Abstract: Memorandum providing an overview of the British connection with the island of Henjam.Covering:introduction to the location of Basidu [Bāsa‘īdū] and its strategic importance; use of the island by the British; the Beni Yas tribe inhabitants;international status of Henjam – Persian and Muscat claims;the British Telegraph Concession at Henjam - a history from 1868 – and the use of the location as a base for naval authorities and as a coaling station;1926-8: reassertion of Persian claims – customs; enquiry by the Persian Government as to the right of property of His Majesty's Government in Basidu and Henjam; the expulsion of the Shaikh of Henjam in May 1928; and consideration of action to be taken at Henjam in the event of Persian aggression under the Telegraph Concession;relations between the Sheikh [Shaikh] of Henjam and Persia: 1904-28 – friction between Persian officials and the Arab inhabitants, and the expulsion and return of the Shaikh.It includes a summary detailing the position and legal rights of His Majesty's Government in Henjam, and the desirability to maintain the connection. In addition, a list of points referred to the Persian Gulf Sub-Committee, and the views expressed by the Government of India are given.Written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 60, and terminates at f 63, 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. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence related to the Persian Government's claim of sovereignty over Bahrain and the actions of some its agents in connection to operations taken by the British Government against the chiefs of Bahrain that it had accused of acts of piracy.The correspondence includes original copies of letters from Persian Government officials (in both Persian and Arabic) to Mahomed bin Abdullah [Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Khalīfah] the Chief of Bahrain. English translations of these letters are also included.Physical description: Condition: Previously bound, the file's pages have been de-bound and are now loose in the file's original cover.Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The file contains the following foliation errors: 1, and 1A and the following foliation omissions: 6-7, and 10-11.
Abstract: A copy of a letter from John McNeill, Surgeon to the British Mission in Tehran, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran] Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, sent from Tehran and dated 17 November 1827.The letter concerns proposed means of ending the ongoing conflict between Persia and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. McNeill reports a change in the attitude of the Moatemed [Mīrzā ‘Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah, Persian Minister] towards pursuing peace terms. McNeill also asks Macdonald Kinneir to intercede with Russian representatives to moderate their demands.This letter was originally enclosed, numbered 16 in 75, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 9 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/107).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from John McNeill, Surgeon to the British Mission in Tehran, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran] Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, sent from Tehran and dated 15 November 1827.The letter concerns McNeill’s meetings with the Shah [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] and Persian Ministers concerning proposed means of ending the ongoing conflict between Persia and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. McNeill describes his attempts to persuade the Shah and the Persian Government to accept Russian terms for peace. McNeill also discusses the financial situation of the Shah and the mobilisation of troops from Khorassan [Khorasan], and asks for instructions in the event that the Shah leaves Tehran.This letter was originally enclosed, numbered 17 in 75, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 9 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/107).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran] Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir to John McNeill, Surgeon to the British Mission in Tehran, dated 25 November 1827.The letter concerns negotiations between Persia and Russia taking place at Deheraghan [Azarshahr] to end the conflict between the two countries [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Macdonald Kinneir reports the negative effect of the arrival of Mahomed Ali Khan Kufoor [Muḥammad ‘Alī Khān Ghafūr], an envoy from Teheraun [Tehran], without an instalment of the money demanded by Russian representatives, and urges that the instalment be paid without delay.This letter was originally enclosed, numbered 1 in 77, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 15 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/129).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from John McNeill, Surgeon to the British Mission in Tehran, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran] Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, sent from Tehran and dated 28 November 1827.In the context of the ongoing war between Persia and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], the letter mainly concerns arrangements for paying an instalment of money to Russian representatives in order to secure the withdrawal of Russian troops from Persia. It also forwards McNeill’s communication with Meerza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khan Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] concerning the conflict (IOR/L/PS/9/71/135).This letter was originally enclosed, numbered 2 in 77, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 15 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/129).