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File 3615/1913 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf - Lease of Isands (& Muin ut Tujjar's Concession)' [42r] (51/344)
The record is made up of 171 folios. It was created in 1914-1918. 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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place of the usual shadowy promises that have been
accepted in the past, and in making instead a most un
reasonable proposal without on this occasion even
attempting to hint at any security for the suggested
advance. As it was evident that the Minister of Finance
was at the hack of the group in the Cabinet that is
hostile to the purchase proposal, 1 turned my attention
more especially to that notoriously corrupt official, and
told him in very plain language that as long as a
Minister of his calibre remained at the head of the
financial Administration Persia need not expect that any
money would be forthcoming from either Great Britain or
Russia. I let Miohtesham es Saltaneh know clearly that 1
am fully conversant with the intrigues of himself and
his Secretary General, by means of which they hope to
sow discord among their Belgian employees and so to get
a larger control of the finances of the country into
their own hands, the road from which to their pockets is
i a short one.
I then turned to the Prime Minister and told His
Highness that I could not submit this fresh unreasonable
proposal for financial assistance to you, Sir, unless 1
could
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Part 2 of the volume (folios 17-187) contains correspondence and notes about a proposal by the British Government, for strategic and commercial reasons, to lease certain islands which are situated at the entrance to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , such as Kishm, Larak and Henjam, from the Persian Government. The main correspondents are ministers and officials at 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. and the Foreign Office in London, the British Minister at Tehran and the Viceroy of India. The mineral concessions already granted by the Persian Government to the Persian merchant Muin-ut-Tujjar are also discussed, as well as the interests of the British company Frank C Strick and Company Limited of London. The correspondence includes several official Persian Government documents and letters in French, relating mainly to the mineral mining concessions already granted to Muin-ut-Tujjar in Hormuz and other Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. islands.
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- File 3615/1913 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf - Lease of Isands (& Muin ut Tujjar's Concession)'
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- 17r:38v, 40r:48v, 52r:58v, 61r:68v, 70r:86v, 87ar:87av, 87r:116v, 118r:132v, 134r:155v, 158r:175v, 177r:187v
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