Abstract: 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 caravan travelling from Bushire.It includes a copy of a telegram on folio 46; it is from Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Office, to Sir George Barclay, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, and dated 2 April 1912. It outlines the circumstances under which the British will remove their troops from the aforementioned towns, and provides brief advice as to how the Persian Government may maintain the continued goodwill of the British Government.Physical description: 4 folios
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 23 June 1801.The letter complains that, following a dispute with Jones (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/163), the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] has removed the nobatchys and chouses [nöbetçi and çavuş, guards] in Jones’s service. Jones states that he will remain in his residence until he receives further directions.The letter was enclosed in Jones’s letter to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, dated 4 August 1801 (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/163).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)