Abstract: The volume contains correspondence, and India Office Political and Secret Department papers, mainly relating to various individuals seeking permission to travel to Persia [Iran] from England. These individuals are largely the wives of British officials and employees in Persia wishing to join their husbands. They include: Myrtle Farran, the wife of an Indian Army officer serving in Persia; M D Merrill, the wife of a Captain in the South Persia Rifles; and Harriet Neilson, the wife of the Works Manager of the refineries in the Persian Gulf of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The volume also includes correspondence relating to permission to travel to Persia for male and female missionaries of the Church Missionary Society, including Emily Skirrow, and The London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews.The main correspondents are the following: the India Office; the Foreign Office; HM Minister at Tehran; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; members of the Church Missionary Society; the War Office; and the various individuals seeking permission to travel to Persia.The volume 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 269; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
Abstract: The volume contains memoranda, correspondence and telegrams, and minutes of letters between British officials regarding railway constructions in Persia, focussing on the line planned between Mohammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran] and Khoremabad [Khorramabad, Iran].The subjects covered are:the leasing of land around Khor Musa to the British by the Ruler of Mohammerah, in 1912 (document in Farsi with English translation on ff 182-183);railway concessions agreed by Persian Government and negotiations with Persian Railways Syndicate;Persian Railways Syndicate's application for a mining concession in the Kerman district (Draft Concession on ff 52 and 53);the Julfa-Tabriz Railway Concession, in French (ff 62-63).The main correspondents are: the Ruler of Mohammerah, Shaikh Kazal [Khaz‘al bin Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka‘bī], Persian Railways Syndicate Limited, the Imperial Bank of Persia, the India Office, the Foreign Office, and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf.Some correspondence is in Farsi and some letters in French, from the Russian Embassy in London, are present in the volume. A map of Persia and Afghanistan, showing the projected railways, is on folio 77.The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 224; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The map, f 77, is a very large fold-out sized at A1.
Abstract: The volume comprises correspondence between: the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Foreign Secretary for India, the British Consul for Kerman, the British Minister at Tehran, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, regarding affairs in Kerman.The subjects are:a proposal to finance the Governor General of Kerman for purpose of restoring order;Kerman finances;the state of the Bunder Abbas-Kerman roads;a proposal to appoint a British officer to organise the provincial forces, opposed by the Government of India because 'it may open the door for a similar Russian demand for Russian officers in the Russian zone';the despatch of 200 Swedish gendarmes to the Province;the appointment of a new Governor-General.The volume comprises part 1 of two. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 142; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The fold out on f 128 is a bookmark and so is marked with an 'A'.
Abstract: The volume comprises correspondence between: the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the British Consul for Kerman, the British Minister at Tehran, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, regarding affairs in Kerman.The subjects are:the movements of Baluchi raiders in the Province;the operations of the Swedish gendarmerie against Baluchi;the departure of the new Governor General from Tehran;Misbah-i-Divan, created Governor of Baluchistan, on a mission to pacify Persian Baluchistan;finances.There are copies of letters in French, from Major G Glimstedt, Commanding the IV Regiment of the Gendarmerie Gouvernementale at Kerman.The volume comprises part 2 of two. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and 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 140; 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 volume comprises copies of printed correspondence, handwritten correspondence, notes and other papers. This relates to the operation of British Indian post offices in Persia, and in particular in the region known as Arabistan [Ahvāz] by British officials. The file is a direct chronological continuation of File 1912/897 Pt 1 ‘Persian Gulf. British post offices [also in Turkish Arabia]’ (IOR/L/PS/10/242). Principal correspondents in the volume include: HM Minister in Tehran (Sir Charles Murray Marling); India Office staff (John Evelyn Shuckburgh; Arthur Hirtzel); the Deputy Chief Political Officer at Basra (Captain Arnold Talbot Wilson); the Chief Political Officer at Basra (Sir Percy Zachariah Cox); and the Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Stuart George Knox).Subjects covered in the volume include:a printed copy of the Convention of Rome (dated 26 May 1906), created by the Universal Postal Union, incorporating detailed regulations for its execution, in French and English, printed in 1907 by HM Stationery Office (ff 160-224);office notes relating to protests from the Persian Government at the opening of Government of India post offices at Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Charbar [Chābahār], and the anticipated post office at Ahwaz [Ahvāz] (ff 153-159);a copy of a letter from Knox to Sir Walter Beaupré Townley, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia, dated 21 June 1914, countering complaints made by the Persian Government about British Indian postal service activities in southern Persia, by pointing out the perceived inadequacies in the Persian postal system (ff 130-133);complaints made by HM Consul at Kerman (Lieutenant-Colonel David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer), of deficiencies in the existing Persian postal service at Kerman. The Consul emphasises insecurities and delays on routes to Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] and Tehran, the inefficiency of staff, and the importance of the service to Kerman’s European community (ff 135-136, ff 77-78);a memorandum written by Wilson to Cox, dated 21 July 1917, giving a detailed account of the prevailing political situation (including Anglo-Persian relations) in Northern Arabistan (ff 41-44);the proposal, put forward by Cox in 1916, to open a British Indian post office at the Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s (APOC) concession at Maidan-i-Naphtum [Meydān-e Naftūn]. It provokes much discussion between British officials in the Gulf, Government of India officials, and officials from the India Office and the Foreign Office, chiefly relating to the likely response of the Persian authorities to such a move, and whether the move could be justified. A useful précis of the differing opinions of officials involved in making the decision can be found at ff 14-18.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 226; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: an original printed pagination sequence is present between ff 160-224.
