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File 3276/1912 Pt 2 ‘Persia - Zil-es-Sultan’ [296r] (275/278)
The record is made up of 138 folios. It was created in 6 May 1916-3 Jun 1919. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Wajeity s Government,
and should be returned to th® Foreign Office when done with
nnless required for official use,!
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Cypher TelQRram to Sir' rr; Btrchanan (Petrofirad)
Foreign Office, May 9th, 1916, 7,0,p,m,
No, 971,
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My telegram MOr 939 (ot 5th# May# Zil-ea*Sultan)
Zil-ee-Sultan etatee that total ot one million
trance olairneci includee 400,000 trance which Akbar
Mirza borrowed trorn Hueeian Bank at Ispahan when Hie
Highness was torced to tleo trom the Germans# Ziil-os-
Sultan urges that this amount should be taken over by.
Russian Government#
He has been intormed that he should discuss this
at Retrograde
As regards remainder viz: 600,000 trance, Zil has
received 200,000 trance travelling expenses trom His
Majesty’s Government# He now suggests that His
Majesty’s Government should give a tormal promise re
garding the claim and proposes that tollowing solution
should then be adopted#
His Majesty’s Government should exercise pressure
on Persian Government not to repay amount in question
but to remit Zil’s taxes, amount of which would then
be
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The second part of the volume (folios 159 to 297) contains correspondence and notes about Prince [Masud Mirza] Zil-es-Sultan, following his return to Persia from political exile in France with the assistance of the British and Russian Governments. The correspondents are ministers and officials at the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and Foreign Office in London, the British Minister at Tehran and the British Ambassador to Russia. They discuss the exile’s financial situation, arrangements for his return to Persia and the recovery of his property from the Persian Government, his visit to Petrograd [St Petersburg] and his arrival in Tehran.
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