ملف ١٩١٦/٣٣٦٠ الجزء ١ "مراسلات بلاد فارس (١٩١٦-١٩١٧)" [و‎‎٢‎٤] (٨٠٤/٥٢)

Enclosure No. 3.
Telegram U., No. 182, dated the 5th (received 6th) September 1917.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Kerman,
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My telegram 176.
Minister s telegram 89, dated 3rd September, addressed to me only •—
Eegws. J '
Your telegram 147. I have had reports of one or two speeches by Farman
Earma m which he gave us credit for our share but this has very nrobablv
been suppressed m Kerman versions. I do not think that he can be
blamed lor professing democrat sympathies considering present state of things.
Enclosure No. 4.
Telegram R., No. 181, dated the 5th (received 6th) September 1917.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Kerman,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Shiraz.
Your telegram 259.
I am much obliged for promise you have secured from Farman Farma
that he will prevent occurrence of similar incidents in the future as far as
Kerman is concerned.
I am fully aware of hostility to him of the Governor-General, Kerman,
It is quite open and I have never allowed it to affect me. Opinion expressed
by me on speech was, for what it is worth, entirely my own.
Addressed Shiraz ; repeated Tehran and Bushire.
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No. 421-S., dated Bushire, the 8th (received 20th) September 1917.
Endorsed by Second Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Forwarded to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political
Department, for information, in continuation of this office endorsements
Nos. 389-S. and 413-S., dated the 29th July and 27th August 1917, respectively.
Telegram from His Majesty's Consul, Kerman, to His Majesty's Minister, Tehran
(repeated Bushire, 183), No. 149, dated the 7th September 1917.
Telegram R., No. 149, dated the 7th (received 8th) September 1917.
From—His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Kerman,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran.
Your telegram 91 (not received).
I agree that Kazim’s presence in Tehran is not likely to affect situation
there though it seems equally unlikely to benefit his mother here. Our con
sent under pressure from (group omitted) to release every one who has done
or tried to do us injury is ascribed here to conscious weakness on our part and
reduces respect for us and is therefore to be deprecated. Moin-i-Sharia who
was allowed to return to Kerman in November is continuously making use of
his liberty to intrigue behind the scenes. Activity of Saiyid Mustafa and
fact of Ali Khan being at large in Tehran (see my telegram No. 128, dated
July 24th) and impending arrival there of the released prisoners from Shiraz
are ascribed to weakness and not to clemency on our part and are likely
to increase our difficulties. Saiyid Mustafa is understood to have been joint
author of a violent anti-British article in newspaper “Irshad” of August
13th.