A printed memorandum written by Frederick Currie, Vice-President of the Council of India, 24 July 1868. The document gives the author's concise opinion on four matters: 1. Maintaining the arrangement made by Lord Canning's Government, or through its intercession, regarding the payment of a subsi...
The memorandum is concerned with progress towards the establishment of a Gendarmerie in Southern Persia; its cited purpose being to protect trade on the Ispahan-Shiraz-Bushire Road.
The memorandum outlines how circumstances in Southern Persia have led to the British reinforcing their consular guards at Bander Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Bushire, Isphanan [Eşfahān], and Kerman. The focus is on reinforcement of the guard at Shiraz, and in particular, an attack on a British carav...