Abstract: Reports on the general economic situation in Persia [Iran] as reported by staff at the British Legation in Tehran. The file includes: newspaper cuttings and typewritten extracts of articles in the Persian press (chiefly
Le Messager de Teheran); budget statements issued by the Persian Government; statements of accounts published by the Banque Nationale de Perse (also referred to as the National Bank of Persia, later the Bank Melli Iran); reports from the Persian Board of Currency Control.Subjects of note covered by the volume include: the transfer of the monopoly of banknote issue from the Imperial Bank of Persia to the Banque Nationale de Perse; the Persian Government’s decision to change from a silver to gold standard in 1930, and the effect in Persia of Britain’s abandonment of the gold standard in the following year; the Persian Government’s appointment of Belgian financial experts to the Persian Treasury; a crisis in Persian currency exchange regulation, the Persian Government’s monopoly control on foreign trade, and the impact of both upon British subjects and commercial concerns in Persia; annual budgets of the Persian Government; the affairs of the National Bank of Persia during 1932-33, including allegations of financial wrongdoing by its German directors, Otto Vogel and Kurt Lindenblatt; Lindenblatt’s conviction and imprisonment in Persia; the appointment of another German, Walter Horschitz-Horst, as director of the bank; financial arrangements of the Trans-Persian Railway.The file’s principal correspondents are: HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Robert Henry Clive, Reginald Hervey Hoare; the Commercial Secretary at the British Legation in Tehran, Eric Ralph Lingeman.The volume includes a large number of items in French, including newspaper cuttings and reports and correspondence issued by the Persian Government and Banque Nationale de Perse.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 413; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
Abstract: The volume contains two parts (items): IOR/L/PS/10/687/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/687/2.Both parts consist of papers relating to financial arrangements for the acquisition of currency for the payment, by the British Government, of Russian troops in Persia [Iran], and the associated difficulties and issues arising. The events take place in the context of a massive depreciation in the value of the rouble [ruble] and occur after the commencement of the Russian Revolution in February 1917, and during and after the October Revolution 1917.Each part includes a Political and Secret Department divider which gives the subject number and part number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the front of each part.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 373; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains two foliation anomalies: f 109A and f 158A.
Abstract: The volume consists of three parts:Part 1 contains correspondence relating to the salaries of HM consular and diplomatic officers, mainly those employed in Persia, but also those in Muscat, Bahrain, and Sharjah.Part 2 contains correspondence mainly relating to financial concessions for consular officers and Legation servants in Persia [Iran].Part 3 mostly consists of correspondence regarding the payment of dollar exchange compensation allowance for Government employees at Bahrain and Kuwait, and for postal staff at Dubai, Gwadur and Bahrain.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 445; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Copy of a letter from HM Ambassador to Persia [Iran], Sir Gore Ouseley, in Tabriz, to the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and the Court of Directors of the East India Company, of 16 July 1813, which was received on 11 January 1814. The letter reports the raise of the rate of exchange between Persia and India by five percent, and the result of this upon the subsidy paid by the Company to Persia.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)