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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 --' [‎63r] (125/178)

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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7
(/) Seventy camel-loads of rifles escorted
by 29 men under a Kandahari Popalzai named
Nizam-ud-din. These arms were imported
direct from Maskat.
In addition to these about 700 additional
camel-loads of arms were expected.
The Thanedar, Pobat, reported that a large
number of camels laden with arms had crossed
the Dewan-Chah-Nasirabad trade route in the
vicinity of Girdi coming from the direction of
Baluchab, and that the headman of one of the
caravans had seized some supplies in the Girdi
shop and had maltreated some of our dak System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company.
sowars. ,
According to reports received from Neh
the large caravan which passed through via
Aliabad consisted of 250 men and 700 camels.
Other reports put the number at 1,000 camels.
The caravan reached Farah on the 26th May.
It was reported on the 16th June that a
Lohani caravan of 600 camels with 6,000
rifles and pistols had arrived at Herat, via
Anardarra, and that the arms were being sold
in the neighbourhood. 12,000 more rifles are
said to be on the way.
On the 21st June, His Britannic Majesty’s
Consul-General, Khorasan, reported that* a
second caravan of 1,000 rifles had reached
Herat and that other caravans had all gone
to Kandahar.
9. [Vide paragraph 5 of the Memo
randum for November W08.) At the request
of the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
orders were issued in June for the withdrawal
of the extra 50 sepoys Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. , who had been sent to
Jask in November 1908 on account of the
threatening attitude of the Afghan arms
traders.
10. (Vide paragraph 10 of the Memo-
Anglo-Persian Oil randum for May 1909.)
Company. The sheikh of Moham-
merah has replied to the following effect,
on the subject of the wish of the Company
to acquire land for their refineries, &c. He
understands the Company’s requirements to
be—
Firstly .—For the pipe-line and connected
structures, a strip of uncultivated land.
Secondly .—For the refinery and buildings
connected with it, a plot of uncultivated land
on Abadan Island, area of land to be 650
Persian jareebs with frontage on the Shatt-el-
Arab of 2,000 yards.
Thirdly .—A right of way to the Bameshir
river from the latter plot.
Fourthly .—In case of need, the right to
acquire other uncultivated land contiguous to
the Abadan site, within one year from date at
the same fair rate and, after one year, at the
market rate current at the time.

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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:

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.

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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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