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File 3516/1914 Pt 13 'German War: Persia; Saulet and Kawain; quarterly adjustment with Foreign Office' [41v] (88/406)
The record is made up of 1 volume (198 folios). It was created in 18 Sep 1915-24 Feb 1921. 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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far as not required for purely military purposes, should be equally divided. This
view was accepted by the Secretary of State in Council, and the Foreign Office were
informed accordingly on the 7th November 1917.
5. Certain other cases not directly covered by the above decisions have since
come up for consideration, c.g .:—
(1) Relief measures at Shiraz, Meshed, 1 eh ran, and llamadan. In each case the
Secretary of State in Council has agreed to bear half the cost.
(2) The construction of the Bunder A bbas-Kerman road and telegraph line. The
Secretary of State in Council has proposed to the Foreign Office that an
outlay of-60,0001. on the former, and of 50,000L on the latter, should be
equally shared between the British and Indian Exchequers.
6. On the question of principle, the following note was recorded by the late
Secretary of State (Mr. Chamberlain) on the 22nd June 1916
‘ I have no doubt that they [he., the Welby Commission^ intended future
Persian charges to be settled on the half-and-half principle, though some
existing charges were balanced against one another .... This war and
our recent experiences have demonstrated more clearly than ever before that
nothing which touches Persia is alien to India ....
‘ The true and the only ground for such subsidies, and one which is quite
conclusive in the present case, is that it is of primary importance to India
that Persia should be sufficiently well governed to prevent her from
becoming a danger to India through Afghanistan.
“ Anyone who reads the draft Mesopotamian Blue Book or who has followed the
constant pre-occupation of the Indian Government as to the repercussion of
Persian events on Indian security will, I feel sure, admit the force of this
argument. Its force is especially manifest in times like the present; but if
India be so deeply concerned in Persian politics in a crisis, it cannot wash
its hands of Persian charges the moment the crisis passes. Were it not for
India, we should not to-day have a man in Persia or up the Gulf, and India
is fortunate in her bargain.
“ I would therefore accept half charges.”
Political Department.
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.
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The volume concerns the situation in south-western Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the alliance with the tribal chiefs Soulet [Soulet-ed-Douleh, Sawlat al-Dawlah] and Kawan [Kawam-ul-Mulk, Quavvam-ul-Mulk, Qavam al-Mulk].
The volume covers:
- Negotiations to give Soulet protection and induce him to collaborate with Kawan.
- Discussion with Kawan regarding financial assistance.
- Proposed subvention to Kawan and Soulet for keeping order in Fars, maintaining a garrison at Shiraz, and restoring order on roads.
- Accounts of monthly payments made to Kawan and Soulet from 1916 to 1918.
- Funding for an expedition against the Baharlu tribe.
- Claim for repayment of a moiety of the above mentioned expenditures, incurred by the Foreign Office.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: Charles Marling and Herman Norman, British Ministers at Tehran; Maurice de Bunsen, Ronald William Graham, Walter Langley and Lancelot Oliphant, Foreign Office; Percy Cox, 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 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Arthur Prescott Trevor, Deputy 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 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Thomas William Holderness, John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Arthur Hirtzel, and Leonard Day Wakely, 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. ; Frederick Travers O'Connor, British Consul at Shiraz; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; HM Treasury; Alfred Hamilton Grant, Foreign Secretary to the Government of India.
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- 1 volume (198 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 200; 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 3516/1914 Pt 13 'German War: Persia; Saulet and Kawain; quarterly adjustment with Foreign Office'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:33v, 34ar, 34r:47v, 48ar, 48r:199v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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