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claim put forth, th«y wi»h to aToid bringing up th#
MlrJ«wa boundary question.
In tIw of the Persian claims to ths Bahrain Islands,
based solely on the fact that onoe, rery many years ago,
ths Persians ruled the islands for a short period, it oan
readily be understood that it would be highly inoonrenient,
If we were in e position to produoe a counter ol>iia, not
less substantial, to a large area of Persian territory in
Bast Persia.
Although I haws not been so told, I haws ewery reason
to suppose that my informant was himself chosen by the
0 .o.C# as the intermediary for getting in touoh with Mir
Slnoe Ui TTVrrm-fT—has recently died, the anxiety
of the Persians must haws considerably increased, for, I
gather, it is not impossible that Azam Khan may be considered
as his successor.
If, in fact, Azam Khan has documentary eridenoe to
support the alleged claim, it would appear that we would
be in m poeseesion of a rery potent means of combating
Persian claims to Bahrain and also in connection with the
boundary at Mirjawo#
In the latter connection, I hare Just reoeiTed a
report that the 0.0.0. recently state^rin Z&hldan that
he considered Persian territory extended over a considerable
length of the Kundi - Robot trade route and that he was
also oonTinoed that qa leh 8sf id ( referred to as psdahs in
the 1905 agreement ) which we haye recently occupied, is in
It is also reported from Mirjawa that when he recently
Ylslted that place, he ordered th* Cantonment Commandant to
resist any attempt of the lewies at the Tcrt to take water
from Mirjawa and that if they were seen in the Ballah, near
Az&m.
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Persia.