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Coll 7/25 'Persia and Persian Gulf: proposed Anglo-Persian Convention' [10r] (19/117)
The record is made up of 1 file (58 folios). It was created in 19 Dec 1933-4 Jan 1935. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: 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. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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faot that Mr Ma^erty*o floverniaent are now basing their
refusal of the new Persian nropoeals on a reason >^hloh applies
specifically to the new feature in those proposals f iee 0 th$
proponed exercise hy the British an^ Persian navies of equil
rights ovt>r the shipping of third parties, would not indeed^
in f.ir John Rinor.'B cpf/iion, in any way preclude His Majesty’*
CJove 3 Pn»ent frow main Uxteitn® th© condition (regarding the
non^ree 1 prooa 1 right of flag vcrifioatlou) which they atbsuhed
to their acceptance cf the Persian proposal of 19?c if that
propooal should oe reverted tc »>
g c Hi® *r Oover^rmr::t have never vithdr^tn that
condition, and the fact that they are now unable for a different
reason to neeept an entirely different Persian proposal, cannot
possibly be interpreted ar involving its withdrawal* nhonld
the Persians now revert to their 1923 proposals, and takf^ up
*ith His Mujeety’fi Government the ouertion of the eonditiosn,
regarding the m»i~reciprocal right of flag verifiea ticn „
contained in sir John ~liron*s note of 3r.i June, to toe
Persian Cbargd d’^ffair ^, it will be for consideration what
arguments to me in defence of that condition, but the position
vill not t© prejudiced In any way by the reasons ao\f adduced
by His Majesty ? r Oovemment for refusing the Penrian propoaala
of 1934c Kor would that position be in any way strengthened
by the reaneertion of th^t condition In oonnoxion with the
present proposeIs P
4o In these circumstances : vlv Sira on has not
ooneidered it neoeeeary further to delay a reply to the Persian
Government In regard to their lateet propoealo, and I an to
encloee herein a copy of a not?* which he hae now addressed
to.
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The file contains correspondence regarding attempts to negotiate an Anglo-Persian arms convention, intended to regulate arms traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The correspondence concerns the following:
- the changing patterns of arms traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
- Persian attitudes to the Slave Traffic Convention (1882) and the Arms Traffic Convention (1925);
- the right to inspect third party shipping, and to verify the flags flown by vessels in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
- previous negotiations with Anoushirvan Khan Sepahbodi, and the proposals submitted by him on 24 April 1933;
- the subsequent withdrawal of those proposals by the Persian [Iranian] Government;
- a new Persian proposal, presented on 30 May 1934.
The principal correspondents are the Foreign Office, HM Representative at Tehran, the Secretary of State for India, and the 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. Political Department. The file also contains communications received from the Persian Government, and a draft of the proposed agreement (folios 41-45). The formal British response can be found at folios 12-13.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (58 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 58; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2193
- Title
- Coll 7/25 'Persia and Persian Gulf: proposed Anglo-Persian Convention'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 6r:40v, 46r:54v, 56r:58v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence