IOR/L/PS/10/1135/1

• Matters relating to railways in Persia [Iran], including the following: protection and security; working expenses; proposed railway lines connecting Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Bushire [Bushehr] and Tehran; disturbances; and trade
• The Persian Government in conflict with leaders from the Sarhad [Sarḩad], Damani [Damānī ] and Reki [Rīghī] tribes
• Reports that the Persian Government did not make payments to tribes
• Raids by the tribes in Marjawa, Duzdap and other areas in Baluchistan
• Negotiations between the Persian Government on one side and Sadar Taj Mohammad Khan Reki [Sirdār Tāj Muḥammad Khān Rīghī] and Idu Khan Rekis [ʻĪd Khān Rīghī] from the Reki [Rīghī] tribe on the other
• Persian military finance and Persian debt
• The expenses and net loss of British consular jurisdictions in Persian Baluchistan, as presented in yearly charts
• British subjects in Persia making claims to the Persian Government for compensation, following loss of life and property in the raids
• Petitions sent by the Amir of Afghanistan and the Sarhad tribe to the British Government
• Attacks from Dost Mohammad Khan [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Balūch] at Khwash [Khvasht] and his entry into Duzdap.

The principal correspondents are as follows: Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department; Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; HM Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran; British Consulate-General Meshed; British Vice-Consul, Duzdap; Frederick William Johnston, Governor-General and Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan; Percy Lyham Loraine, British Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Iran; and Sardar Mahmud Beg Khan Tarzi [Sirdār Maḥmūd Beg Khān Ṭarzi], Persian Minister of Foreign Affairs.