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File 1187/1914 Pt 2 ‘Persia – Policy. British Interests in the South. Russian Policy’ [236v] (220/300)
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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There is yet another cause tending to militate against the general efficiency
of the road.
The serias at various stages in the upper section and Chahar Mahal are, -
like those in the hill section, the property of various owners, viz., Naghun, be- *
longing to Muntazzem-ud-Dowleh, Shalamzar belonging to Samsam-us-Saltana,
Shamsabad to the Amir-i-Mujahid, and Kaf-i-Rukh to the Munazzem-ul-Mulk.
In these serais the right to sell supplies at any price they choose is claimed
by the owners or their agents, and there is not the pretence even of a fixed rate
and a fixed weight, as in the hill section. In both sections the “ dalundars ”
make the utmost they can, but to the rapacity of those in the upper section then*
are no bounds, as they are not officially under the
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
. The only check on
their rapacity is that muleteers can often buy from villagers.
Some arrangement should be come to by which the serais also can be put
officially under the orders of the
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
, to the extent of the prices to be charged,
and punishment in cases of disobedience. It will not do away with extortion, but
will lessen the evil.
Lastly, in every question concerning the road, and in every other Bakhtiar
question, we are faced with the obstacle represented by the inter-family enmity
which is at the bottom of nearly everything, which takes place in the Bakhtiar
Country.
I would tender my apologies to Your Excellency for the length of this des
patch, but it has been impossible to compress it into less.
SCHEDULE I.
Places requiring repair, etc., on the Lynch Road, Summer, iq:4.
Place.
Gardan-i-Sarrak, whole length ...
Gardan-i-Sultani „
Mile 15-16, march 8, page 156, 0 Bakhtiari
Tribes and their Chiefs ".
Gardan-i-Gatchi ... 7 *. ...
Approaches to Bridge at Godari-i-Balutak.
From Bridge towards Deh Diz for miles.
Kulrout ... ... ...
Chift-i-Murwarid and Murwarid
Approaches to Bridge, Amaret ...
Ascent and descent of Burra Murda
Requirement.
Earth-filling.
Earth-filling.
Roadway requires widening, by cutting
into the hillside.
Diversion.
Earth-filling.
Track should be doubled.
Grading ; g.s. much too steep.
Stones and boulders want removing.
Earth-filling.
Stones and boulders require removal.
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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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- File 1187/1914 Pt 2 ‘Persia – Policy. British Interests in the South. Russian Policy’
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- 127r:144v, 147r:195r, 199r:200v, 201v:224v, 226v:232v, 234r:276v
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