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from John McNeill, Surgeon to the British Mission in Tehran, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran] Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, sent from Tehran and dated 1-2 December 1827.McNeill reports on his meetings with the Shah [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] concerning arrangements and conditions for the payment of an instalment of money demanded by Russia from the Persian Government in exchange for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Persia.This letter was originally enclosed, numbered 3 in 77, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 15 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/129).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from John McNeill, Surgeon to the British Mission in Tehran, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran] Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, sent from Tehraun [Tehran] and dated 2 December 1827.The letter reports that the Shah [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] has handed over to McNeill an order on the Persian Treasury for an instalment of money demanded by Russia from the Persian Government in exchange for the withdrawal of its troops from Persia, subject to conditions.The conditions are: the settlement of the Russo-Persian border on the Arras [River Aras]; the withdrawal of all Russian troops beyond the river; and that the proposed new treaty between Russia and Persia be referred to the Shah for his approbation.This letter was originally enclosed, numbered 4 in 77, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 15 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/129).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: This file consists of a series of telegrams regarding Britain's relations with Persia in the aftermath of the First World War. Almost all of the correspondence is conducted between Sir Percy Zachariah Cox [Acting British Minister to Persia] and Earl Curzon [George Nathaniel Curzon, Acting Foreign Secretary in the absence of Arthur James Balfour, who was attending the Paris Peace Conference]. Other correspondents include the Viceroy of India [Frederic John Napier Thesiger], the Foreign Secretary [Balfour], the India Office, and the Secretary of State for India [Edwin Samuel Montagu].The telegrams document negotiations – running concurrently with the Paris Peace Conference – between Cox and the Persian Government for an Anglo-Persian Treaty. Cox's telegrams notify Curzon of the details of a draft agreement; Curzon's telegrams to Cox make requests for revisions to the wording and, in certain cases, to the essence of the draft.Topics of discussion include: the Persian Government's desire for the frontiers of Persia to be rectified in certain localities and Britain's policy on this issue; Persian claims to compensation for damage suffered during the war at the hands of the other belligerents; the likelihood of the Persian case being heard at the Paris Conference; details of a proposed new loan to the Persian Government from the British Government, and the Secretary of State for India's concerns about the implications of this loan for the division of expenditure on Persia between Imperial and Indian revenues.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 187, and terminates at f 204, 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-4 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of India, dated 15 July 1838. The enclosures are dated 17 April-23 June 1838.Enclosure no. 3 (ff 339-43) consists of a report by the Russian Agent [Yan Vitkevich/Jan Prosper Witkiewicz] on his mission to Candahar [Kandahar] and Cabool [Kabul], and his diplomatic meetings with the Emir of Afghanistan [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy]. The enclosure is in Russian.Enclosure no. 4 (ff 345-47) consists of a report by the Political Agent at Herat, Major Elliot D’Arcy Todd, on the continuing Persian siege of Herat, unsuccessful peace negotiations between Herat and Persia [Iran], and perceived Russian encouragement of Persian actions.Physical description: 1 item (13 folios)
Abstract: This item consists of a copy of enclosures to a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 25 December 1874, relating to the issue of an order by the Persian [Iranian] Government for the abolition of the tax called Rahdaree [rahdari] levied upon beasts of burden.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences and terminates at f 635, 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.
Abstract: The volume consists of published copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, and British administrative and diplomatic staff in Russia and Persia, plus a copy of the 1907 Anglo-Russian convention. It was likely kept in the India Office for information.Russia. No 1 (1907). Convention signed on August 31, 1907, between Great Britain and Russia, containing Arrangements on the subject of Persia, Afghanistan, and Thibet. [Cd. 3750] (folios 1-8).Persia. No 1 (1909). Correspondence respecting the Affairs of Persia, December 1906 to November 1908. [Cd 4581] (folios 9-126).Persia. No 2 (1909). Further Correspondence respecting the Affairs of Persia. (In continuation of Persia No 1 (1909)). [Cd 4733] (folios 127-201).Persia. No 1 (1910). Further Correspondence respecting the Affairs of Persia. (In continuation of Persia No 2 (1909)). [Cd 5120] (folios 202-291).The correspondence concerns the Persian Constitutional Revolution [Iranian Constitutional Revolution] (1906-1911), and the deposition of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 291; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.