Abstract: The volume consists of letters telegrams, and memoranda comprising miscellaneous correspondence from the Government of India.A number of topics are covered in the correspondence including:use of aeroplanes in South Persiaa note by General Douglas on policy in Farsthe view of the General Officer Commanding, Bushire, as to the results of complete British withdrawal from the Bushire-Shiraz roadviews on policy in the Bushire-Shiraz areaknowledge of Farman Farma concerning the Kashgai uprisingBakhtiari khans and their financesproposed dissolution of the South Persian Riflesdetails on the armed units of Persian tribesmen assembled by Wilhelm Wassmussrebellion of Mohammad Taqi KhanCorrespondents include: HBM Consul-General, Meshed; the Under-Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; HBM Consul, Sistan; HBM Minister, Tehran; Chief of the General Staff, Delhi; HBM Consul-General and Agent of the Government in India, Khorassan.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, subject headings, 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 for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 325; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves have not been foliated.
Abstract: This part contains correspondence and India Office minute papers mostly concerning whether the Swiss subject Otto Brandly (also spelled Brandley in the papers), who was suspected by the British Government of having pro-German sympathies, should be allowed return to Persia [Iran], as a representative of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers in Kerman [Kirmān].This part also includes correspondence regarding the claim of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, Limited, against the Persian and German Governments for confiscation of their property at Kerman.The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, Limited; the Foreign Office; Charles Murray Marling, HM Minister, Tehran; and the War Office.This part includes a copy of a telegram in French from Otto Brandly to President Motta, Berne, dated Kerman 22 May 1915 (folio 240).Physical description: 1 item (126 folios)
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the situation in Fars and Kerman.Depredations by the QashqaisReport by Mr Clegg on the Qashqai Sarhadd and the political situation in ShirazEvents leading up to the departure of Sarim-ud-Dauleh from FarsConsular report on Kerman for the year 1924Stuation in FarsReport by Mr Warrior of the British Legation on conditions at Shiraz and KermanSituation in Kerman and Fars, as reported by the departing British ConsulReport by Mr Chick on the financial administration if the American advisers in FarsPresent day conditions in Kerman provinceSituation in Fars: lawlessness and its causes, as reported by the British Consul at ShirazConditions in the province of Fars for the year ending March 1924Unrest in the province of Fars and the Government of Persia's desire to purchase aeroplanesPersian operations against the Kuhgelu tribe.The volume 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 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: This part relates to the Government of India's decision to issue a revised edition of Aitchison's Treaties (full title:
A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries), with revised narratives for each geographical area covered, incorporating the principal events that have occurred since the publication of the previous edition in 1909.The part concerns the revised narrative for the section regarding Persia [Iran], Seistan [Sistan], Kerman and Persian Baluchistan, and includes extensive interdepartmental correspondence (most of which is dated 1929-1931) discussing the contents of the revised narrative, as well as the question of which treaties and agreements to include alongside it.The correspondence goes on to cover the requirement for a fresh proof of the revised narrative, following the Government of India's decision (made in consultation with His Majesty's Government) to defer its publication, in order to include references not only to recent events but also to further developments that are expected in the near future.Most of the part is made up of a copy of the second proof of the revised narrative (ff 24-41) together with copies of numerous related treaties, agreements and correspondence covering the period 1763-1928 (ff 42-216), of which a significant amount is written in French.The main correspondents are the following: the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; the British Legation, Tehran; officials of the India Office, Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.Physical description: 1 item (288 folios)
Abstract: This item relates to the disbandment of the South Persia Rifles, including attempts (in the opinion of the India Office) of the Foreign Office and HM Minister in Tehran to prolong its existence, and the disposal of arms, ammunition, equipment and medical stores.The principal correspondents are: Herman Norman, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia [Iran], Tehran (up to September 1921); the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Viceroy (Government of India), Foreign and Political Department; and Reginald Francis Orlando Bridgeman, diplomat, British Legation in Tehran (from October 1921).The papers notably cover and include the following:Admiralty memorandum arguing that disbandment may lead to a breakdown in law and order in the southern provinces creating a threat to naval fuel supplies from south Persia oil fields (f 152)A suggestion by the High Commissioner of Mesopotamia [Iraq] that the Anglo-Persian Oil Company be approached to advance funds to the British Financial Advisor to