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1. 'PERSIAN LOAN. TELEGRAMS, 20TH JANUARY - 1ST APRIL.'
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- Abstract: This file reproduces telegrams written between the Secretary of State for India, the Viceroy of India, the First Minister at Teheran (Sir Arthur Hardinge), and the Foreign Secretary (Marquess of Lansdowne), in which the authors assess the merits and logistics of a proposed loan to the Persian Government.The chief considerations concern the British and Indian Governments' desire to neutralize the Russian monopoly on loans to Persia, and to prevent Russia from gaining influence in southern Persia. Proposals include using revenues from customs houses in southern Persia as security against the loan, eliciting political agreement not to allow foreign road or railway construction projects in southern Persia, and a plan for the Indian Government to purchase a large stake in the Imperial Bank of Persia in order to facilitate similar loans in the future.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 150, and terminates at f 160, 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.
2. 'File 9/22 Opening of second bank in Bahrain: Imperial Bank of Iran'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence between the Political Resident in Bushire, the Political Agent in Bahrain and representatives of the Imperial Bank of Iran on the opening of a branch of the Imperial Bank of Iran in Bahrain. The bank in question is the second bank in Bahrain, and the new branch is intended to break the monopoly of the Eastern Bank Limited. There are copies of letters intercepted by the Foreign Office, exchanged between representatives of the Eastern Bank, expressing concern for the opening of the branch. The file contains correspondence in Arabic and English with Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 22; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-21; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. These numbers are located in the same position as the main sequence, except for some instances which are located on the verso.
3. 'File 9/32 Cotton Mill for Bahrain'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence sent and received by the Political Agent at Bahrain about the proposal for the establishment of a cotton mill in Bahrain by a naturalized British subject, Mr Hussein Agar Etemad.The file contains correspondence with the Advisor to the Government of Bahrain and the Imperial Bank of Iran regarding Mr Agar's references, the lease and the conditions for the opening of the mill. There is a draft agreement, which states that neither capital nor employees can be Persian (folios 39-42).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 62; 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 3-58; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
4. 'File 9/37 Foreign exchange'
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- Abstract: The file mainly contains applications submitted for US dollar exchange for importing goods, plus letters of credit granted by the Political Agent at Bahrain.Subjects discussed within the file are an increase in the quota for imports to the ports of Kuwait, Bahrain, Dubai, Muscat and Gwadur, and the purchase of plants for the production of ice in Bahrain.Correspondents include the Persian Gulf Residency at Bahrain, the Eastern Bank Limited, the Imperial Bank of Iran, Petroleum Development Qatar and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain.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 137; 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 1-136; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
5. 'Persia: Memorandum Respecting the Revision of the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907'
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- Abstract: This file consists of a Foreign Office memorandum (author unknown), followed by an annex written by Charles Murray Marling, British Minister at Tehran.The file concerns the revision of the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907. The convention divided Persia into three areas: a Russian sphere in the north, a British sphere in the south-east, and a remaining neutral zone.The memorandum refers to a recent invitation by the Russian government for Britain to enter into possession of practically the whole of the neutral zone. It discusses the possibility of negotiating for a considerable area of the current Russian sphere to be included in the new British territory. The memorandum suggests that Britain's efforts should be concentrated on the towns of Ispahan and Yezd (both of which lie in the Russian sphere) or in the last resort, on Yezd alone. The memorandum goes on to suggest that, as a counterpoise to Russia's cession, Britain might wish to surrender to Russia the oil-bearing districts in Kermanshah, which are located in the Russian sphere, but which currently belong, 'in a more or less undeveloped state', to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.Also discussed is the possibility of Britain agreeing with Russia to limit the activities of the Imperial Bank (Persia's state bank), which currently has nine branches in the Russian zone, to the neutral zone of Persia. The memorandum suggests that such a course of action would hardly be possible unless Britain would be prepared to pay an indemnity to the Imperial Bank for the loss of its branches. However, it is argued that this action would give Britain a valuable lever in its efforts to have Ispahan included in the new British territory.In the annex which follows on from the memorandum, Charles Murray Marling recounts a brief meeting with Sazonof [Sergei Dmitrievich Sazonov], the Russian Foreign Minister, in Petrograd [Saint Petersburg], who reportedly stated that Russia wishes to retain both the district and town of Ispahan, in order to protect Russian trade in the Russian sphere from British merchants.Marling suggests that it would be both in Britain's and in Russia's interests for Ispahan to be included in the new British sphere, on the grounds that to do otherwise would result in a partition of the Bakhtiari tribe's territory. Such a partition, Marling argues, would divide the tribe into 'British' and 'Russian' parties, and would result in both parties possessing a common grievanace against Britain.Marling questions the extent to which the inclusion of Ispahan within the Russian sphere would benefit Russian trade. He speculates on the real reason for Russia wishing to retain the territory, before emphasising the importance of Ispahan, both to Britain's interests in the oilfields of Bakhtiaristan, and to its future position in Mesopotamia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 15, and terminates at f 17, 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.
