Abstract: The file contains a letter from HM Consul General in Khorasan, Meshed (Giles Frederick Squire) to the Secretary of the Government of India External Affairs Department. The letter discusses and includes a report from HM Vice Consul, Zabul concerning his meeting with the Sarder [Sardir] Muhammad Amin Khan Nauroi of Seistan [Sistan]. The report covers the Sarder’s offer to lead a rebellion in Seistan, Afghanistan against the Iranian Government, a request for clarification on his position should he, his family and followers move to Baluchistan, Afghanistan and the Vice Consul’s response to said offer. The report includes an appendix detailing the background and structure of the Nauroi Sarabandi Sarders, and the Nauroi tribe.The file also contains related correspondence including a letter from William Rupert Hay, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, to the Vice Consul expressing concern over his response and reservations over the Sarder’s motivations. A specific concern is raised regarding a perceived distinction the Vice Consul made in his response, between the Government of India and HM Government, and a letter in reply from HM Consul General addresses and refutes this concern.A subsequent letter from HM Consul General to the Secretary to the Government of India External Affairs Department, Simla, suggests that the Sarder and his followers plan to leave Iran for India soon.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 11; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file details the Government of India’s financial and administrative responsibilities towards the Persian Gulf. The text is divided into sections: ‘Iran’ (folio 2), ‘Persian Gulf’ (folios 2 to 3), ‘The Air Route’ (folio 3), ‘Oil’ (folios 3 to 4) and ‘Defence Measures’ (folios 3 to 5).The papers provide information on the Government of India’s past and current responsibilities and relations with Iran. Also discussed are concerns over a potential Russian advance through Afghanistan and Persian-German relations which in part are attributed to the reign of Reza Shah [Shah of Iran, Pahlavi dynasty].The significance of the Persian Gulf as a strategic and commercial air route to India, and as a source of oil, now and in the future is discussed. Further highlighted is the responsibility of the Foreign Office and other departments to conduct relations with the Arab states of Kuwait, Bahrein, Qatar, the Trucial Coast and Muscat, and the implementation of wartime defence methods in the region.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 6; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials relating to a rumour that American citizens had been advised by their Consuls to leave Iran, as the American Consulate would not be responsible for their safety after November 1939.The main correspondents are the Central Intelligence Officer, Karachi, the Government of India External Affairs Department, and the British Legation, Tehran.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 5; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence and papers concerning expenditure on diplomatic and consular services in Iran and the Persian Gulf from 1936 to 1940.It includes correspondence between the India Office and the following: the Foreign Office; the Treasury; the Government of India, External Affairs Department; and the Governor General of India. It also includes: statements comparing the expenditure incurred by the Government of India on diplomatic and consular services in Iran for a particular year with that of the previous year, for the years 1936 to 1939; and statements of expenditure incurred on the Koweit [Kuwait] Agency during the years 1936 to 1940.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 117; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to mines and mining concessions in Persia.Correspondence discusses German mining ventures in relation to nickel, copper and gold deposits in Anarek and contracts between the Government of Iran and German companies.The discussion in the volume also relates to the approval and ratification of a contact signed between the Iranian Ministry of Industry and Mines, and a Dutch company, Algemeine Exploratic Masstaschappij [exploration company], to prospect and exploit mineral wealth, including oil and red oxide. Further discussion surrounds the delimitation of the concession area in a northern and a southern part. Included in the file (folio 24) is a map of the two concession areas and also the text (ff 18-23) of the agreement (in French) from
Le Journal de Tehran.The file features the following principal correspondents: HM Minister, Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Anthony Eden); and the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at f 35, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-35; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding the deportation of three Polish men (Oligierd Stolyho, Adam Backer and Josef Bekerman), one Lithuanian man (Bronistew Bogussewier), one Ukrainian man (Iwan Basileffsk) and one Russian woman (Tatiana Chinnova) from the Persian Border to British Indian territory at the beginning of the Second World War.The main correspondence is between:• the Government of India, External Affairs Department to Tehran• the Secretary of State for India• the Senior Assistant Director, Intelligence, Government of India, Quetta• the Director, Intelligence Bureau (Home Department), Government of India, Simla• the Secretary to the Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan, Ziarat• the Polish Consulate General in India• the Additional Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs DepartmentDetailed are the British Indian Government’s concerns regarding national security leading to the arrest and detention of the group. Attributed to this is a belief that Bekerman is German and Jewish, and conflicting reports from Vernon Smith, an American woman who came in contact with the refugees. Also detailed is the Polish Consulate General in India’s wish to facilitate their release, and his assessment of their legitimacy once they had arrived in Bombay, India.Included are statements from the five men; preliminary (folios 3 to 7) and revised (folios 9 to 15) following alleged inconsistencies in the former, and a statement from Chinnova (folios 19 to 21). These contain personal information and include the motivations and circumstances which led to their arrival at the Persian border, and a description of items in their possession.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 54; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-49; these numbers are also written in pencil, and are not circled.
