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File 3280/1913 'Persia: Bushire-Shiraz road; Swedish gendarmerie; conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz road; tours of Shiraz consul' [124r] (252/332)
The record is made up of 1 volume (162 folios). It was created in 8 Aug 1913-23 Feb 1915. 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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Snolosure in Sir W.Ycwnley'e Despatch He *242 of November Sr.i:
8rd:IClB
A? ? >
COPY OP SHIEA.Z PEtaaiUW N0:37I,aat«i Hcvt lot: 1918
Very Ocnfidentlal.
Contimjatton of* ■telegraen /i/ck/ /
Two arguments exivencea by Sir P COX against gendarmeri
I occupying tie lower portion of 'the road free
to BusMro are,f irst,qua- ticn of expense due to scarcity and
■I rates c-° fodder and,secondly,fact ti at subsdK^uent modi
fication of arrangerento wltb, Kl-ans would in-ply bad faith*
J , irstly,©s regards expense. Only extra expense Involve
by establishments of fendaroerie posts on lower portion, of the
read will be actual cost of expedition now about to proceed
**wKi tauel ire,eToenser o wl icl* are alreauly included in gemar-
rerie "tTciget ^*er current year. I do not epuite understoid
ardent? regarding extra expenses likely to be involved owing
to scarcity and uearners of fodder. Barley and wheat are
almost unobtainable at SI 1.rag- and pricer, are about thirty
tor an n rer ^:arwar and are rising, whereas at Bush, ire I am
informed that wheat ir only seventeen an a half torauus and
berley fourteen
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
per m arwrir. Owing to scarcity ot
4rsz &©ndarsrerle at ’tor.arun are acrudly at this rorent
being supplied witl' barley from Du shire at price which when
sort o'* transport is included ir ler.-j than price at Shiraz.
it i? therefore obviou; that establishment of gendarme?: at
Tuo? ire an: on lower section of read will result in very con
siderable flawing, dhoti Id there be any scarcity of Train In
Bi?rMr© un 1 i mi tod qu anti tie? can, I presume, be imported from
Jt*IP*ehl ° ;1 Tf c- aM»r»Mi,?*d ' f a}cr U.: - 7 a luforsja me tliat he . as
had o' r er c JI a s t he reruirea frotr *-.n.gal 1, As to transport It
* r calculated that maxi: ’U’"-' number anirel r which would be
i
reevdred o . -p-rry "e ^tl'ly : cr-^i les to n.?d Dal. ill.
would be ISO but it ir probable Id'at arrangements can
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The volume comprises correspondence between: 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. , the Foreign Office, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the British Consul at Shiraz (Major Frederick O'Connor), the British Minister at Tehran, and 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. , regarding the Bushire-Shiraz road.
The subjects are:
- the proposed tours of the British Consul and other officials to Shiraz and Tehran;
- the operations of the Persian Gendarmerie (led by Swedish officers) on the Bushire-Shiraz road;
- the headquarters and schools of the Gendarmerie.
The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
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- 1 volume (162 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. The subject 3280 ('Persia: Bushire-Shiraz road) consists of one volume only, IOR/L/PS/10/404.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 164; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- File 3280/1913 'Persia: Bushire-Shiraz road; Swedish gendarmerie; conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz road; tours of Shiraz consul'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:163v, 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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