Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to administration of the estate of Mr W N Sequeira, a British citizen who had gone bankrupt.The discussion in the volume relates to the situation with the creditors in Khuzistan and legal position with the Iranian government.The principal correspondents in the volume include: HBM Minister, British Legation, Tehran, Herbert Thompson Knatchbull-Huggeson; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and HM Consul, Ahwaz.Physical description: This is part of a physical volume which contains multiple files. Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 3, and terminates at f 48, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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 5-48; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are circled.
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the case concerning a former public relations officer at the Persian Consulate in Bombay and his allegations against British activity in Persia.The file includes correspondence between: the Imperial Consul General for Iran in India; the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department; and the British Legation, Tehran.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 86; 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 item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 24 January 1873 and received via Brindisi on 17 February 1873, communicating the views of the Government of India on the question of consular jurisdiction in Persia [Iran] and the Persian Gulf, in reply to despatch No. 67 of 31 May 1871.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 161, and terminates at f 172b, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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 three foliation anomalies: f 163a, f 172a, and f 172b.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 6 March 1874 and received by the India Office Political Department on 30 March 1874, forwarding a copy of a letter from the Chief Commissioner of British Burmah [Burma], and enquiring whether the formation of Persian [Iranian] vice-consulates at Rangoon [Yangon] and Moulmein [Mawlamyine] has been agreed to by HM Government.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 23 and terminates at f 26, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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 two foliation anomalies: f 23a and f 25a.
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 14 of 1853, dated 28 February 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 10 December 1852.The enclosure consists of a letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Tehran, Justin Sheil, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, enclosing under a flying seal (for the information of the Governor in Council) copies of nine of his despatches addressed to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Earl of Malmesbury. These despatches relate to affairs in Persia [Iran] and Herat, and are dated 11 November to 8 December 1852.The despatches report matters including:Sheil’s stated intention to remark to the Sedr Azim [Ṣadr-i Aʿẓam] that a specific declaration is required to counteract articles which had appeared in the
Tehran Gazette‘boasting’ of the annexation of Herat to the dominions of the Shah (an enclosed copy of a translated paragraph from the
Tehran Gazetteof 11 November 1852 is included)Sheil enclosing a translation of a firman nominating Abbas Koolee Khan ['Abbās Quli Khān] to a permanent residence in Herat, to fulfil a function, Sheil states, of Vizier or Political Secretary but not a diplomatic agentA party of Toorkomans [Turkoman or Turkmen people] capturing 'about 30 Persians' in Mazandaran, and the apparent displeasure of Persian Ministers at the Prince Governor of the province requesting Russian help to pursue and punish the Toorkomans, thereby providing an opportunity for the Russians to extend their influence in MazandaranThree letters (translated copies enclosed) ‘of a rather distant date’ which Sheil had received from Fatteh Mahomed Khan [Fath' Muḥammad Khān], an Afghan ‘Chief’ and ‘one of the chief notables of Herat’, who had been seized as an ‘English’ partisan and sent into captivity in Beerjend [Bīrjand] when Persian supremacy had lately been established in HeratNews received by Sheil that Sam Khan [Sām Khān], the former Persian Agent in Herat, had marched into Herat with a body of troops; the Sedr Azim responding to Sheil’s request for an explanation by stating that Sam Khan had acted without orders from the Persian Government, that his actions were entirely in opposition to their wishes, and that a messenger had been sent to recall Sam Khan immediately (in an enclosed exchange of notes between Sheil and the Sedr Azim); and the Sedr Azim’s verbal assertion that the troops accompanying Sam Khan were only of his tribe, and that this occurrence could be attributed to the intrigues of the Governor of Khorasan, in order to prevent his recall as GovernorSheil highlighting the announcement by the Sedr Azim of the intention to send troops to oppose Dost Mahomed Khan [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāʾi] of Cabul [Kabul] and Kohendil Khan [Kuhandil Khān Muḥammadzā'ī] of Candahar [Kandahar], suspected of planning a new expedition in Herat territoryA dispute between the Persian and Ottoman Governments regarding the displaying of their respective flags at their embassies in Tehran and Constantinople [Istanbul] (enclosed copies of two despatches from Sheil to Colonel Hugh Rose, HM Chargé d’Affaires at Constantinople, are included)An agreement having been reached with the Persian Government regarding issues in relation to the nomination of ‘English’ consuls in Asterabad [Gorgan] and Resht [Rasht] (with enclosed translated correspondence between Sheil and the Sedr Azim)Sheil enclosing a portion of a letter from the British Agent in Meshed [Mashhad], containing intelligence from HeratThe arrival in Tehran of Mahomed Sedeek Khan [Sayyid Muḥammad Siddiq Khān Alakuzā'ī], brother of the ‘Chief’ of Herat, with five other ‘Chiefs’ of Herat, and two of them, Khan Dilaver Khan [Khān Dilāvar Khān] and Ser Afraz Khan [Sarafrāz Khān], placing themselves in sanctuary at the British mission, causing the Shah and the Sedr Azim ‘great umbrage’, and with the latter sending Sheil a letter protesting against their protection.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-3, on folio 302. The number 3 is repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of the enclosure.