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985. File 499/1926 Pt 1-2 'PERSIA: PRINTED CORRESPONDENCE'
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- Abstract: This volume consists of two parts, both comprising batches of printed correspondence relating to political and economic affairs in Persia [Iran], as follows:Part 1, 'Persia: Affairs; Printed Correspondence (1925-July 1926)' (IOR/L/PS/10/1169/1) (ff 1-167)Part 2, 'Persia: Affairs; Printed Correspondence (1926-' (IOR/L/PS/10/1169/2) (ff 168-644).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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 645; 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.Pagination: the volume also contains multiple original printed pagination sequences.
986. File 5015/1919 Pt 1-3 'PERSIA:- REVISION OF CUSTOMS TARIFF'
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- Abstract: The volume relates to the revision of the Anglo-Persian Customs Tariff. It comprises three parts as follows:IOR/L/PS/10/856: Part 1, ‘Persia: Appointment of Financial Adviser’ (ff 249-295)IOR/L/PS/10/856: Part 2, ‘Persia: Appointment of Experts for Revision of Tariff’ (ff 159-248)IOR/L/PS/10/856: Part 3, ‘Persia: Revision of Customs Tariff’ (ff 4-158).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 end of the correspondence (the front of each part).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 298; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
987. File 5122/1921 'PERSIA:- ANTI-BRITISH PROPAGANDA IN THE PERSIAN PRESS.'
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- Abstract: This volume contains minutes, letters, memoranda, and reports relating to articles, pamphlets, and newspapers identified as promoting anti-British propaganda by officials and diplomatic representatives of HM Government in Qajar Persia [Qājār Iran]. The papers notably cover the following subjects:The punishment, encouraged by Britain and often violent and severe, of members of the press in Persia by the Persian Government, including incidents involving the editors of the Tehran press (probably a reference to the Shafagh Sorkh[ Shafaq-i Surkh]) and the newspapers Hayat[ Ḥayāt] and Toofan[ Ṭūfān]Objections made to the Central Zionist Committees in Persia and Palestine concerning the anti-British tone of the Jewish newspaper, Hahaim[ Ha-Ḥayīm], which 'ostentatiously refrained' from endorsing celebrations for the approval of the 'Palestine Mandate' by the League of NationsThe pilgrimage to the Shrine [of Imām Mūsá al-Riz̤āʾ] at Meshed [Mashhad] made by two leading Shiah [Shīʿah] mujtahids [Islamic legal authorities] who had been expelled from British Iraq, their anti-British activities and publications, as well as their surveillance by the British with the help of officials of the Persian Government and religious leaders in the regionDiscussion of the question of British diplomatic withdrawal as a response to anti-British activities and public sentiment, including how this might affect their vested interests, particularly in oil and bankingThe position of the Qajar Prime Minister Kawam-es-Saltaneh [Aḥmad Qivām Qivām al-Mulk Qivām al-Salṭanah] and his attitudes towards the Bolshevik [Soviet] presence and influence in PersiaThe proposal for a pro-British propaganda campaign in Persia, funded by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, and designed to counter what is considered to be Soviet-sponsored anti-British sentiment in much of the country's pressThe use by anti-British propagandists in Shiraz of the 'extremist press' of [British] India, such as the newspaper Zemindar[ Zamīndār], published in Lahore; British efforts to prosecute the paper's editor and proprietor, as well as suppressing its importation into PersiaThe critical response to, and parody of, a speech about Persia given by Lord Curzon in the House of Lords on 26 July 1921, in a pamphlet, written in French, entitled 'Setareh Iran: Curzon et la Perse' (folios 159-175)Discussion by British officials of the coverage in the Persian-language newspaper Sitarah-e-Iran[ Sitārah-yi Īrān; also written as, Sitara-i-Iran, Setare-i-Iran, and Sétareh Iran] of the Swadeshi campaign to boycott British-made goods, championed at the time by Mr Ghandi [Mohandas Gandhi].Correspondents mainly include: Political and Secret Department, India Office; Prime Minister, President of the Council of Ministers and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Government of Persia; Minister of War, Government of Persia; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London; Under-Secretary of State for India, London; HM High Commissioner, Baghdad; HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia, Tehran; Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Tehran and London.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject and file 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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 220; 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.
