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'Persia. No 1 (1909). Correspondence respecting the affairs of Persia, December 1906 to November 1908' [‎90r] (163/236)

The record is made up of 1 item (127 folios). It was created in 1909. It was written in English and French. 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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Although the Shah, hy closing the Tehran telegraph offices, has clone his best to
prevent news 'of what is going on here from getting abroad, he has only^ partially
succeeded, and events at the capital are being closely watched from the provinces. A
good deal of excitement has been aroused, and telegrams have been received from most
of the larger towns promising armed support to the popular party. It is, however, very
difficult to say exactly what "value must be attached to these messages, or how far they
represent public opinion. Tor my own part, I doubt much whether moi e than loui
towns, e.g. } Hesht, Kazvin, Tabreez, and Ispahan, would really send a contingent, unless
indeed the Shah committed the extreme folly of actually attacking the Medjliss itself
and it is probable that many of the telegrams that have so greatly impressed the Shah
have been dispatched by hare-brained “ patriots" calling themselves the local Anjumarr
I do not mean to imply that there is no danger to the Shah in this ; it is a question of
proportion, for if those who clamour for the Shah’s deposition are few in number, those
who would voluntarily lift a finger to save him are fewer still. The mass of the popu
lation are, I think, really indifferent, and only desire to see a Government formed that
would afford reasonable security, but if they should be persuaded that under the present
Shah such Government were impossible they might easily be roused to jom m the
outcry for his removal. In the capital, however, it is different. There is m lehian a
considerable number of men who expect they know not Avhat benefits from the Con
stitution and who are firmly convinced that under Mohammed Ali their hopes can
never be’realized. These men, ignorant as they are, are sincere enough, and among
them are found the leaders of the more important Anjumans. And it is the
Aniumans who dominate the situation ; the larger are honest enough, but very many
of the smaller ones have been formed simply to forward their own private interests.
Unfortunately, all the Anjumans suffer from the vice of meddlesomeness, and as their
interference is usually accompanied by threats—which, it is true, a little courage
would enable their victims to disregard—Government has become practicady impossible.
But Persian Ministers, at least those who have been in office in the last eight months,
have, to their country’s misfortune, lacked even the small dose of courage necessary,
with’the result that the arrogance of the Anjumans has been encouraged to such a
point that they have practically usurped the representative charactar ot the Medjhss
In fact, Persia was fast drifting into a state of government by the semi-secret and
wholly irresponsible political Societies of Tehran. It is not that the influence of the
Aniumans is wholly bad ; on the contrary, they have been, and still are, the one support
of the Parliament against the reactionaries, but having realized thenypower they have
too often abused it; sometimes, but not often in important matters, wittingly, but most
frequently out of sheer ignorance.
No. 177.
Mr. Marling to Sir Edward Greg.—(Received July fi.)
gj r Gulahek, June 19, 1908.
’ I HATE the honour to transmit herewith the usual monthly summary of events in
Persia for the last four weeks.
I have. &c.
(For the Charge d’Affaires),
(Signed) ERNEST F. GYE.

Inclosure in No. ]77.
Monthly Summary.
Tehran. .
THE events which have occurred in Tehran during the past four weeks are fully
•described in Mr. Marling’s despatch of the 17th June.

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A publication comprising copies of correspondence, principally between HM Minister at Tehran, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, HM Ambassador to Russia, and various representatives of the Persian Government. The item also contains extracts from the Monthly Summaries of Events, submitted by HM Minister at Tehran.

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