The file contains the following memoranda: C137A 'Gendarmerie', f 40; C137B 'Loan', ff 41-42; C137C 'Shiraz', ff 43-46; C137D 'Meshed', ff 47-51. The memoranda are written by Sir Arthur Hirtzel.
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...
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.
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...
