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File 1187/1914 Pt 2 ‘Persia – Policy. British Interests in the South. Russian Policy’ [148r] (43/300)
The record is made up of 1 item (149 folios). It was created in 2 Jul 1914-18 Jun 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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f
N). Cf. 482, dated Bushire, the 17th December 1914 (received 2nd January 1915)
(Confidential).
From—LiErTFNANT-CoLONEL S. G. Knox, C.I.E., on Special Duty, in the absence
of the Resident,
To—The Foreio-n Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreig-'n and Political
Department.
In continuation of this office letter No. Cf. 314 of 8th October, giving
cover to a despatch from Captain J. G. L. Ranking, His Majesty’s Vice-
Consul, Ahwaz, on the subject of the Lynch Road, I have the honour to
(1) His Majesty’s Vice-Consul, Ahwaz, to His Britannic Majesty’s forward, toi the information
Minister, Tehran, JS’o. 15—447, dated the 5th December iyi4. of the Government of India,
( 2 1 p * G - OoncrlHs, Esq., to His Majesty’s Vice-Consul, Ahwaz, copies of further COri’eSDOud-
dated the 11th November lyl4. ., . i - . ^
ence on this subject.
Enclosure Eo. 1.
No. 15—447, dated the 5th December 1914.
From—His Britannic Majesty’s Vice-Consul and Assistant Resident, Ahwaz,
To—His Excellency Sir Walter Townley, K.C.M.G., His Majesty’s Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of His
Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia, Tehran.
In continuation of my despatch No. 27—174 (Camp), dated 31st August
1914, and my telegram No. 20—93, dated 30th November 1914, from Ahwaz, I
have the honour to forward herewith a further report, which, at my request,
Mr. Douglas lias submitted to me on the present state of the Lynch Road,
dealing with that portion of the road not dealt with together with a review of
certain points already dealt with, in his report, dated 4th August 1914. The
improvements reported done were effected in response to my letter to the
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
-i-Jang, written in connection witli my despatch No. 1—46 (Camp), dated
2nd July 1914, to Your Excellency. I would call especial note to the state
of the anchorage of the Rul-i-Shalu, as noted by Mr. Douglas in his report,
and have already informed Mr. E. A. Wilson, Messrs. Lynch’s Ahwaz Agent,
of the danger of allowing it to remain without proper attention. Similarly, I
have warned both Mr. Wilson and the
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
-i-Jang of the fact that the
crown of the Brick Bridge at Dopulun is sinking and requires attention.
Since I last passed over the road, serais have been constructed at Kala
Tul, Gazin and Regheva, which is a slight improvement on the old order of
things, but, much requires yet to be done before road affairs can be said to be
in anything like satisfactory condition.
It will be noted that the total cost of repairs from Ahwaz to Ispahan is
now estimated at £7,300, and that the cost of converting the present caravan
road into a cart road would be £115,000, being a slight reduction on the
original estimate of £132,000; while the estimate for a light railway to
Malamir has been increased by £75,000, e.g., from 200,000 to 275,000.
Mr. Gillespie of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company having now arrived, I
am arranging to confer on the matter of the road with him and Messrs. Lynch’s
Agent, Mr. E. A. Wilson, with a view to seeing what, if any, joint action they
would be willing to take, and to discuss the general question of the road with
Mr. Wilson, in the light of the conference which I had with the
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
-i-
Jang, when in Malamir, en route to Ahwaz, this winter.
It being useless to trouble Your Excellency with the details of the
conference with the
Sirdar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
-i-Jang alone, without being able to say how far
they may be modified by the views of either Mr. Wilson, Mr. Gillespie, or
both, I will, in a further despatch, inform Your Excellency of the result of
these conversations.
India, Fore* on REi/vRi
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This part contains papers, mostly correspondence and 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. minute papers, relating to British interests and Russian policy in the South of Persia [Iran]. It includes papers relating to the following:
- the condition of the Lynch road from Ahwaz to Isfahan (the Bakhtiari Road)
- the question of how far diplomatic action by HM Government in order to rehabilitate British interests in South Persia is desirable or practicable in existing circumstances
- the Foreign Office recommendation that revised assurances should be given to the Sheikh of Mohammerah, in order to strengthen the British position in Arabistan
- the Foreign Office view that the moment is not opportune for taking up the various questions of policy in South Persia
- the collection of taxes by Russian consuls in Persia
- the state of affairs in the districts of Urmia and Soujboulak
- the appointment of a Governor-General at Ispahan
- grievances of the Persian Government against the Russian Government
- Russian ‘intrigues’ with the Bakhtiari khans
- the proposed substitution of a Bakhtiari for Nizam-es-Sultaneh as Governor-General of Luristan
The correspondence is largely between the following:
- the Foreign Office (including Sir Edward Grey, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) and Sir Walter Beaupre Townley, HM Minister to Persia
- the Foreign Office and the Persian Transport Company
- the Foreign Office and Sir George William Buchanan, British Ambassador to Russia at St Petersburg
- HM Minister to Persia (Townley and Charles Murray Marling), and Captain J Ranking, HM Vice-Consulate, Ahwaz
- 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
- Major Stuart George Knox, Officiating 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 the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India
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