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18 MAY 1916
MEMOimTOl BY MR. QLIPHAiNT .
Prince Ismael (the elder of the sons of the
Zil es Sultan) asked to see me to-day. He
expressed on his father’s hehalf the greatest
appreciation of his reception hy Sir Edward Grey
yesterday hut added that it was an occasion which had
furnished no opportunity for a '’business conversa-
tion" and the Zil therefore desired him to discuss
the situation with me for submission to Sir E. Grey.
Prince Ismael stated that the Zil was most
grateful for the Prs.200,000 advanced by His Majesty’s
Government for his journey expenses and desired that
the question of the one million francs loss which he
had incurred at Ispahan might be settled.
On my remarking that as yet Sir E. Grey had
been furnished with no detailed statement on the
subject, Prince Ismael replied that the situation
was as follows
His eldest brother, Prince Akbar (the present
Minister for Foreign Affairs), when compelled to
leave Ispahan at the beginning of the German rising
there, had raised a loan of Frs.400,000 from the
Hussian Bank at Ispahan to enable him to transact
various family matters and to escape. The remaining
Frs.600,000 were on account of jewellery and gold and
silver plundered from the strong boxes etc. left in
the