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217. File 2612/1912 Pt 2 ‘Persia. Tehran Sanitary Council’
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- Abstract: The volume contains part 2 of papers from and about the Tehran Sanitary Council (also referred to as the Conseil Sanitaire de l’Empire de Perse), and is a direct chronological continuation of File 2612/1912 Pt 1 ‘Tehran Sanitary Council’ (IOR/L/PS/10/283). It chiefly comprises copies of the proceedings (in French) of the 128 through to the 170 meetings of the Council, with some omissions where meetings were of a purely administrative nature. The proceedings were forwarded by the British Ambassador at Tehran (Sir Walter Beaupre Townley; Sir Charles Murray Marling) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey), and then forwarded by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to the Under-Secretary of State for India.The proceedings detail reports of epidemics such as plague, cholera and malaria, occurring in Persia, with recurring reports from Bouchir [Bushire], Enzeli [Bandar-e Anzalī], Astara [Shahrestān-e Āstārā]. The proceedings also document the measures taken to implement restrictions of movement, quarantine and vaccination programmes. Also in the file are reports on the proceedings made by Dr Anthony Richard Neligan, physician at the British Legation in Tehran, and the British representative at the meetings of the Tehran Sanitary Council.The part includes a divider which gives the subject 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 back of the correspondence (f 3).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 313; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
218. File 3280/1913 'Persia: Bushire-Shiraz road; Swedish gendarmerie; conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz road; tours of Shiraz consul'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises correspondence between: the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the British Consul at Shiraz (Major Frederick O'Connor), the British Minister at Tehran, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, regarding the Bushire-Shiraz road.The subjects are:the proposed tours of the British Consul and other officials to Shiraz and Tehran;the operations of the Persian Gendarmerie (led by Swedish officers) on the Bushire-Shiraz road;the headquarters and schools of the Gendarmerie.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 foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 164; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
219. File 4377/1912 'Muscat Arms Traffic: Complaints of British Firms'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and reports relating to the consignment of armaments to Muscat. The discussion in the volume concerns the complaints of British firms regarding the impounding of these armaments, following the enforcement of new arms traffic regulations. Following this some consignees refused to take delivery of the shipments or pay for them leading to the prospect of considerable financial loss for the manufacturers. The correspondence includes an enquiry from the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce as to regulations relating to importation of arms into Muscat.Also discussed by British officials is the interpretation of the relevant regulations and documents. These include:The Board of Trade Journal (December 24, 1908, Volume LXIII, No. 630) with sections on openings for British trade, tariff changes and regulations, and shipping, mineral and agriculture (ff 141- 179).'Agreement between the United Kingdom, France and Italy respecting the importation of arms and ammunition into Abyssynia (Treaty Series No.7, signed London, December 13,1906)A notice 'Arms Traffic. Muscat Warehouse Rules, 1912. Notice by His Highness, Sir Seyyid Faisal bin Turki, GCIE. Sultan of Muscat and Oman'.The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Political Agent, Muscat (Stuart George Knox); the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department (Sir Henry McMahon); Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey).The volume 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 213; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
220. File 4648/1912 'Railway projects in South Persia; surveys of Gulf ports'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and maps relating to the development of railways projects in South Persia and the associated marine surveys of Gulf ports, notably Bandar Abbas and Bushire.The volume includes the report of Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson on the technical issues concerning development of railway lines between Bushire and Shiraz, and Bandar Abbas and Shiraz. Also included is a report on the commercial possibilities of these two developments, compiled by Commercial Adviser, H G Chick. These reports (folios 101-124) are preceded by an accompanying summary and analysis by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Percy Zachariah Cox.Also discussed in the correspondence is the question of concessions for railways in the neutral zone and the relative advantages (climate, water supply) of Bushire and Bandar Abbas as railway termini in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence also features discussion of a rumoured German scheme for a Bushire-Shiraz railway.Further discussion surrounds the arrangements for marine survey work in the region of Henjam and Bandar Abbas to be undertaken by the RIMS Palinurus.A report by the Captain of the Palinurus, Captain B W Mainprise is included along with three marine survey maps (folios 48-50).The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Consul General for Fars (Lieutenant Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox); (Lieutenant Colonel Stuart George Knox); First Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain L Birdwood; Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; Under Secretary of State, India Office; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Louis Mallet); Director, Royal Indian Marine, Walter Lumsden; Officer Comanding, RIMS Palinurus (Captain B W Mainprise); Secretary to the Government of India, Marine Department.The volume 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 127; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
221. File 4919/1912 Pt 2 Abu Musa Oxide Concession: SOS telegram informing Sir P Cox that FO wish to have the German files seized at Bushire
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- Abstract: Secretary of State telegram (7 February 1916) informing Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, that the Foreign Office would like the papers on the Abu Musa concession obtained from the German Consulate, Bushire.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 5; these numbers are printed or written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
222. File 4949/1912 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf: Abu Musa Oxide Concession; Sir P Cox's enquiry whether German papers seized at Bushire should be sent to the FO'
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- Abstract: File contains the enquiry from Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. as to whether to send to the Foreign Office, London, the papers seized from the German Consulate relating to the Abu Musa oxide concession held by the German company, Wönkhaus. Correspondence between the Under Secretary of State for India and the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs discusses how it would be useful to have access to the papers in relation to any settlement of the issue after the war.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 7; these numbers are printed or written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
