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been the abode of the Piran tribe. They
have requested that the British Government,
through the British Ambassador at Cons
tantinople, may act strongly in the matter
and support them. Lord Lansdowne has
approved Sir N. O’Conor’s proposal not to
intervene in the matter, unless the Persian
Ambassador at Constantinople approaches him
with a definite request for his good offices and
is able to make out a fair case in support of
the claim advanced by the Persian Govern
ment in the territory in dispute (cf. paragraph
6 of the Memorandum for June 1905).
10 Iledj az .—Maulvi Shams-ul-Ulema
Ata-ur-Bahman, who is about to proceed on a
pilgrimage to Mecca, has been deputed on
behalf of the Government of India to collect
Arabic and Persian manuscripts while
there.
PEBSIAN GULP.
11. Mashat.—(Vide paragraph 7 of
Memorandum for October 1905.) On 31st
October, the Secretary of State for India tele
graphed that a proposal had been made to the
Trench Government that the British and
French Consular representatives should confer
as to the best way to notify the Award to the
subjects of His Highness the Sultan, and that
they should prepare a list of those of his
subjects who were entitled to fly the French
flag; the results of the conference being
reierred to both Governments for approval.
On 21st November another telegram was
despatched from 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. , stating that
the French Government had instructed
M. Laronce to prepare a list of French proteges
for communication to Major Grey and to
discuss with him the manner of announcing
the Award. 1 he Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Maskat, was
also informed by the Indian Government, in
reply to an enquiry, whether he should
correspond directly with the Foreign Office,
London, that he should follow the usual
practice, save that the list of proteges should
he sent directly to the India _ Office, copies
going to the Government of India.
12. (Vide paragraph 6 of Memorandum
for October 1905.) In a letter, dated 6th
November, Major Grey wrote that he had re
minded the Sultan of his undertaking to raise
loans from the British Government only, and
that His Highness had agreed to observe his en
gagement more closely in future. Subsequently
in a demi-official letter of the 21st November,
Major Grey suggested that, as the Irene i
appeared agreeable to an interdiction of t le
arms trade, the cessation of the traffic mrg
be used to secure the consent of the Sultan to
the reform of the Customs.