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File 948/1909 'Persia: Situation in the South; Condition of the Roads. Attack on Mr Bill. Road Guard Scheme.' [122r] (248/744)
The record is made up of 1 volume (370 folios). It was created in 1909-1911. 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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Sir Edward Grey to Sir G. Barclay (Tehran).
(No. o28.) ^ , Foreign Office, November 7, 1910, 5*5 p.^i.
YOUR despatch No. 192 [of 15th October: southern roads].
One passage in the note seems to go farther than was intended bv me. I assumed,
on receipt of your telegram No. 406 of 14th October that you had limited the terms of
your note to the measures mentioned in that telegram, which corresponded with the
arrangement which had been made with you in July last, and which formed the
subject of correspondence between this Office and 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.
, copies of which are
in your possession. The proposed measures were also communicated in writing to the
Russian Government (see Mr. O’Beirne’s despatch No. 355 [of 24th August]). These
measures were that, if in three months order was not restored, His Majesty’s
Government would feel obliged to insist on the formation of a force of 1,000 or 1,200
men levied and officered by eight or ten officers from the Indian army.
My telegram No. 289 [of 1st October] to you and the despatch to Sir A. Nicolson,
No. 219 [of 8th August], to which you refer do not go so far as the concluding passage
in paragraph 4 in your note of 14th October. On the contrary, telegram No.' 289 does
not refer to the point in question, while my despatch No. 219 shows that I desired to
avoid committing His Majesty’s Government to a policy of active intervention. When,
therefore, reports appeared in the public press that intervention was threatened by His
Majesty’s Government, a prompt denial was officially given. It must be clearly
understood that, while His Alajesty’s Government reserve to themselves the right to
take any measures which the protection of British subjects or trade renders necessary,
they are not committed to a decision to send a British force to police roads extending
far into the interior of Persia. >
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the security situation in south Persia, 1909-1911.
The discussion in the volume relates to the deteriorating security situation for travellers and trade in south Persia (which was held to be a British sphere of influence) caused by fighting among the Kashgai, Lur and Arab tribes who had rejected the authority of the Governor-General of Fars. A further cause of insecurity relating to this is referred to in a note (ff 335-336) by the 2nd Assistant Resident, Bushire, J S Crosthwaite, who describes how tribesmen had invested their money in rifles and could only earn their living by robbing the caravans of commercial travellers.
Correspondence discusses how this culminated in an attack upon J H Bill, Acting British Consul, Shiraz, in which two horsemen or ' sowars ' were killed, as he travelled along a caravan route. Correspondence discusses measures to be taken as a result of this attack, including a claim for compensation from the Persian Government, a punitive expedition against the Kashgais tribe and the role of Soulet et-Dowle, Governor General, Fars. Measures discussed include using the guards ( gholam ) of the Indo-European Telegraph Department paid for by a surcharge on customs duty levied by the British at Bushire; implications for relations with the Persian Government and the Russian Government are also discussed.
Included in the volume is a 'Memorandum respecting the Disorders on the Trade Routes of Southern Persia' by H G Trick, Vice-Consul for Fars.
The principal correspondents in the volume include Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Viscount Morley of Blackburn, Secretary of State for India; Percy Zachariah Cox, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and Sir George Head Barclay, Minister at Tehran.
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- 1 volume (370 folios)
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The subject 948 (Persia: situation in the south) consists of 1 volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 366; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves
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- File 948/1909 'Persia: Situation in the South; Condition of the Roads. Attack on Mr Bill. Road Guard Scheme.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:146v, 147v:224v, 226r:369v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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