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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/18/C137

1. IOR/L/PS/18/C137A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C137A
Title:
Gendarmerie
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1912
Extent:
1 folio

2. IOR/L/PS/18/C137B

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C137B
Title:
Loan
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is concerned with a recent Anglo-Russian advance of £100,000 to the Persian Government, and outlines proposals for a future loan. It considers various conditions that the Russians have declared that they wish to attach to the additional loan, which the author considers onerous.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1912
Extent:
2 folios

3. IOR/L/PS/18/C137C

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C137C
Title:
Shiraz
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1912
Extent:
4 folios

4. IOR/L/PS/18/C137D

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C137D
Title:
'Meshed'
Scope & Content:
The memorandum is concerned with the Russian bombardment of the Shrine of Imam Reza in March 1912 at Meshed [Mashhad], and the presence of Russian troops in Khorrassan. It also touches on the desire of the British Government to have the ex-Shah Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar removed from Persia. It al...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1912
Extent:
5 folios