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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 --' [‎61v] (122/178)

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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been captured by the Nasr-ed-Dowlah with
severe loss to the rebels.
Further disturbances have occurred
sanation at Meshed. ^ Meshed. Early in
. May the Nayyir-ud-
Eaula resigned the post of Governor-General
of Khorasan, and the Rukn-ud-Daula who was
nominated to succeed him arrived in Meshed
towards the middle of June. The appointment
was unpopular with the local assembly. On the
9th June, Meshed was in a state of complete
anarchy, the movement being strongly anti-
Russian. The Governor-General proved un
willing to take action against the Nationalist
volunteers, though the Russian Consul-General
threatened, in the event of his refusal, to
disarm Meshed himself. A second squadron
of Cossacks, 100 strong, arrived in Meshed
on the 23rd June. On the 24th June,
the Nationalist volunteers were attacked and
the city bombarded by the garrison, who had
apparently got completely out of hand.
Eurning and looting took place, and some
Russian refugees, who were stopped on their
way to the Bank, fired a machine gun. Un
popular with both parties and unable to
control the situation, the Governor-General
resigned on the 27th June and placed himself
under Anglo-Russian protection. Hostilities
m the city have now ceased.
A disagreement is reported to have
Situation at Turbat-i- arisen between the
ii i o revolutionary leaders
Asadulla and Salar Khan.
Situation in Seistan. Seistan remains
quiet.
2. (Vide paragraph 2 of the Memo-
The Zil-es-Sultan. randum for May 19u9.)
The Shah having ex
pressed a desire to make the Zil-es-Sultan
Governor of Ears, Sir E. Grey on the 24th
May expressed his concurrence in Sir G.
Barclay’s suggestion to approve the appoint
ment in concert with the Russian Minister at
Tehran. The Russian Government stated that
they were indifferent whether or not the Zil-
es-Sultan returned to Ispahan as Governor.
3. Towards the end of May it was re-
The Cossack Brigade, ported that Colonel
Liakhoff was to be
given a command in Russia and was to be
replaced by Colonel Margani who had been
for a long time in the Trans-Caspian district.
Colonel Margani would be retained on the
active list of the Russian army while holding
the appointment. On the 29th May, Sir A.
Nicolson telegraphed that the Acting Minister
for l oreign Affairs had told him that a proposal
to increase the Cossack Brigade from 1,500
to 2,000 men was being made to the Shall by
the Russian Government, and that a portion

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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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