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File 747/1913 Pt 2 'Persia- Loans. Swedish gendarmerie' [192v] (395/494)
The record is made up of 1 volume (238 folios). It was created in 14 Apr 1913-5 Oct 1914. It was written in English and French. 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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222
I am personally strongly opposed to any scheme under which Kashgais or
any other tribes should be subsidized by us. Efforts in other directions to
work on these lines have proved dismal failures, the latest instance being in
connection with Luristan Railway Survey.*’
Addressed Shiraz,(bo); repeated Bushire, SO.
224
Telegram R., No. 429, dated the 10th (received 11th) April 1914.
From—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.
, Bushire,
To—The Foreign Secretary, Simla.
Eollovving from Acting Consul at Shiraz ., 9th April s—
Your telegram* No. 65. If Your Excellency will read through my tele
grams on the subiect of gendarmerie again
* Serial No. 223. * T 1 U
you will see that I nowhere expressed
opinion that gendarmerie ‘ should have no backing from any of local tribes
or entities* such a contention would be unreasonable and on the contrary
I have always urged Swedes to keep on good terms with all powerful parties iu
Ears and when necessary demand their co-operation as they have done with
Saulet recently in connection with Kazerun. Bui this is very different thing
from gendarmerie identifying themselves with any one tribal group or being
compelled to rely on permanent support of any one tribal Chief to maintain
themselves on road at all, and this is practically situation now on Bushire road.
As to the work done by the gendarmerie in Ears they must after all be
judged by results. If these are unsatisfactory, no criticism of mine or of
any one else can alter facts. I can only say that their paramount friends
and strongest supporters down here are now convinced by bitter experience
and by logical facts that Swedes at any rate are not competent to make
gendarmerie success and this opinion is based not on hasty criticism of
particular incident, but on general observation of Swedish character and
methods. If matter is now to be left to Persian Government, I for one
should hesitate to urge them to expend more than entire revenue of Ears on
support of gendarmerie and in this view every competent critic on the spot,
European or Persian, thoroughly agrees.”
Addressed Tehran,repeated Bushire, 81.
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- Content
The volume comprises copies of correspondence, minutes, telegrams, and other papers relating to the financial advances made by His Majesty’s Government and the Government of India to the Persian Government. The only loan discussed was of the amount of £50,000 to be payable to the Persian Government through the Imperial Bank of Persia.
The correspondence was mainly about whether it is in the British Government’s interest to support the Fars gendarmerie or not. This was in response to a number of incidents that took place in the Kazerun region, and the direct involvement of the Fars gendarmerie led by Swedish officers in the affairs. Criticism was raised against the Swedish officers for misleading the gendarmerie, and a suggestion of their withdrawal from service was made. The Swedish Government then contemplated withdrawal of its officers from service in Persia.
The correspondence deals with arrangements for the payment of the loan, conditions attached to it, the agreement of terms between the British, the Persian and the Swedish Governments, and the date of commencement of repayments.
In July 1914, a loan of £50,000, was made by the British Government to the Governor-General of Fars (half of which was to be payable by the Government of India), in order to assist Persia in order to avoid a breakdown of the gendarmerie organization. It was made clear that the British Government fully realized that to allow the gendarmerie scheme in Fars to collapse would be detrimental to British interests.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: Sir Walter Beaupre Townley, British Minister at Tehran; Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Major William Frederick Travers O’Connor, Acting Consul at Shiraz; and Sir Esme William Howard, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Sweden.
The volume’s core correspondence covers the period February 1914 to October 1914. The earlier start date given for the volume is a result of correspondence included in a confidential enclosure on Persian Government loans (ff 94-97); itself dated April- May 1913, which is an historical précis of loans given to Persia by the British Government and Government of India in the year 1913.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (238 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 747 (Loans to Persia) consists of 3 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/353-355. The volumes are divided into three parts, with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 240; 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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:51v, 52ar:52av, 52r:65v, 68r:79r, 80r:96v, 97v:162v, 163ar:163bv, 163r:188v, 190r:218v, 220r:227v, 228ar:228bv, 228r:239v, back-i
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