the Persian Government, in order to maintain the unit and so prevent ‘disorder and riot’ ensuing in south Persia’ (f 154)Norman’s negotiations with the Persian Prime Minister regarding the latter’s possible takeover of the South Persia Rifles, including the refusal of the Medjliss [Majlis, Iranian Parliament] to accept six-month contracts with British officers; Norman’s and the Foreign Office’s outright rejection of a new proposal by the Persian Prime Minister which is considered ‘impudent’ (ff 168-169); and decision to accelerate the disbandment considering the lack of funds for the unitThe Foreign Office’s rejection of a suggestion that the Governor-General of Isfahan [also spelled Ispahan in this item] (or Bakhtiyārī Khān) be allowed to acquire arms and ammunition of the South Persia Rifles (f 178)Copies of communications between Norman and the Persian Prime Minister, June-July 1921, in which the latter requests that the British Government: continue to finance the unit for another three to four months until other European (Swedish) officers can take over from British ones; and give Persia the stores and arms gratis (ff 113-115, 122-129)A revised offer of the Persian Government, conveyed by Norman September 1921, to take over the remaining South Persia Rifles, without British and Indian officers and officials, pay its expenses out of its own revenues and buy its arms and stores from the British Government on concessionary terms (ff 107-109), and Norman’s intimation that refusal could turn Persian public opinion against Britain and lead to disorder in southern Persia (the proposal is rejected by the British Government)Norman’s insistence that the order for the destruction of the Isfahan detachment’s arms is suspended and they are conveyed through ‘Bakhtiari country’ to Ahwaz [Ahvaz] for ‘future eventualities’, and the British Government’s refusal to sanction the ‘sale of arms or munitions to any tribesmen including Bakhtiaris’ (ff 86-87)A report from the Kerman Consular Officer, conveyed by Norman 24 September 1921, regarding disorders and robberies on a large scale in the province of Fars allegedly resulting from news of the impending disbandment of the unit (f 77)A proposal for the disposal of the medical stores of the South Persia Rifles at Kerman to the Medical Officer of the Church Missionary Society Mission, including the agreement of the Viceroy of India for their transfer as a gift or purchase at concessional rates and the Treasury’s view that the Mission should instead be charged a (higher) ‘fair price’ (ff 119, 67, 23)A South Persia Rifles proposal in October 1921, supported by Bridgeman, British Legation in Tehran, to sell 700 rifles and ammunition, equipment and animals for a small force in Fars to help avert disorder in the region and prevent ill-feeling against the departing British who may otherwise destroy the remaining arms and equipment, including support of the Government of India and India Office, and agreement of the Foreign Office for their use in Fars despite the ‘recent attitude of the Persian Government and Persian public opinion’ towards Britain (ff 58-64, 69-75)A request, October-November 1921, of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to purchase from the disbanding unit 300 rifles, and Bridgeman’s dismissal of a rumour that the company plans to recruit 300 more guards for its operations in Kashgai (ff 25-33)Report by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf on the arrival in Bushire [Bushehr] of the last convoy of South Persia Rifles from Shiraz, 9 November 1921, in which he details an attack on the garrison at Kazerun and expresses concerns for the future security of the Bushire-Shiraz and Bandar Abbas-Kerman roads, (ff 15-20)Foreign Office response to questions submitted by Sir Charles Yate MP regarding the terms on which the men of the South Persian Rifles have been disbanded, details of the disposal of equipment, guns and stores, the costs of the evacuation, and potential recompense to the Government of India for its expenditure on the force (ff 7-12).The papers comprise a mixture of printed, typescript and manuscript documents and mostly consist of: copy telegrams, copy letters, covering letters of the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India, with related enclosures; India Office Political Department registry covering papers including the subject and notes by department officials; India Office minute papers with manuscript notes; India Office draft letters and draft telegrams; original and copy letters.Physical description: 1 item (184 folios)
Abstract: The volume consists of two parts: Part 1 and Part 2 both contain papers relating to the construction of a telegraph line and road from Bandar Abbas (or Bunder Abbas or Bander Abbas) [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] to Kerman in Persia [Iran]; Part 2 also includes some papers relating to the development of roads and railways in Persia, including the Bushire to Shiraz road.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 376; 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 part contains India Office minute papers and correspondence relating to the Consulate escorts at Kerman, Shiraz, and Kermanshah in Persia [Iran], mainly concerning increases and reductions in the strength of the escorts and the expenditure involved.The correspondence mostly consists of the following: correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office; correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; and copies of correspondence of the Government of India Foreign and Political Department with HM Minister at Tehran, HM Consul at Shiraz, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: 1 item (55 folios)