File 1421/1908 Pt 4 'Persia: oil; Anglo-Persian Oil Co and Bakhtiaris' [‎217v] (292/292)

Part 4 consists of correspondence relating to relations between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the Bakhtiari Khans of Persia. The correspondence is mostly between the Government of India (Foreign Department), Foreign Office, and India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. . Included as enclosures are letters, telegrams, and memoranda from the following:

• Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary;
• the British Minister to Persia in Tehran;
• representatives of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company;
• Percy Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire;
• the British Consulates at Kerman and Ahwaz.

Several matters are covered by the papers, including:

• views of various British government officers on an Anglo-Persian Oil Company prospectus (folios 214-16);
• clarification of the position of the Bakhtiari khans in relation to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, including the allotment of shares;
• the insecurity surrounding the company's work at Kasr-i-Shirin [Qasr-e Shīrīn] and the need to appoint a Vice-Consul to the town;
• compensation for peasants displaced by the company's work.

Folio 216 is a map of Persia showing the potential and active oil wells.

The papers include a newspaper cutting from the Times and several extracts from Persian and Iraqi newspapers.