Abstract: Correspondence and other papers concerning the Persian [Iranian] Government’s renewed desire in 1937 to finalise a treaty of friendship between Britain and Iran (also referred to in the file as the Anglo-Persian Consular Convention). The papers, chiefly exchanged between HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Tehran, Horace James Seymour, the Foreign Office, and the India Office, cover: outstanding points remaining to be agreed prior to the signing of any treaty, including the withdrawal of Iran’s claims to Bahrain, Tamb [Greater Tunb] and Abu Musa, and the demarcation of the Perso-Baluch frontier, between Iran and British Baluchistan, now part of Pakistan; the British Government and Government of India’s reluctance to commit to a demarcation of the Perso-Baluch frontier, in part because of the financial implications of such a project; the despatch of an Iranian technical commission between February and May 1938 to recommence a survey of the Perso-Baluch frontier that was originally started in 1932; arrangements for the Government of India’s cooperation with the Iranian survey party, with the support of the Political Agent at Chagai; reports on the Iranian survey party’s activity and progress; a confidential entitled ‘Status of the Islands of Tamb, Little Tamb, Abu Musa and Sirri’ written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office, and dated 24 August 1928 (ff 45-48); the return of the Iranian survey party to the frontier in late 1938.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 137; 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 item consists of two papers, both by Henry Ellis, as follows:A memorandum concerning the Preliminary Treaty and Definitive Treaty agreed by Persia [Iran] and Britain in 1809 and 1814, respectivelyA paper entitled ‘Remarks on the Definitive Treaty with Persia’.Both documents provide background to and analysis of the treaties.Physical description: 1 item (19 folios)
Abstract: Home correspondence related to the Company’s affairs in India and the Persian Gulf covering the following:The appointment of Sir John Lindsay as Commander-in-Chief of all the East India Company’s (EIC) ships, frigates and armed vessels in IndiaThe Treaty of Perpetual Friendship and Peace made and concluded between the EIC and the Noble Hyder Ally Caun Bahaudre for the Country of Mysore [Ḥaydar ‘Alī, Sulṭān of Mysore] (ff 136-137)Movements and activities of British shipsThe Company’s affairs in the Gulf of Persia [Iran]The trade in Bussora [Basra]The re-establishment of a British settlement on the coast of Persia.Physical description: 1 item (32 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a note from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], Foreign Minister of Persia, sent from Tehran and dated 13 January 1822.In response to Mirza Abdul Wahab’s note (IOR/LPS/9/69/83), Willock rejects the Persian interpretation of previous treaty agreements (adjusted Definitive Treaty 1814), asks how Persia intends to suppress ‘piracy’ without a garrison of British troops in the Gulf, and asks to be informed of the basis of Persia’s claim to Kishm [Qeshm]. The letter also discusses the conditional return of William Bruce to his post as Resident at Bushire [Būshehr].The note was enclosed in Willock’s letter the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 25 January 1822 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/79).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A translation of a note from Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], Foreign Minister of Persia [Iran], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, dated 1 Rubee il akher [Rabi’ al-Thani] 1237 (26 December 1821).While affirming friendship with Britain, the note protests the occupation of Kishm [Qeshm] by British forces as inconsistent with previous treaty agreements (adjusted Definitive Treaty 1814). It also states that William Bruce will be allowed to return to his post as Resident at Bushire [Būshehr] on conditions.The note was enclosed in Willock’s letter the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 25 January 1822 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/79).Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: A translation of a note from Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā Abdul Wahāb Nishāt Isfahānī], Foreign Minister of Persia [Iran], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, received 21 January 1822.In response to Willock’s note (IOR/L/PS/9/69/84), Mirza Abdul Wahab states that the Prince [Prince-Governor] of Fārs will come to Tehran to agree on measures to suppress ‘piracy’ and guarantee the security of the Gulf that are acceptable to both Britain and Persia. The letter also states that William Bruce will be permitted to return to his post as Resident in Bushire [Būshehr] if he does not interfere with affairs outside of his post, and affirms Persian sovereignty over Kishm [Qeshm].The note was enclosed in Willock’s letter the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 25 January 1822 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/79).Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tabriz and dated 26 December 1823.The letter concerns treaty negotiations between Persia and the Ottoman Empire (Treaty of Erzurum) following the 1821-1823 war between the two countries. Subjects covered include: an attempt by the Prince Royal [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince] of Persia to renegotiate the Ottoman-Persian border; the dispatch of a Persian envoy to the Ottoman Sultan; and a proposed alliance against Russia.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 8 January 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/140).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-8 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 January 1845. The enclosures are dated 17-23 November 1844.The enclosures consist of correspondence relating to the Treaty of Commerce and Friendship between France and Muscat, signed at Zanzibar on 17 November 1844. A copy of the treaty is included on folios 369-74.The primary correspondents are the Imam and the Political Agent, Zanzibar.Physical description: 1 item (16 folios)
Abstract: Letter from Henry Dundas, President of the Board of Control, to Sir Stephen Lushington, Chairman of the East India Company, respecting General Morrison’s proposed Treaty with Persia.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume lists copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 57 of 1840, dated 24 August 1840. The enclosures are numbered 3-10 and are dated 22 July-24 August 1840.A note in red ink, dated 22 October 1906, states that the enclosures detailed in the abstract of contents are missing.According to the abstract of contents, the enclosures contained correspondence relating to the ratification of the Commercial Treaty dated 31 May 1839 between the British Government and the Imam of Muscat.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Abstracts of dispatches from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to the British Government, sent from Tehran and dated between March and April 1809. Subjects covered include:The French presence in TehranThe Preliminary Treaty signed between Jones and Persian Ministers, and the terms of subsidy and loan of personnel and artillery offered to Persia under this treatyA demand by Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, that Jones abandon his mission and leave Persia, and Minto’s refusal to continue paying Jones’s expensesThe appointment of Meerza Abdul Hassan [Mīrzā Abul Hassan] as Vakeel (Envoy) to London.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: The file relates to the Iraqi-Afghan Treaty of Friendship, including: the draft proposal; signing in December 1932; ratification by both countries in Tehran, September 1934; and an additional proposed protocol in 1936 for close consultation and co-operation between the two countries in all matters concerning their common interests and for such co-operation to be exercised within the spirit of the League of Nations Covenant and to not override the obligations undertaken in other treaties already concluded by them.Included in the file are: draft typescripts (f 41 and f 27) and the final text (f 23) of the 1932 Treaty, in French; and a draft typescript of the protocol of 1936 (f 11).The file also contains a copy of a letter to the British Foreign Minister from the British Ambassador at Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 3 January 1936, detailing the visit to Iraq by Sardar Faiz Muhammad Khan [Sirdār Fayz̤ Muḥammad Khān], Afghan Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the latter’s discussions with Iraqi Foreign Minister Nuri Pasha [Nūrī al-Sa’īd] during which he urges the strengthening of Afghan-Iraqi relations and a common policy in relation to the Persian [Iranian] Government.The primary correspondents are the British Embassy, Bagdad, and the Foreign Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 42; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.