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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 --' [62v] (124/178)
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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6
1908, the Tehran Legation represented the
matter to the Administrator-General of Cus
toms, who replied that, in view of the arrange
ments recently made by the Customs Depart
ment for clearing foreign parcels sent by post
to inland towns through the Post Office, the
establishment of a bureau expressly for this
purpose was unnecessary. Sir George Barclay
communicated this decision to the Consul,
Seistan, in January last, and stated that, in
% view of the Administrator-General of Customs’
ruling, he could not see his way to pressing
the matter. On the Consul continuing to urge
the proposal, His Majesty’s Minister said that
he did not feel able to approach the Customs
Department again unless the local Seistan
authorities themselves recommended it to the
Administrator-General of Customs, in which
case the Minister would be ready to support
their recommendation. The Vice-Consul,
Seistan, now states that the Director of Cus
toms in Seistan is apparently not prepared to
recommend the proposal at present, and would
prefer to await the further development of
the Palang Koh route (vide paragraph 4
above), a point on which the Consul has laid
stress in support of his proposal. The Director
of Customs in Seistan has, however, suggested
that the matter might conveniently be discuss
ed by His Majesty’s Consul when in Meshed,
whither he was proceeding on leave, with the
Director of Customs at that place.
8. (Vide paragraph 9 of the Memo-
Arms traffic in the randum for May 1909.)
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. The Chagai Diary for
the week ending the 24th May contained the
following information regarding Afghan arms
that had arrived at Band-i-Kamal Khan
(a) Twenty camel-loads escorted by 15
men under the leadership of Lai Muhammad,
Ghilzai, who resides at Nad Ali. These arms
were purchased in Sarkad.
(i) Thirty-four camel-loads escorted by
26 men under the leadership of Din Muham
mad, Karoti,. of Kur. It is said that these rifles
had not been imported by Din Muhammad,
but had been purchased in Persian Baluchistan!
(c) Pour hundred camel-loads of arms
escorted by 200 men under one Mohim Khan,
Barakzai, of Jalalabad. These rifles were im
ported by the leader or his agents directly from
Maskat.
(d) Thirty camel-loads of arms escorted
by 24 men under a Nasir Afghan named Syed
Khan whose home is at Ghazni. These rifles
were also imported direct by the dealer named.
(e) Twelve camel-loads of rifles escorted
by six men under the leadership of one Khalifa
Niaz Muhammad of Zindawar. These arms
were purchased in the Bampur district.
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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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- front, front-i, 2r:88v, back-i, back
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