairs in Persia and Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf. Jan '09 --'
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- front, front-i, 2r:88v, back-i, back
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