تقارير ومراسلات تتعلق ببلاد فارس، بما يشمل التجارة ومساراتها في بلاد فارس [ظ‎‎٤‎٨] (٢٥٢/٩٦)

to encourage, have to a slight extent qualified the satisfaction of the Court
and governing circles, though not, I think, of the Clergy and people, at the
reverses sustained by the Russian arms.
As a whole the year under review has been uneventful and our own
relations with the Persian Government throughout it, though by no means all
that could be wished may be regarded, when allowance is made for its unpro
gressive character, as fairly satisfactory or at any rate as perceptibly improved.
I have the honour to be, with the highest respect,
The Marquess of Lansdowne, K.G., Mr Lord,
&c. Ac. &c. Your Lordship’s most obedient,
humble servant,
A. H. HARDINGE.
NARRATIVE OF EVENTS IN PERSIA IN THE YEAR 1904 .
At the beginning of 1904 the principal departments of the Persian Gov
ernment were under the control of the following Ministers :—
President of the Council of Ministers
(His Highness was raised to the rank of Vezir-Azam,
on January 24 tb, 1904 , and was made Sadr
Azam on August 25 th of the same year. Both
tliese titles may be translated Grand Vizier, but
that of Sadr Azam is the higher of the two.)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
„ of War
„ of Customs ,
„ of Posts
„ of Telegraphs
The principal Governorships
Azerbaijan
Ain-ed-Dowleh.
Khorassan
Fars
Isfahan
Kerman
Yezd
Luristan
Tehran
Kurdistan
Ghilan
were
M ushir-ed-Dowleh.
The Sapahsalar.*
M. Naus.
• Mukhber-ed-Dowleh.
held by the following persons
. The Valiahd.
. Rukn-ed-DowIeh.
• Ala-ed-Dowleh
• Zil-es-Sultan.
. Zafar-es-Sultaneh.
• Jellal-ed-Dowleh.
• Salar-ed-Dowleh.
• Ain-ed-Dowleh.
• Nasar-ul-Mulk,
• Asad-es-Sultan.
• Died January 1905.
During the last few weeks of 1903 and the first quarter of 1904 relations
between His Majesty s Government and the Government of the Shah were
somewhat strained m consequence of a difference of opinion which had arisen as
the responsibility for the failure of the Viceroy of India to land at Bushire
during His Excellency s visit to the Persian Gulf in Becember 1903. The
correspondence on the subject continued both in London and at Tehran for
some months after the incident occurred. In a memorandum addr Jed bv the
Marquess of Lansdowne to the Persian Minister on January 25th His Lordship
nn^ose wnn/i l 068 “i’T'' HlS . Ma j c9t y’ 8 Government that any useful
W b .t Se / Te, > b y discussing the details of this very unfortunate
incident.. ..without wishing to impute blame to any particular individual
n a T P d f I 1 n 3 d 0 T e ,T n0t but fee i that the main responsibility for the nnfortu-
nate failure which has occurred rests with the Persian Authorities” In a
iurther memorandum, dated March 16th, Lord Lansdowne informed the