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The record is made up of 1 volume (370 folios). It was created in 1909-1911. 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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Enclosure x No. 7.
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. to 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. ,
gi r 8th- January 1909.
With reference to your letter No. 39,454, dated the 1st December
1908, as to the situation in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , I am directed by the
Secretary of State for India to enclose copy of a despatch which he has
addressed to the Government of India on the subject.
In connection with what is said in your letter under the heading of
“ British and Russian Consular Establishments,” Viscount Morley would
invite the attention of Secretary Sir E. Grey to the statements contained
in recent Political Diaries of the Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , that M. Ovseenko,
the Russian Consul, left Bunder Abbas on leave on the 16th October
last, and that M. Mathiew, his Assistant, was also proposing to go on
leave. The opportunity might be taken, if circumstances are favourable,
for suggesting to the Russian Government the appointment of some
other officer to Bunder Abbas.
I have, &c.,
The Under Secretary of State, A. Godley.
Foreign Office.
Enclosure No. 8.
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. to 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. ,
Sir, 28th October 1908.
With reference to my letter of the 5th August, I am directed by
Viscount Morley to transmit herewith, to be laid before the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, copy of correspondence with the Admiralty
respecting the proposal of the Commanding Officer of His Majesty’s ship
Sphinx that the vessels employed in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. should be fitted
with wireless telegraphy.
As regards the question of land stations for wireless telegraphy on
the coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , which is raised in the Viceroy’s telegram
of the 21st September, a further communication will be made to you on
receipt of a reply from the Government of India to Lord Morley’s
despatch of the 10th July last, a copy of which was inclosed with my
letter of the 5th August.
I am &c.,
The Under Secretary of State, A. Godley.
Foreign Office.
Enclosure No. 9.
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. to Admiralty.
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. ,
Sir, 28th October 1908.
With reference to your Secret letter dated the 3rd August 1908,
in which the views of the Secretary of State for India were solicited on
a proposal that the vessels employed in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. should be
fitted with wireless telegraphy, I am directed by Viscount Morley to
transmit herewith, to be laid before the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty, copy of telegraphic correspondence with the Government of
India on the subject.

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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the security situation in south Persia, 1909-1911.

The discussion in the volume relates to the deteriorating security situation for travellers and trade in south Persia (which was held to be a British sphere of influence) caused by fighting among the Kashgai, Lur and Arab tribes who had rejected the authority of the Governor-General of Fars. A further cause of insecurity relating to this is referred to in a note (ff 335-336) by the 2nd Assistant Resident, Bushire, J S Crosthwaite, who describes how tribesmen had invested their money in rifles and could only earn their living by robbing the caravans of commercial travellers.

Correspondence discusses how this culminated in an attack upon J H Bill, Acting British Consul, Shiraz, in which two horsemen or ' sowars ' were killed, as he travelled along a caravan route. Correspondence discusses measures to be taken as a result of this attack, including a claim for compensation from the Persian Government, a punitive expedition against the Kashgais tribe and the role of Soulet et-Dowle, Governor General, Fars. Measures discussed include using the guards ( gholam ) of the Indo-European Telegraph Department paid for by a surcharge on customs duty levied by the British at Bushire; implications for relations with the Persian Government and the Russian Government are also discussed.

Included in the volume is a 'Memorandum respecting the Disorders on the Trade Routes of Southern Persia' by H G Trick, Vice-Consul for Fars.

The principal correspondents in the volume include Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Viscount Morley of Blackburn, Secretary of State for India; Percy Zachariah Cox, 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. ; and Sir George Head Barclay, Minister at Tehran.

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1 volume (370 folios)

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The subject 948 (Persia: situation in the south) consists of 1 volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 366; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/10/163
Title: File 948/1909 'Persia: Situation in the South; Condition of the Roads. Attack on Mr Bill. Road Guard Scheme.'
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:146v, 147v:224v, 226r:369v, back-i
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence