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File 1421/1908 Pt 2 'Persia: oil; Ahwaz oil guard' [168v] (340/482)
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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especially as the operations in question are expected to profit the State. No doubt the
Persian Government will never refrain from taking timely measures for adjusting all
differences.
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I avail, &c.
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Inclosure 2 in No. 1.
The
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
of the Bakhtiari to the Mushir-ed-Dowleh.
(Telegraphic.) . November 25, 1907.
I HAYE received your Excellency’s telegram regarding the men who had insulted
Mr. Harris. Some time ago I sent several Delegates and had the offenders severely
punished. I hold a document from Captain Lorimer, British Vice-Consul at Ahwaz,
•expressing his satisfaction. I will send it to your Excellency by post if desired.
Inclosure 3 in No. 1.
* Mr. Marling to the Mushir~ed-Dowleh.
Tour Excellency, Tehran, December 3, 1907.
I HAYE the honour to acknowledge receipt of your Excellency’s note of t e
30th ultimo, in which you have been so good as to inform me that the Persian Govern
ment has sent repeated orders to the Bakhtiari Khans for the protection of the employes
of the Oil Syndicate’s workings in that country.
I regret, however, to gather from your note that the Persian Government declines
itself to accept any responsibility in the matter, nor as yet has any pledge been exacted by
it from the Bakhtiari Khans for the resumption of their responsibilities towards the two
British Companies for the safety of their employes and property.
In these circumstances I cannot but regard your Excellency’s reply as unsatis
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, and the precarious state of the situation as unameliorated.
So serious is the view which His Majesty’s Government have taken of the situation,
that they have been compelled to consider what measures they themselves can take for
the protection ot British interests and lives in these regions, and they have decided to
increase the guard attached to His Majesty’s Vice-Consul at Ahwaz by the addition o
twenty men under the command of two British officers. The party will shortly arrive
at Mohammerah on their way to Ahwaz, and 1 have the honour to request that your
Excellency will send the requisite orders to the Persian authorities at these two places
to afford them the usual facilities.
I shall have the honour of informing your Excellency at an early date of the aims
and equipment which will accompany them. } ,
I need hardly assure your Excellency that the increase of the Vice-Consul s guai
has no other object whatever but that indicated above.
I avail, &c. _ T v n
(Signed) CHAELES M. MAKLHG.
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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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- 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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