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between HM Ambassador to Iraq (Sir Kinahan Cornwallis), the Foreign Office, the Government of India External Affairs Department, and the India Office (Horace Algernon Fraser Rumbold), regarding the appointment of a new United States Minister to Iraq.The file includes a divider, which gives lists of correspondence references contained in the file 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 8; 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 file contains papers relating to relations between Iraq and Syria, specifically: the ‘Bon-Voisinage’ Agreement between the two countries signed on 24 April 1937; and the Government of Iraq opening a Consulate in Aleppo [in Syria].The papers are mostly letters to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Anthony Eden, Viscount Halifax) from the following: Archibald Clark Kerr, HM Ambassador to Iraq; Gilbert MacKereth (with enclosures), HM Consul Damascus; and A W Davies, HM Consul, Aleppo.The file includes the official text of the ‘Bon-Voisinage’ Agreement in French (folios 7 to 8, this is an enclosure to a letter from MacKereth to Eden).The file includes a divider, which gives lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 10; 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 2-9; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains papers relating to the proposed establishment of diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union (USSR) and Iraq.The papers mainly consist of copies of telegrams between the Foreign Office and the following:Sir Basil Newton and Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, HM Ambassador to Iraq (successively).Sir (Richard) Stafford Cripps, HM Ambassador to the USSR.Sir Reader (William) Bullard, HM Minister to Iran.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 28; 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 2-27; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains a carbon copy of one letter from the Foreign Office to the Secretary of the Admiralty, dated 26 January 1942 (sent by the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under Secretary of State for India), informing the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that the status of the consular post at Basra had been raised to that of a consulate-general for the duration of the Second World War, and that William Lowry Craig Knight had assumed charge as HM Consul-General on 22 January 1942.The file includes a divider, which gives lists of correspondence references contained in the file 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 5; 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 file contains papers mostly relating to the following: the proposal by the Prime Minister of Iraq that Iraqi officials should be employed in British Consulates, for the purpose of training them in consular work until Iraqi Consulates could be established in neighbouring countries to Iraq, and in countries with which Iraq had important commercial relations; and the proposal of the Iraqi Prime Minister that pending Persian [Iranian] recognition of Iraq, an Iraqi representative should be attached to HM Legation, Tehran, to assist Robert Henry Clive, British Minister at Tehran, in the consideration of questions affecting Iraqi interests.The file also includes papers relating to the following: the decision of the Government of Iraq to approach the Persian Government directly regarding their decision to appoint Kamil Beg Al Gilani as Consul at Kermanshah, and Ahmed Zaki Beg Al Khaiyat as Vice Consul at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]; and the desire of the Iraqi Government to appoint Dr Abdullah Beg Al Damluji as Consul-General at Cairo, and Dr Ahmed Beg Gadri as Honorary Vice Consul at Alexandria.The papers mostly consist of the following: correspondence between the India Office and the Colonial Office; India Office Political Department minute papers; India Office internal notes; correspondence between the India Office Political Department and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; copy correspondence between the Colonial Office and the Foreign Office; copy correspondence between the Colonial Office and the High Commissioner for Iraq; and copy Foreign Office correspondence with British consular officials at Bushire, Tehran, Beyrout [Beirut], Damascus, and Jedda [Jeddah].The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file 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 125; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Correspondence exchanged between HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Tehran and the Foreign Office in London. The correspondence concerns appointments to the Persian Legation in London: in 1929, the appointment of the Governor of Khorassan [Khorāsān] Sayyed Hasan Taqizādeh (spelt in various ways throughout the file) to London, with an extract of Taqizādeh’s entry in the 1926 edition of
Persian Who’s Who; in 1933, the recall of the Persian Minister and First Secretary from London; in 1936, the appointment of Ali Soheily to London; in 1941, the reappointment to London of Taqizādeh; in 1942, the appointment of a Persian Military Attaché to London; in 1944, the raising of the status of the Persian Legation in London to an Embassy.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 28; 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 file contains correspondence between British officials concerning issues related to the representation of foreign countries in Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat. Issues discussed specifically include the reaction to Saudi Arabia's trade agent in Kuwait flying the flag of Saudi Arabia, rumours that the Government of Iraq was intending to establish a consulate for the Persian Gulf headquartered in Bahrain, a tour of the Persian Gulf that was made by Paul Knabenshue, the American Minister in Baghdad and a visit made to Kuwait by the German and French diplomatic representatives in Baghdad.In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following documents:'The Bahrein Order in Council, 1913' (folios 91-102)'Final Minutes of meeting held at India Office, 9th October, to consider the question of foreign consular representation in the Persian Gulf' (folios 105-111)'Iraq. Treaty with King Feisal. Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty. October, 1922' (folios 175-178).The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file 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 last folio with 264; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.