Abstract: Distinctive Features:This is a photograph of the original manuscript which is held at IOR/X/3126/1. Reduced version of this map was lithographed and published in 1872 to accompany the Journal of Captain C. Bean Euan Smith. Printed copies at IOR/X/3126/3/1 and IOR/X/3126/3/2.Relief shown by hachures.Route of mission indicated in line with sextan observations points shown by dots. Boundaries of provinces coloured for reference on the original map.Inscriptions:Legends and annotations concerning the place names obscured via the reproduction process.On recto place names illegible or obscured through the reproduction process added in ink and pencil.Physical description: Materials:Photographic print with additions in pen and ink and pencilDimensions:260 x 968 mm
Abstract: Correspondence and papers relating to a request made in January 1937 by the Iranian Government to the British Government, for maps of Iran from the Survey of India, currently marked as being for official use only. Much of the correspondence is between the Foreign Office and India Office/Government of India, and discusses: precedents to the request (specifically, a request for Survey of India maps from the Afghan Government in 1936); the Government of India’s refusal of the Iranian Government’s request in August 1937, due to the continued military importance of the maps in question; a long delay in responding to the Iranian Government’s request, which remained unanswered until November 1938.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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 30; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file concerns the supply by the Government of India of railway material to the Government of Iran. The supply of such material was seen by the British Government as a means of influencing certain minor powers in the Middle East in favour of the British on the outbreak of war [the Second World War, 1939-45]. Supplying the material was viewed as being easier for the Government of India than HM Government in the United Kingdom.The file contains correspondence from the Government of India External Affairs Department, and the Government of India Department of Supply.The papers show that the Government of India were prepared to supply Iran with 102,000 tons of rails with accessories.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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 23; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Communications from HM Ambassador to Tehran and HM Ambassador to Iraq, reporting on the signing and ratification of the Treaty and Protocol of Frontiers (4 July 1937), the Treaty of Friendship and Arbitration (18 July 1937), and the Treaty for the Settlement of Differences by Peaceful Means (24 July 1937). Copies of the Treaty of Friendship, and the Iraqi ratification law, can be found at folios 25-27 and 21-22. The file also contains a record of a conversation between HM Military Attaché Tehran (Colonel Pybus) and the Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs (Dr Naji el-Asil), plus correspondence with the Government of India External Affairs Department regarding the supply of copies of the Frontière Turco-Persan Cartes Supplémentaires to the Government of Iraq.The file contains a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 37; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file concerns the transfer of the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf from Bushire to Bahrain.The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between British officials including Central Public Works Department (A Croad), India Office officials (John Charles Walton, R Peel, E P Donaldson), Secretary of State for India and Burma (Frederick Pethick Lawrence), External Affairs Department of the Government of India (W R Hay, Aubrey Metcalfe), the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Geoffrey Prior), the Foreign Office (C W Baxter, George William Rendel, Ernest Bevin, Orme Sargent, J T Henderson), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), HM Treasury, the British Ministry at Tehran (Reader William Bullard), the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Colonial Office.The correspondence relates specifically to the following:discussion on the design of the new Residency building at Bahrainproposed Residency site on Muharraq Islandviews against the transfer from HM Ministry at Tehran and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Foreign Office's decision to go aheadTreaty of Alliance between the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union and Iran (ff 302-304)withdrawal from Bushireadministration of the Arab states in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 406; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains papers relating to the Iraqi armed forces, mostly concerning the introduction of conscription in Iraq under a system of National Service. The file also includes papers regarding the military policy of the Government of Iraq, and the concern of the chief of the Iraqi General Staff about the possibility of an attack on Iraq by Iran.The papers mainly consist of correspondence between HM Embassy at Baghdad (Sir Francis Henry Humphrys, George Arthur Ogilvie-Forbes, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, Sir Charles Harold Bateman), and the Foreign Office (Sir John Simon, Sir Samuel Hoare, Anthony Eden), copies of which were sent to the Under Secretary of State for India. The file also includes India Office Political Department minute papers.In addition, the file includes a copy letter from the Chancery of HM Embassy, Baghdad, to the Political Agency at Kuwait (with a copy of the Kuwait Intelligence Summary for the period from 1 to 15 April 1939), and a letter from Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Roland Tennyson Peel of the India Office, regarding the moving of the Basra Garrison to Zubair.The file includes a divider, which gives lists 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 55; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.