Coll 30/106 'Anglo-Persian Relations: Bushire flag incident, 1934.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 30/106 'Anglo-Persian Relations: Bushire flag incident, 1934.'
- Date:
- 1934/1935
- Description:
- Abstract: The file concerns an incident at Bushire on 26 November 1934, in which an allegedly drunk Persian naval officer ordered a British India Steam Navigation Company (BISN) tender, the Garmsir, to haul down the red ensign. The officer was said to have accompanied the order with threats, and to have struck a British Indian clerk.The papers contain correspondence and memoranda from HM Minister, Tehran, the Foreign Office, and the India Office discussing what the British response to the incident should be, and recording the resulting diplomatic contacts over the affair with the Government of Iran.The papers indicate that the Iranian Government failed to express any regret over the incident, and that the British Government expressed official disappointment as a result.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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 89; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Diplomatic protests
Flags - Geographic region:
- Bushire
- Rights:
- رخصة المشاع الإبداعي لأغراض غير تجارية
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00018d_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00018d_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3829
IOR/L/PS/12/3829