223. File 523/1912 Pts 1 & 2 'PERSIA: FINANCIAL SITUATION IMPERIAL BANK.'
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- Abstract: The volume is composed of telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, financial accounts and notes, relating to the mint contract and financial position of the Imperial Bank of Persia.The discussion in the volume relates to the difficult financial position of the Imperial Bank of Persia partly due to civil disturbances and the Bank's consequent inability to provide payment to the Persian Government in cash.Further discussion surrounds the dispatch of gold from the Russian Government in order to prop up the Persian Government and prevent the establishment of German influence in Tehran. Also discussed is a proposal to give the bank financial assistance up to a maximum of £343,000 to cover losses sustained whilst their branches were unable to open for business as a result of civil disturbances. The Foreign Office inquired if the India Office would contribute half of this sum (£171,500). The safety of the British colony at Hamandan is an additional topic of discussion.The correspondence also discusses the Imperial Bank of Persia's concession and the anticipated infringement by the Russian Government, as well as the impact of the February Revolution 1917.The volume consists of two parts IOR/L/PS/10/224/1 and IOR/L/PS/10/224/2. 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 330; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
224. File 897/1912 Pt 4 ‘Persan Gulf: British post offices’
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- Abstract: The volume comprises copies of correspondence, agreements, notes and other papers relating to the closure of British Indian post offices in Persia, and the transfer of postal services from British Indian to Persian administration. The specific focus of the volume’s contents is a conference, taking place in Bushire and convened for November 1922 (eventually taking place 5-9 December 1922), between Persian, Indian and Iraqi delegates, to finalise the arrangements for the transfer of the British Indian postal services in Persia to Persian administration. The volume’s principal correspondents are: the Minister at the British Legation in Tehran (Sir Percy Lyham Loraine); India Office staff (David Taylor Monteath; Henry William Garrett; John Percival Gibson; Leonard Day Wakely); Foreign Office officials (primarily Lancelot Oliphant); the Government of India’s delegate at the Bushire conference (Major Alfred Angelo); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Prescott Trevor).The volume includes:arrangements for the Bushire conference, including a list of Persian delegates (ff 199-203), which included the outgoing Director of the Persian Post, Camille Molitor;papers, notes and correspondence relating to the raising by Persian delegates at the Bushire conference, of the transfer to Persian authorities of the British post office in Bahrain, in reference to Persia’s historic claims to Bahrain, and British refusal to entering into negotiation on the matter (ff 194-196);a copy of the proceedings of the Bushire conference (ff 98-125), as well as a printed copy of the report of the Bushire conference, prepared by Major Angelo, which includes the conference’s procès verbal, and copies of the agreements relating both to the closure of foreign post offices in Persia, and to the exchange of money orders between Persia and British India (ff 158-172);concerns amongst senior Government officials, including the Viceroy, over the wording of the agreement, and in particular the reference made to Persia’s claim to Bahrain in the procès verbal, resulting in a refusal by Government to ratify the agreement before amendments are made (ff 155-156, f 149);correspondence and telegrams relating to the closure of British Indian post offices in Persia, which took place in early April 1923 (f 46, f 63), and reports of problems encountered in the transfer to the Persian authorities of postal and financial services, particularly relating to embargoes placed on the transfer/export of Indian rupees (ff 57-62);correspondence from July 1923 onwards, relating to various ratifications of the Bushire postal agreement, by the Union Postale Universelle (International Postal Union) (ff 14-21), the Iraq Government (f 13), and the League of Nations (ff 8-11).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 235; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
225. File 948/1909 'Persia: Situation in the South; Condition of the Roads. Attack on Mr Bill. Road Guard Scheme.'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the security situation in south Persia, 1909-1911.The discussion in the volume relates to the deteriorating security situation for travellers and trade in south Persia (which was held to be a British sphere of influence) caused by fighting among the Kashgai, Lur and Arab tribes who had rejected the authority of the Governor-General of Fars. A further cause of insecurity relating to this is referred to in a note (ff 335-336) by the 2nd Assistant Resident, Bushire, J S Crosthwaite, who describes how tribesmen had invested their money in rifles and could only earn their living by robbing the caravans of commercial travellers.Correspondence discusses how this culminated in an attack upon J H Bill, Acting British Consul, Shiraz, in which two horsemen or ' sowars' were killed, as he travelled along a caravan route. Correspondence discusses measures to be taken as a result of this attack, including a claim for compensation from the Persian Government, a punitive expedition against the Kashgais tribe and the role of Soulet et-Dowle, Governor General, Fars. Measures discussed include using the guards ( gholam) of the Indo-European Telegraph Department paid for by a surcharge on customs duty levied by the British at Bushire; implications for relations with the Persian Government and the Russian Government are also discussed.Included in the volume is a 'Memorandum respecting the Disorders on the Trade Routes of Southern Persia' by H G Trick, Vice-Consul for Fars.The principal correspondents in the volume include Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Viscount Morley of Blackburn, Secretary of State for India; Percy Zachariah Cox, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Sir George Head Barclay, Minister at Tehran.