6. 'Second Memorandum as to Persian Government Loans'
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- Abstract: This memorandum is a continuation of a previous memorandum dated 17 October 1910 (see IOR/L/PS/18/C120a).The memorandum summarises a number of major loans made by the British to the Persian Government from 1910-1912: this therefore includes summaries of the following:the Persian Government 5% Loan of £1,250,000 (1911);the Anglo-Russian Advance of £200,000 (1912) and Anglo-Indian Advances made as a result in August and November 1912;the remuneration of the Imperial Bank of Persia for its services in facilitating loans to the Persian Government.The appendix (folio 56) includes a table of amortisation annuity for the Persian Government Loan of 1910, which consolidated its debts to the Imperial Bank of Persia; it outlines the interest payable by year from 1913-1927. It also includes a copy of the joint note issued to the Government of Persia by British and Russian ministers outlining the terms of the Anglo-Russian Advance (1912).This memorandum continues in a subsequent memorandum dated 1 September 1913 (see IOR/L/PS/18/C120c).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 54, and terminates at f 56, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
7. Coll 28/4 ‘Persia – Imperial Bank of. Charter etc’
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- Abstract: Papers and correspondence dated 1949, relating to a petition to amend the charter of the Imperial Bank of Iran, submitted to the Treasury of the British Government by the solicitors Coward, Chance & Company. The amendments to the charter include a change of name, from Imperial Bank of Iran to the British Bank of Iran and the Middle East, and are requested by the Bank in response to the territorial and constitutional changes to India and Pakistan resulting from the Indian Independence Act of 1947.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 23; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
8. File 6/1912 Part 2 'Persia: Shiraz situation; Swedish gendarmerie; Bushire road'
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- Abstract: Part 2 consists of correspondence relating to insecurity in southern Persia, and is a continuation of part 1 (IOR/L/PS/10/197/1). The papers tell of the British response to the situation, covering the following matters:a detachment of troops at Ispahan [Isfahan], its accommodation, and the decision over whether to withdraw it or not;a detachment of troops at Shiraz, its accommodation, and the decision over whether to withdraw it or not;an attack on a manager of the Imperial Bank of Persia.The discussion over such matters is mostly between the Foreign Office, India Office, Government of India, and Minister at Tehran. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, is from Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the British Consul-General at Ispahan and Consul at Shiraz, including numerous dispatches on the situation on the ground.Physical description: The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front.The subject 6 (Persia) consists of this one volume. The volume is divided into two parts.
9. File 334/1916 Pt 2 ‘Persia:- Outrages against British subjects. Shiraz Prisoners. (Col. O’Connor & others) Claim for compensation [etc.]’
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- Abstract: The file contains papers relating to a claim for compensation from the Persian [Iranian] Government being made by the British Government, on behalf of mostly British subjects who were arrested by the Persian gendarmerie at Shiraz on 10 November 1915, with most of the men being held prisoner by Tangistani Khans at Ahram.The papers consist of correspondence and India Office minute papers and reference papers.The compensation claim was for the following individuals: Major William Frederick Travers O’Connor, HM Consul at Shiraz; Mr Mcleod Menzies Ferguson, Manager, Mr Ayrton, Accountant, and Mr Lloyd Misso, Head Clerk, of the Imperial Bank of Persia at Shiraz; Mr J C Smith, Superintendent, Mr Pettigrew (who died whilst being held prisoner, the claim being made on behalf of his widow), Inspector, and Mr Christmas, of the Shiraz section of the Indo-European Telegraph Department; Dr Edgard Azzopardy, formerly Doctor to the Shiraz section of the Indo-European Telegraph Department; Mr L Livingstone and Mr Carapiet John Zeytoon, (also spelled Zeitun and Zeytun in the volume), of the British firm Livingstone, Zeytoon and Company; the Indian Officer and nine men of the Shiraz Consular Escort; Mr Ferguson’s wife and her two daughters; and the wives of Mr Smith and Mr Christmas.The volume includes correspondence regarding: the amount of compensation which should be paid to the individuals concerned; and the immediate advance of compensation payments to the victims by the India Office, with a moiety to be recovered from the Foreign Office, subject to the ultimate recovery of compensation from the Persian Government.It also includes correspondence concerning: the claim of O’Connor (and the other prisoners) for compensation from the Persian Government for loss of property at Shiraz; and the decision that the India Office should pay an advance of not more than £1000 of the loss of property compensation to O’Connor, with a moiety to be contributed by the Foreign Office.The main correspondents include: the India Office; the Foreign Office; O’Connor, Azzopardy and other individuals seeking compensation; HM Minister Tehran (Sir Charles Murray Marling, Herman Norman, Sir Percy Loraine); and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department.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 first folio 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.A previous foliation sequence between ff 42-112 and between ff 235-264, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.