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1. Affairs in the Bagdad Pachalic
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- Abstract: Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 28 of 1846, dated 12 March 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence relating to affairs in the Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik], describing Ottoman orders to remove from Bagdad exiled Qajar [Qājār] Persian [Iranian] princes under British protection. This item commences with an abstract of contents (folio 306). Correspondence from Her Majesty’s Consul and Honourable Company’s Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] addressed to the Government of Bombay copying correspondence with Her Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
2. Affairs in Bussorah
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- Abstract: Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 21 of 1846, dated 14 February 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence relating to: the murder of an Arab villager of Bussorah [Basra] by a British seaman; assessment of the risk of exiled Qajar [Qājār] princes inciting rebellions through partisan factions at the Court of Persia [Iran] and beyond; and the imposition by the Ottoman Governor of Bussorah of ad valorem taxes on Persian Shia [Shīʿah] pilgrims visiting the town of Kerbella [Karbala] and those journeying onto Mecca. This item commences with an abstract of contents (folios 16-18). Correspondence from Her Majesty’s Consul General in Bagdad [Baghdad] addressed to the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq].Physical description: 1 item (39 folios)
3. File 443/1924 Pt 1 'Persia: Situation 1924-1925; Attempt to set up a Republic 1924; Abolition of the Kajar dynasty and the accession of Reza Shah Pahlavi 1925'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises correspondence, memoranda, drafts, and minute papers relating to political events in Persia [Iran]. The majority of the papers consist of telegrams and regular reports concerning the evolving political situation in the country, sent to the Foreign Office by the British Minister in Tehran, Sir Percy Lyham Loraine, or the Chargé d'Affaires, Esmond Ovey, when the Minister was absent.The papers notably cover the following:The emergence and eventual failure of a republican movement in Persia in the early part of 1924Resistance within the country to the idea of a republic, leading to the storming of the Majlis [legislative assembly, also written as Mejlis] by anti-republicans in March 1924The resignation of Reza Khan [Reżā Shāh Pahlavī] as Prime Minister in April 1924Reza Khan's return and his ascension to the position of Shah following the legal abolition of the Kajar [Qājār] dynasty on 31 October 1925The British discussion of, and response to, these events, including the question of maintaining a policy of non-interferenceReaction to events from within Persia and from other foreign powers.Less prominent matters covered within the volume include: Arms imports into PersiaRelations between the USA and Persia, including the perceived unpopularity of US advisers in the countryThe potential of republicanism spreading to AfghanistanThe reaction in Turkey to the idea of a Persian republicOil concessions in Persia, in particular the Northern Oil Concession to Sinclair and Company [Sinclair Oil Corporation]The separatist movement in Arabistan [Khuzestan] and its defeat by the Persian Army led by Reza Khan in November 1924Bolshevik influence in PersiaRoutine political events such as the opening of parliamentary sessions and changes to the Cabinet.Other correspondents include: Godfrey Thomas Havard, Oriental Secretary, Tehran [also written Teheran]; Major William Archibald Kenneth Fraser, British Military Attaché, Tehran; Lord Crewe [Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe], British Ambassador to France; Edmund St John Debonnaire John Monson, Embassy Counsellor, Tehran; the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department; Sir Ronald Charles Lindsay, British Ambassador to Turkey; Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Beville, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant-Colonel Lionel Haworth, British Consul-General Meshed [Mashhad]; H G Chick, British Consul, Shiraz; Noel Patrick Cowan, British Consul, Kermanshah; and Bernard Gilliat-Smith, British Consul, Tabriz.The volume contains a number of newspaper cuttings and extracts, including those from The Times, Shafagh Sorkh[ Shafaq-e-Surkh] ,and Le Messager de Teheran(in French).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 353; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
4. Copies of Letters from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Representative of the Government of India to Persia, to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, and to the Secret Committee
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- Abstract: A copy of a dispatch from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad [Baghdad] and dated 6 October 1810. The dispatch concerns Malcolm’s views on the state of Persia. It includes discussion of the following: population and tribes; government; the army; state revenues; the character of the King [Shah] of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], his Court and his family; political relations between the United Kingdom and Persia, and British policy towards Persia.Included is a copy of a letter from Malcolm to the Secret Committee of the Court of the Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 10 February 1811, enclosing a copy of a dispatch to the Secret Committee (which is not included in this item), which he states he had previously forwarded from Bagdad by Lieutenant MacDonald, who he goes on to state had been plundered within a few miles of Bagdad.Physical description: 1 item (47 folios)