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Miscellaneous Correspondence, Notes, and Newspaper Cuttings Relating to Persia [8r] (15/255)
The record is made up of 1 file (121 folios). It was created in 3 Feb 1899-31 Mar 1905. 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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by caravan in thirteen days and took two days down the river
to Mohammerah. It is therefore much the shortest and can
be made decidedly the cheapest route for British trade from
the south,
The Foreign Office and Indian Government would be
well advised to substantially subsidise this route, as if
Lynch’s abandon it Russia will almost certainly occupy and
work it. The judicious exrjenditure of, say, £100,000
on improving this road would ensure its success.
In my opinion the Foreign Office and Indian Govern
ment should also subsidise the road which I have above
referred to from Bandar Abbas via Kirman and Yezd to
Ispahan.
Russian Agents v/ere at both Mohammerah and Ahwaz and
proceeding by the Lynch road to Ispahan. The Russian
Consul General at Ispahan, Prince de Bija, was also visit
ing Persian merchants along with Russian traders and
premising them Russian protection if they buy Russian
goods. He had also recently been to the Bakhtiari^ Chiefs
and informed them that the only fault Russia had to find
with them was their too great friendliness to England and
that it was to Russia they should look.
I was informed that some of the Belgian Customs
officials are treating British Traders at
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
ports in the most dictatorial and offensive manner.
The domination by Russia of Southern Persia and
especially the possession of a naval base on the Persian
Gulf connected directly with the Russian Empire by a
system of railways would entail an increased expenditure
for the defence of India by land and sea of many millions
a year. It would necessitate probably doubling the
British garrison and leave us without the necessary forces
for the defence of the other parts of our Empire.
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The file contains miscellaneous papers, mostly correspondence, notes, and newspaper cuttings, mainly relating to Persia [Iran]. The papers largely relate to Russian influence in Persia, and include papers concerning railway construction in Persia.
The correspondence consists of letters addressed to George Nathaniel Curzon from various individuals, and correspondence between other individuals, including printed copies of correspondence of the Marquess of Salisbury, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with British officials including Henry Mortimer Durand, HM Minister at Tehran.
The newspaper cuttings are from newspapers including: The Englishman; Daily Chronicle; the Civil and Military Gazette; The Times; The Madras Mail; The Pioneer; The Statesman ; and The Morning Post .
The file also includes a few documents relating to Koweit [Kuwait] (folios 55 to 56, and folios 49 to 52).
The file includes a copy of the publication Revue Franco-Persane Économique et Politique Paraissant Tous Les Mois [Franco-Persian Economic and Political Review Published Every Month], dated June 1900, which is in French (folios 101 to 109).
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- 1 file (121 folios)
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The papers are arranged in no apparent order within the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 125; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Mss Eur F111/353
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- Miscellaneous Correspondence, Notes, and Newspaper Cuttings Relating to Persia
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- front, front-i, 2r:15v, 49r:52v, 55r:56v, 63r, 64r:64v, 68r:68v, 71r:77v, 101r:101v, 117r:119v, 121r:121v, 124r:124v, back-i, back
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