Abstract: The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the protection of Anglo-Persian Oil Company's (APOC) oilfields and pipelines in south-western Persia.The volume covers:Defence of APOC property.Notes on oilfields in Arabistan [Khuzestan].Water supply of the oilfields.Creation of Inter-departmental Committee on the Defence of the Persian Oil Fields and its report (ff 230-235).Despatch of a small force to defend the oilfields in 1917.Acquiring British control over the oilfields.King's Regulation impeding to leave APOC without the consent of the Consul General for Fars, for the period of the war (f 110).Providing a guard for APOC's oilfields at Maidan-i-Neptun.Military training for European APOC employees.The volume’s principal correspondents are: John Nixon, General Officer Commanding, India Expeditionary Force 'D', Basrah; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; Thomas William Holderness and Arthur Hirtzel, India Office; William Graham Greene, Oswyn Murray and Edmond John Warre Slade, Admiralty; Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe and Maurice de Bunsen, Foreign Office; Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India; Anglo-Persian Oil Company; Charles Marling, British Minister at Tehran; Percy Cox, Political Resident in Persian Gulf.There are three maps within the file, 'Map A' (2 copies) on folios 264 and 271, and 'Part of River Karun' on folio 265.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 273; 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 3-272; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is securing cordial relations with the Bakhtiari to ensure security for British trade.The volume covers:Proposed grant of British honours to two Bakhtiari khans, Sirdar Assad and Sirdar Jang.Proposed matrimonial alliance between Sheikh of Mohammerah and Bahktiaris.Proposal to subsidize Bakhtiari Khans.Proposal to guarantee local autonomy to Bakhtiaris in event of dissolution of Persia.Attitude of Bakhtiari Khans.Letters from Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) staff regarding German intrigues among Bakhtiari and other tribes of southern Persia.Payment of a subsidy to Bakhtiari Khans.Measures for protecting APOC's property in Arabistan [Khuzestan].Proposed subsidy to the Bawi tribe.Arab raids to APOC's parties.The volume’s principal correspondents are: Walter Beaupre Townley and Charles Marling, British Ministers at Tehran; Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; George Buchanan, British Ambassador in Russia; Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe and Walter Langley, Foreign Office; J G L Ranking, British Consul at Ahwaz; Percy Cox, Political Resident in Persian Gulf; Thomas William Holderness, Lionel Abrahams and Arthur Hirtzel, India Office; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; Anglo-Persian Oil Company.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 162; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.