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File 3276/1912 Pt 2 ‘Persia - Zil-es-Sultan’ [‎264r] (211/278)

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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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and should be returned to the Foreign Otficc" wten dpim with
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Your telegram ho. 710 (of 16th May).
Question of loan to Akhar Mirza will no douht he
discussed at Petrograd.
I am consulting Treasury and 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. regarded
the guarantee for whole amount exclusive of Aktui s dett.
His Majesty’s Government have already advanced 200, 000
francs to enable Zil es Sultan to leave Nice .and are _
b- prepared to advance another similar cum for nis journey.
No mention is made in your telegram regarding arms
etc., for the Zil.
It is I think obvious that without the necessary
funds and equipment the possibility of tne Oil's
appointment being successful is very remote.In view
therefore of importance of matter I hope earnestly that
Russian Government will see their way to meet suggestion
Please ask Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs to
send instructions to Russian Minister at Teheran to con
cert with Mr .Marling as to pressing Persian Government v.
acknowledge their liability and to remit taxes. •
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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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