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File 1421/1908 Pt 2 'Persia: oil; Ahwaz oil guard' [30r] (59/482)
The record is made up of 1 item (239 folios). It was created in Oct 1907-Nov 1910. 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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LfOl.
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.
, London,
5th November 1909.
Political,
No. 111.
To His Excellency the Right Honourable the Governor
General of India in Council.
\
My Lord,
With reference to my Foreign Secret telegram of the 20th
^ ^ , September 1909, I enclose copy of
rersia: incidence of cost of ^ -i tti
escort of four sowars for Lieu- correspondence ‘ with the r oi eign
tenant A. T. Wilson while carrying Office, from which Your Excel-
out a survey in connection with the lency’s Government will perceive
Kherkha Irrigation Scheme. that X have sanctioned as a charge
against Indian revenues a moiety of a sum of 201. a month for a period
* From Foreign Office, dated 5tli Octo- n0t exceedm g five months in
ber 1909, with enclosures. respect of the escort of four
To ditto, dated 3rd November 1909. e T • x , rn itt*! „
sowars for Lieutenant A. I. W ilson
while carrying out a survey in connection with the Kherkha Irrigation
Scheme, on the condition that the other moiety be borne by the British
Exchequer.
2. I request that I may be informed whether Your Excellency’s
Government anticipate that there will be any expenditure in connection
with this survey other than that involved in the retention of the four
sowars.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship’s most obedient humble Servant,
(Signed) Morley of Blackburn.
6986. T. 2074.
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Part 2 consists of correspondence relating to the deployment of a consular guard at Ahwaz to protect British subjects working in the region. The correspondence is between the Government of India, Foreign Office, 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 representatives of Concessions Syndicate Ltd (later Anglo-Persian Oil Company). Included as enclosures are letters, telegrams, and memoranda from the following:
- British Minister to Persia;
- George B Reynolds, geologist for Concessions Syndicate Ltd;
- Lieutenant-Colonel David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer, Vice-Consul in Arabistan, at Ahwaz;
- Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary;
- British Treasury;
- Percy Cox, 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. , at Bushire;
- William Knox D'Arcy, petroleum entrepreneur.
The papers cover several matters, including:
- the size of the guard and length of the period of deployment;
- the question of who will bear the cost of the guard and its accommodation;
- pay and allowances of staff;
- relations between the Bakhtiari tribes and the Syndicate;
- an increase to the guard at Isfahan;
- the proposal to replace Government of India guards with local Bakhtiari men.
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- File 1421/1908 Pt 2 'Persia: oil; Ahwaz oil guard'
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- 1r:4v, 6r:21v, 22v:25v, 28r:49v, 50v:64v, 65v:66v, 67v:84v, 87r:122v, 124v:153v, 155v:157v, 157ar:157bv, 158r:234v, 239v
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