988. File 5257/1919 'Persia: the Military Commission'
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- Abstract: This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes. It mainly covers conversations between British officials regarding military affairs in Persia [Iran].Related matters of discussion include the following: appointment and nomination of administrative officers, mainly covering salary, travelling expenses, pay rate, channels to be paid, official visits and transports, and adjustments. Also discussed are the conditions of serving on the commissions, the organisation and recommendation of improvements on the commission.The volume also covers the relationship between the Persian Government and the Anglo-Persian Military Commission and the possible service of British officers in the Persian Army. Also mentioned is the supplying of munition and equipment to the Persian Government, as agreed in the Anglo-Persian Agreement.In addition, the volume includes:‘Agreement between his Britannic Majesty’s Government and the Persian Government’, 9 August 1919 (ff 258-259)‘Conditions of Service for British Officers Serving in the Persian Army’ (ff 134-143)Confidential supplement to the report of the Anglo-Persian Military Commission by the British Members of the Commission (ff 87-110)Report of the Anglo-Persian Military Commission, 4 April 1920, consisting of the following chapters: external and internal dangers; existing armed forces of Persia; military institutions and laws; existing communications and fertility of the country; financial position as affecting the army; confidential supplementary documents (ff 34-82)Minutes of the Inter-Departmental Conference on the report of the Anglo-Persian Military Commission regarding Persia’s need of armed forces (ff 28-32)Report of Joint Anglo-Persian Military Commission on the Reorganisation of the Persian Army (f 17)Examination of initial cost of carrying out the recommendations of the Anglo-Persian Military CommissionThe Military Commission and suggested modifications (ff 18-20).The correspondence in the volume is mostly internal correspondence between British officials of different departments. The principal correspondents are: Acting Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs; Director of Military Intelligence; War Office; and British Legation, Tehran.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 262; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Multiple intermittent additional foliation sequences are also present.
989. File 5301/1928 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Slavery Convention. Slavery in the Persian Gulf'
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- Abstract: This volume contains correspondence between British officials concerning agreements between the British and Persian governments related to the suppression of the slave trade in the Persian Gulf. Much of the correspondence is between officials at the Foreign Office, the India Office and the British Legation in Tehran.Specifically, the correspondence relates to discussions concerning the drafting of an article relating to slavery in a proposed Anglo-Persian Treaty and the revision of the Anglo-Persian Slavery Convention of 1882. Specific incidents regarding slavery in the region are also discussed intermittently throughout the volume.In addition to this correspondence, the volume contains several extracts and drafts of agreements (most of which are in French) and the following documents:Foreign Policy memorandum entitled 'Anglo-Persian Slavery Convention of 1882' (folios 134-139)'Law forbidding the Purchase and Sale of Slaves on Persian Territory and according them Freedom on their Arrival in Persia (Passed by the Majlis on 18th Bahman, 1307 (February 7, 1929).)' (folio 151)India Office memorandum entitled 'Slavery in the Persian Gulf' (folios 270-271)'Treaty between Her Majesty and His Majesty the King of Italy for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade. Signed at London, September 14, 1889 - Ratifications exchanged at London, October 24, 1889' (folios 328-330)'Convention between Her Majesty and His Majesty the Shah of Persia for the Suppression of the Traffic in Slaves. Signed in the English and Persian Languages at Tehran, March 2, 1882. (Ratifications exchanged at Tehran, June 14, 1882.)' (folios 331-333).The volume includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume 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 340; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
990. File 5646/1918 'Persia and Mesopotamia: future telegraphic arrangements'
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- Abstract: This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes, regarding the importance of re-establishing telegraphic communication between India and England via the Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia [Iraq] to Mediterranean ports under British control.The papers notably cover the following: postwar reorganisation of the telegraph communication, including the rebuilding of lines, re-establishing of old routes, introducing new routes, and proposals submitted by the Indo-European Company; relations with and between the Indo-European Company, Indo-European Department and the Eastern Telegraph Company.Also included in the volume are the following documents:‘A collection of Conventions and Agreements relating to Telegraphs in Turkey in Asia, Persia, the Persian Gulf and Mekran, September 