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Telegram It., No. 527 C, dated the 6th (received 7th) September 1915.
From-MaroE A. P. Teevoe, C.I.E., Officer on Special Duty in the Persian Galt,
Bushire, . ,
To-The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Depart-
ment, Simla.
■Fnnr t P Wram s 893 S., August 31st aud 906 S., September 4th, n
Karguzar Minister’s answer was following telegram No. 271, Septem cr 1st:
Sr I do not know enough about Karguzar to express any opinion. It
win be relied on to tell the truth about events at Busbire, there can be no
harm 11 in Ms coming here as suggested. A»d S . Of course I cannot trust
Karo’uzar more than any other Persian I have ever met to tell the tiuth
fbout any given subject. But I think that it is evident from Minister s
wire thatf he does not think Kargnzar of much importance and m point
of fact he is not; as he is a confirmed opium-smoker and lethargic and
unenterprising in consequence. However, in view of your telegrams above-
mentioned I was about to send him off by to-night’s mail (first since August
31st) hut’ find that steamer arrives in middle of night and leaves as soon as
possible and Karguzar is not in very good health so I agreed to let him stay
till next week. I did so the more readily as he has not yet been able to
dispose of Governor’s and his own debts, etc., and is trying to raise the wind
to do so. Present arrangement therefore is that he will leave by mail,
September 14th.
Addressed Foreign; repeated Basrah.
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No. 1615 W., dated Simla, the 8th September 1915 (Confidential).
From—The Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and
Political Department,
To—The Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , Political Department.
X am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, No. 483 P. W„
dated the 1st September 1915, reporting the arrangements made for the recep
tion of the ex-Persian Governor of Bushire (Muwaqqar-ud-Dowleh) at Bombay.
2. I am, in reply, to state, for the information of the Governor in
Council, that the Government of India have no objection to the ex-Governor
(Muwaqqar-ud-Dowleh) being allowed to reside at Poona, provided he is duly
warned that he must abstain from all political intrigue and unguarded
language there; and that arrangements are made to keep him under
unobtrusive surveillance.
3 . A further communication will he addressed to you, in due course, as
regards the allowance to he paid to the ex-Governor.
No. 1616 W.
A copy of the foregoing letter, together with a copy of the letter to which
it is a reply, is forwarded to the Hon’ble Lieutenant-Colonel Sir P. Cox,
K.C.I.E., C.S.I., 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. , Basrah, for information.
2. It is requested that a report may he submitted as to the arrangements
proposed in connection with the payment of the monthly allowance to the
ex-Governor, in accordance with the proposals sanctioned in the telegram from
His Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, dated the 25th August 1915, a
copy of which is attached.