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25. File 3516/1914 Pt 5 'German War: Persia; situation in Arabistan 1915'
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- Abstract: The volume concerns events that happened in southern Persia and in the territories of the Shatt al-Arab, during the First World War. The main focus is the protection of oilfields.The volume covers:The Arab movement in Mesopotamia.Possible despatch of troops to the Kārun river and to Ahwaz [Ahvāz, Iran], to protect the oilfields.Spreading of the jihad movement amongst Arab tribes, seceding from Sheikh of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran].Withdrawal of British subjects from Ahwaz.Pipeline and telegraph line damaged by Bawi tribe near Ahwaz.Sheikh of Mohammerah's defeat of the Bawi tribe, in February 1915.German intrigues, and the arrest and deportation of the former German Consul at Bushire and of German agents.Russian defeat of Turkish forces at Dilman, Azerbaijan, in March 1915.Turkish occupation of Kasr-i-Shirin.Movements of German agents; protest of Persian Government against.Evacuation of British and Russians from Kerman.The volume’s principal correspondents are: Thomas William Holderness and Arthur Hirtzel, India Office; Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe, Foreign Office; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; Walter Beaupre Townley and Charles Marling, British Ministers at Tehran; Percy Cox, Political Resident in Persian Gulf; Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Strick, Scott and Co; Anglo-Persian Oil Company.There is a letter in French within the file, from the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 198; 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
26. File 3852/1921 'PERSIA: AHWAZ CONSULATE BUILDINGS'
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- Abstract: This volume relates to the establishment of British consular offices and accommodation at Ahwaz [Ahvaz, also known as Naseri, Khuzestan] during the period 1918-32, proceedings which were particularly driven by: the end of hostilities with the Central Powers (Treaties of Sevres, 1920, and Lausanne, 1923); the increasing activities of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in the wider region; the poor state of existing consular offices rented from the Sheikh [Shaikh] of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Sheikh Khazel Khan or Khazal Jaber [Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Kaʾbī, Mu‘izz al-Salṭanah]; and the political necessity of maintaining British prestige in the consular district of Ahwaz.The papers notably cover and include:Deliberations over whether to construct a new building or purchase another outright for the Consulate at Ahwaz, including consideration of a site on the banks of the river Karum [Karun] and the site of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s hospital owned by ‘Iraqi’ named Razoogh Bashuri [Rusūkh Bāshūrī?]The recommendation in a report of another building suitable for the location of the British Consulate, valued at ‘Tomans [tūmān] 122’, as well as the following: subsequent reports of its unsatisfactory condition; proposals for expansion and improvement; the potential increase in rental costs; sanction of its lease, including a contribution by the Government of India; and clarification of ownership and running costsCopy of the lease for the British consular buildings (f 45) (modelled on the lease for the house of the Consul)The site of the British consular building (formerly occupied by the Vice-Consul) leased from the Sheikh of Mohammerah, including: a report on plans for construction works (ff 246-250); a copy of the indenture signed by the Secretary of State for India and the Sheikh, dated 16 July 1924 (ff 275-278); and correspondence concerning the disposal of deteriorating unused construction materials, including the ‘breach of contract’ ascribed to the Sheikh for non-disposal (due to his imprisonment by the Persian Government over various disputes), detailed schedules of materials (ff 114-116, ff 126-129; ff 270-274, ff 371-374), and proposals to sell the stone to the Anglo-Persian Oil CompanyThe ‘breach of contract’ ascribed to the Sheikh of Mohammerah in relation to unused construction materials at the site of the British consular building, which is explained as a ‘force majeure connected with the Sheikh’s arrest and imprisonment by the Persian [Pahlavī] Government and the embargo subsequently placed on his properties’ (f 33)Further explanations of the Sheikh’s agreements and disputes with the Persian Government (ff 57-59), including descriptions of the political, personal, and physical circumstances of the Sheikh of Mohammerah (ff 301-302)Sanction for a moiety charged to [British] Imperial revenues covering the rent of a house for HM Vice-Consul at Ahwaz (including water and electricity supplies) at the rate of six hundred krans per month, for the limited period of two years (f 124)Assurances from the Indian Political Department at Ahwaz that the Vice-Consul will always be a ‘bachelor’ [unmarried], and recommendations for the abolition of the post in November 1931Assessment of the possible damage that may be caused to the building of the Consulate at Ahwaz by the construction of a dam across the river Karun; the building of the Karun dam is considered less likely in favour of works in the region of Shush [Shushtar]Correspondence on accounts of expenditure regarding the diplomatic and consular establishments in Persia for the years 1928-29 (ff 109-112).The principal correspondents are: India Office; Foreign Office; HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London; Under-Secretary of State for India, London; Secretary of State for India, London; HM Minister, Tehran; HM Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran; HM Consul for Arabistan, Ahwaz; Acting Consul, Basra; Ministry of Finance, Government of Persia; Sheikh of Mohammerah; Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Ahwaz; and Foreign Secretary to the Government of India.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 404; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume also contains multiple original foliation sequences.
27. File 74/1915 Pt 2 'German War: Banks at Basra +c. - the Eastern Bank'
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- Abstract: The file consists of correspondence and other papers mostly related to the Eastern Bank being invited by the Secretary of State for India to open a branch at Basra and to conduct the banking business of the Government of India at Basra. It also includes papers relating to: the Eastern Bank offering the services of their Baghdad branch to the Government of India, and the status of the Baghdad branch; the proposal of the Eastern Bank to open new branches at Ahwaz, Dizful [Disful] and Bahrein [Bahrain]; the Bank’s suggestion that all its employees in India should be exempted from military service (in the First World War); and applications for passports by the Bank for Bank employees.The file mainly consists of internal India Office notes, Minute Papers, and Reference Papers, and correspondence between the India Office and the following: the Manager of the Eastern Bank, Limited, London; the Viceroy of India, Foreign Department; and the Foreign Office. It also includes India Office correspondence with the Treasury, the Colonial Office, the Imperial Bank of Persia, the War Office, and other correspondents.The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references 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 212; 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.
28. File 7747/1920 Pt 1-2 ‘Arabistan: Consular Arrangements’
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- Abstract: This volume is formed of two parts regarding British political and consular representation in Arabistan [Khuzestan] and its affairs.The two parts are as follows:Part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/942/1) ‘Persia: – Arabistan – Consular arrangements in General Question' (ff 4-348)Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/942/2) ‘'Persia: – Ahwaz Consulate. (Consul for Arabistan' (ff 349-449).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 451; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: There are multiple intermittent pagination sequences.
29. Tracing showing the proposed site for a consulate at Ahwaz
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- Abstract: Distinctive Features:Tracing attached to a letter dated 9 February 1909 (folio 125). Shows land near the Kārun River at Ahwaz with proposed site for a consulate. Properties labelled for reference with the approximate position of new buildings indicated by red pecked line and dimensions reported.Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink on tracing paperDimensions:200 x 327 mm
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