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 366; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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 two leading and ending flyleaves
226. File 3360/1916 Pt 1 'Persian correspondence (1916-17)'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, and memoranda, comprising miscellaneous correspondence on British involvement in Persia in the period 1916-17.Topics discussed include:the activities of the German Vice-Consul, Bushire, Wilhelm Wassmuss, including reports of an attack on him (folio 312)an account of the escape of German and Austrian prisoners (folio 281)translations of letters from German prisoners transferred from Shiraz to Russia (ff 43-48) including a translation of Dr Zugmeyer's diarydiscussion of German and Russian activities in Persiatables, statistics and reports on troop numbers and weaponry, deployments, military engagements and casualtiesBritish relations with local chiefs and their dealings with the Germans and Russianstranscripts of local newspaper articles on various topics including the Russian Revolution (folio 136v)discussion of money required to pay to tribesmiscellaneous Army Department memorandageneral reports on the political and military situation in Persia including the 'Bakhtiari country' (ff 320-321)The file is mainly divided into sections on events by weekly date period. Correspondents include: the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department; HBM Minister, Tehran (Sir Charles Marling); HBM Consul, Bundar Abbas [Bandar Abbas]; HBM Consul, Shiraz; HM Consul-General, Meshed; HM Consul for Kerman and Persian Baluchistan, (David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer); HBM Vice-Consul, Ahwaz (Captain Edward Noel); HM Consul-General, Isfahan; General Officer Commanding, Sistan Field Force; The General Staff, South Persia Rifles, Shiraz; the Inspector-General, South Persia Rifles (Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes); Chief of the General Staff, Simla; Chief of the Imperial General Staff, London; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire; and the Deputy Political Resident, Bushire.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 for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 400; 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
227. File 464/1917 Pt 2 'Persia: Bushire hinterland situation'
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- Abstract: The volume contains papers relating to the situation in the Bushire [Bushehr] hinterland, including Shiraz, in Southern Persia [Iran]. It includes papers relating to:The rebellion in Tangistan.Proposed improvements to Bushire roads.The deportation to Bushire of the Europeans and Indians arrested at Shiraz.The desirability or otherwise of negotiating with the khans of the Bushire hinterland hostile to the British.Negotiations by Farman Farma (Governor General of Fars) and Soulet ed Dowlah (the Ilkhani of the Kashgai tribe) with hostile khans.Surprise attacks made on the Southern Persia Rifles [South Persia Rifles] at Kazerun and Dashtarjin.The question of whether to appoint a General Officer to take over command of operations in Southern Persia from Sir Percy Sykes, or whether to leave Sykes in control of the Indian troops in Fars and the Southern Persia Rifles, provided that there would be attached to him a military officer of field rank experienced in tribal warfare, to whom Sykes would delegate military operations and executive command in the field.Measures for keeping the trade routes between Bushire and Shiraz open.The papers mainly consist of India Office Minute Papers, India Office internal correspondence, and the following correspondence:Correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office.Copies of Foreign Office correspondence with Sir Charles Murray Marling, H M Minister Tehran, and other correspondents, sent to the India Office.Correspondence between the India Office and the War Office.Correspondence between the India Office and the Government of India, and copies of Government of India Foreign and Political Department, Marine Department, and Army Department correspondence sent to the India Office.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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 297; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
228. File 464/1917 Pts 1 & 3 'Persia Bushire Hinterland'
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- Abstract: The volume contains papers relating to military operations in the hinterland of Bushire [Bushehr] in Persia [Iran].The volume consists of two parts: Part 1 [IOR/L/PS/10/650/1], and Part 3 [IOR/L/PS/10/650/2].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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 194; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.