1916’ (ff 127-144)‘Indo-European Telegraph Department. Statement showing Amounts paid into and drawn out of the Indian Joint Purse by the Department to the year 1917-1918’ (f 122)‘War cabinet. Imperial Communications Committee's proposed diversion of the Indo-European Telegraph Company’s route of India’ (ff 58-65)Four maps in showing the lines of telegraphic communication between Europe and India passing through Persia [Iran] and Mesopotamia (ff 13, 14, 37 and 123).The volume comprises internal correspondence between British officials of different departments. The principal correspondents are: the Committee of Imperial Defence, Imperial Communications Committee; Sir Rayner Barker, Director-in-Chief of the Indo-European Department; the Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia [also known as Civil Commissioner, Baghdad]; the Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia; the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council; and the General Post Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 144; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Multiple intermittent additional foliation sequences are also present. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
991. File 566/1921 ‘Persia: military Attaché’s intelligence summaries’
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- Abstract: This volume is a compilation of intelligence summaries on Persia [Iran] between August 1920 and October 1923. The intelligence summaries are mostly divided into monthly or weekly reports, regarding different aspects of the social, economic and political situation in Persia. The intelligence summaries are organised by countries or cities that are politically involved with Persia, such as Russia. The summaries cover a number of matters, such as: general affairs; official appointments; the situation of the oil companies; affairs of the Persian Government; conflicts in the country; and relations between British and Persian officials.The main correspondence is between British officials and the British Military Attaché, Tehran.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 403; 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.
992. File 5924/1920 Pt 1 ‘Persia: Financial Position of Persian Govt. Possibility of consolidating external debt’
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- Abstract: This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding British claims on their loans to Persia [Iran], and Persia’s financial affairs generally.The papers notably cover:Details of the loans, including British claims, recovery of interest owed, and regulation of paymentsCorrespondence between British authorities and the Imperial Bank of Persia regarding the Persian Government’s request for advances on a loanProposals for the reorganisation of Persian financesA speculated loan to Persia from the United States of America.The principal correspondents include: the British Legation, Tehran (correspondence sometimes comes from Gulhek [Qolhak, also written as Gula Hek], which was the Legation’s summer hill station); Sydney Rogers, Manager of the Imperial Bank of Persia; HM Treasury; and Lancelot Oliphant, Foreign Office.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 423; 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 also present in parallel between ff 391-421; these numbers are written in red ink.
993. File 5924/1920 Pt 2-3 ‘PERSIA: FINANCE’
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- Abstract: This volume primarily contains correspondence, telegrams, memoranda and reports regarding the financial affairs of the Government of Persia [Iran]. The volume is formed of two parts:‘Financial Situation. Persian debt to H.M. Govt’ (IOR/L/PS/10/921/1)‘Debt to H.M.G. Private claims against Persian Govt’ (IOR/L/PS/10/921/2).Each part 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 537; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Three additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 393-408, ff 453-458, and ff 482-497; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
994. File 6342/1920 'Persia: Meshed; Consular Appointments'
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- Abstract: This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the position of Consul in Meshed [Mashhad] and the political and economic situation in East Persia [Iran]. The papers notably cover:Description of the political situation in East Persia where disturbances and outbreaks of conflict were occurring‘Bolshevik’ invasion of Khorassan [Khorasan]Conflict between Muslim troops and Anglo-Persian forcesThe dismissal of Lieutenant-Colonel W G Grey as Agent to the Government of India at Meshed and His Majesty’s Consul-General for KhorasanThe appointment of British consuls at Meshed during 1920-30Description regarding the previous British Consul at Meshed and general consular appointments in PersiaThe adoption of the title 'Agent to the Government of India' in addition to that of Consul-General.The principal correspondents are British Legation, Tehran (correspondence sometimes comes from Gulhek [Qolhak, also written Gula Hek], which was the Legation’s summer hill station); Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran; and the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.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 front 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 111; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
