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File 3276/1912 Pt 2 ‘Persia - Zil-es-Sultan’ [‎206r] (95/278)

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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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[T his Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government,
and should he returned to the Foreign Office when done with unless
ry telegra;.: :"Cr 611 r
Cap bain Noel telegraphs from Ispahan that the Rus
sian Gommanda/ab has informed him that he was only re
strained 'ey the exhaustion of his horses after combat
reported in my telegram Ho,* 582 from making raid on
Chahar Mahal which is practically Bakhtiari capital r
Action of that kind is calculated to turn tribe as a
whole against the Russians and ourselves also, and can
be of no advantage to anybody but Zil-es-Bultan’s party,
who would be glad to gratify their hatred of tho tribe r
Unfortunately the Russian Consul and Commandant appear
to be acting largely on the advice of the Governor of
Ispahan, who is urged by Zil-es-Sultan, and are becoming
increasingly unoompi omsing towards the tribe,.
1 have informed the Russian
Minister of the sense of the above but I doubt whether
he will be able to induce greater restraint on the part
of these officials who seem to be quite reckless of risk
required for official use.j
Decypher
Sir Gr Marling (Tehran)
September 2Cth r 1916 r
Or 625
to us of complications at the oilfieldSo

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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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