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PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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[May 28.]
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No. 1.
Section 1.
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Consul-General Cox to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received May 28.)
(No. 1. Confidential.) Mre , M 02/ 8) 1910.
1 ’ IN order that such details as are available at present may be m your hands
without avoidable delay, I have the honour to submit to you a copy of a commu-
nication, with enclosures, dated the 8th May, 1910, which I am forwarding via
London to His Majesty’s charge d’affaires in Tehran, bearing on the telegraphic
correspondence now passing anent the difference between the Turkish authorities at
Bussorah and the Sheikh of Mohammerah.
I have (fee
’p. Z. COX, Lieutenant-Colonel, British'[Resident in
the Persian Gulf, and His Britannic Majesty's
Consul-General for Ears, &c.
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Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Consul-General Cox to Mr. Marling.
(No. 24. Confidential.) May 8, 1910..
IN amplification of the telegraphic correspondence now passing between us m
connection with the differences which have arisen between the Turkish authorities at
Bussorah and the Sheikh of Mohammerah, I have the honour to enclose, for your
information, copies of further correspondence m regard thereto. _
I am at the same time forwarding copies to His Majesty s Foreign Office, London,
and the Government of India.
1 have, &c.
P. Z. COX, Lieutenamt-Colonel.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1.
Acting Consul Wilson to Consul-General Cox.
(No. 412.) Mohammerah, April 27, 1910.
I HAVE the honour to forward copies of correspondence on the subject of the
Sheikh of Mohammerah and the vali of Bussorah in connection with the action of the
latter in burning a village belonging to a headman of the sheikh in Turkish
territory. ^ ^ phrases of my telegrams Nos. 404 and 405, because owing to
the unreliability of the Persian telegraph line, I cannot be certain that they have
reached you.
I have, &c.
A. T. WILSON, Lieutenant, I.A.
Enclosure 3 in No. 1.
Consul Crow to Sir G. Lowther.
P? 0, Bussorah, April 23, 1910.
ir> AS a result of the good understanding between the vali of Bussorah and Sheikh
Khazal of Mohammerah, the latter some three months ago promised to aid the
Turkish authorities to preserve the peace in this vilayet and to hand over criminals
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