ملف رقم ٣٢٧٦ لسنة ١٩١٢ الجزء ٢ "بلاد فارس - ظل السلطان" [و‎‎٢‎٩‎٠] (٢٧٨/٢٦٣)

the Imperial Bank of Persia,
I informed the Prince that Sir E. Grey had
already begun to discuss the question of the Zil’s
loss with the Russian Government and while I could
not hold out any hope that the question would he
settled before his departure from England, I
sincerely trusted that some solution might have been
arrived at before it was time for the Zil to leave
Petrograd. Prince Ismael thereupon proposed that
the matter might be settled in the following manner.
The Russian Government should take over the
Prince’s liability to the Russian Bank, viz: Prs.
400,000. Regarding the remainder (Prs.600,000), His
Majesty’s Government should give ”a formal promise”
of its recovery and it should be recovered as
follows
Prs.200,000 had already been advanced by His
Majesty’s Government to the Zil. There remained
Hrs.400,000. This sum might be recovered in the
following manner
If His Majesty’s Government exercised
influence on the Persian Government the latter
could remit the taxes payable by the Zil on account
of his properties in Persia which amounted to a large
figure. The remainder, if remainder were necessary,
could be reimbursed to the Zil from the payments due
to the Central Government from the province of
Ispahan. By this means, His Majesty’s Government
would