995. File 7190/1920 Pt 1 ‘Persia:- Situation in Arabistan. Bakhtiari crisis. Sheikh of Mohommerah and Persian Govt.’
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- Abstract: The volume comprises correspondence, telegrams, summaries, reports, notes and other papers concerning British support of the Shaikh of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr; also written as Mohommerah, for example in the title field] in the context of the Persian [Iranian] Government's relationship with the tribes of South Persia including the Bakhtiaris [Bakhtiyārī].The papers notably cover:A conversation between HM Minister at Tehran (Sir Percy Loraine) and the Sheikh of Mohammerah [Shaikh Khaz‘al al-Ka‘bī Mu‘izz al-Salṭanah] about political mattersThe threatened movement of Persian troops to Arabistan [Khuzestan] to enforce payment of revenue by the Shaikh of MohammerahThe despatch of Persian troops to Arabistan and attacks against them by the BakhtiarisThe resignation of the Governor-General of ArabistanRelations between the Government of Persia and the Bakhtiari and southern tribesThe attitude of the Persian Minister of War, Reza Khan [Reżā Shāh Pahlavī], towards tribal leaders in South Persia and the interpretation of HM Minister, Tehran of the positionThe Shah of Persia’s visit to Bushire [Bushehr] and the policy of Reza KhanA memorandum on British wartime obligations with the rulers of the Persian Gulf coast entitled ‘A Memorandum on British Commitments (During the War) to the Gulf Chiefs’ (ff 129-135)Pledges given by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Sheikh of Mohammerah dated 1 December 1908 and 16 May 1909 (f 126).The volume also contains a hand-drawn map of Arabistan (f 90).The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and HM Minister, Tehran.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 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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 254; 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. The sequence contains two foliation anomalies, missing out f 323 and including f 255a.
996. File 7190/1920 Pt 2 ‘Persia:- Mohammerah. Relations of the Shaikh with Central Govt.’
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- Abstract: The volume comprises correspondence, telegrams, summaries, reports, notes and other papers concerning British support of the Shaikh of Mohammerah [Shaikh Khaz‘al al-Ka‘bī Mu‘izz al-Salṭanah, Shaikh of Khorramshahr] in the context of the Persian [Iranian] Government’s relationship with the tribes of South Persia including the Bakhtiaris [Bakhtiyārī].The papers notably cover:The settlement of questions of revenue administration between the Government of Persia and the Shaikh of MohammerahThe establishment of the Belgian Customs Administration in Arabistan [Khuzestan]Firmans granted to the Shaikh of Mohammerah by the Shah of Persia and the question as to whether they had been revokedDiscussions of the role of American financial advisors to the Government of PersiaThe plan of the Prime Minister of Persia, Reza Khan [Rezā Khān], to reduce the de facto autonomy of various regions in Persia and enhance and consolidate the authority of the Government of PersiaStrains in the relationship between Reza Khan and the Shaikh of MohammerahThe interests of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in Arabistan [Khuzestan] and contingencies to deploy British military force due to possible threats to its operations posed by any public disorderThe undertakings made by the British Government to the Shaikh of Mohammerah and how to reconcile these with British strategic interests and the British relationship with Reza Khan and the Government of PersiaThe Shaikh of Mohammerah’s title to lands on either bank of the Karun near Mohammerah [Khorramshahr].The principal correspondents are: the Foreign Office, London; HM Minister, Tehran (Sir Percy Loraine); and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.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 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 inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 554; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly, f 161a.