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File 200/1928 Pt 5 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations, Treaty Negotiations' [387r] (778/1132)
The record is made up of 1 volume (562 folios). It was created in 19 Aug 1929-29 Jul 1931. 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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ffrjfi DocumeBt; is the Property of His Britannic Majesty^ Govennnen t. and should be
^Teturned to the Foreign Office if^ot required for official —
207/34.)
Code telegram to Dir Pi* Clive (Tehran)*
Foreign Office. Cfnd January, 1930,
Ho Q 23. (H).
5.00 p.m,
I approve action reported in your telegram No * 5
(of January 12th. Persian customs duties) and agree
that concession to Persian Government should take the
form suggested in your telegram No* 6 (of January 14th)
and should cover not only depreciation of Persian
exchange hut also its possible appreciation*
As, however, this offer was rejected by the Persian
Government at a time when it appeared that it might work
to their disadvantage, it is only reasonable for His
Majesty Ns Government to expect in return for this con
cession a more sympathetic consideration than is at
present being accorded to their requests in connexion
v;ith other matters under negotiation* board of Trade
are particularly anxious that compliance with Persian
Government’s request shall be used to secure as i&r as
possible that reasonable consideration shall be given to
desires of His Majesty’s Government with regard to
Commercial Treaty, and in particular that Persian Govern
ment shall refrain from reopening questions already con
sidered as settled, and shall co-operate actively in an
effort to bring negotiations to an early terni.au u-l on.
In what mariner these questions can best oe linked to
gether is a question which I leave to your discretion.
Beard of Trade do not accept contention that 1903
Convention ...
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This volume contains correspondence regarding wide-ranging negotiations that took place between Reza Shah's Minister of Court, ‘Abdolhossein Khan Teymourtache [Teymurtash], and the British Legation in Tehran, the aim of which was the agreement of a bilateral treaty between the two governments in order to resolve a number of outstanding issues. The majority of the correspondence in the volume is internal correspondence between British officials, but it also contains a limited amount of correspondence in French that was exchanged between the British Minister in Tehran, Sir Robert Clive, and Teymourtache.
In addition to this correspondence, the volume contains the following documents:
- 'Minutes of an Inter-departmental conference held at the Foreign Office on Wednesday, July 29th, 1931', (folios 6-13)
- Draft text of general treaty between Persia and Britain written in French, (folios 62-83)
- Copy of the concession granted to Baron Julius de Reuter to establish a bank in the Persian Empire under the name of 'The Imperial Bank of Persia' in 1889, (folios 341-342).
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (562 folios)
- Arrangement
The subject 200 (Anglo-Persian Treaty Negotiations) consists of eight volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/1250-1257. The volumes are divided into ten parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, parts 3, 4 and 5 comprising one volume each, parts 6 and 7 comprising the fifth volume, and parts 8, 9 and 10 comprising one volume each.
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 564; 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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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/1253
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- File 200/1928 Pt 5 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations, Treaty Negotiations'
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- front, back, spine, spine , 1v:100v, 102r:255v, 257r:303v, 305r:554v, 558r:564r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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