Coll 30/106 'Anglo-Persian Relations: Bushire flag incident, 1934.'

Content

The file concerns an incident at Bushire on 26 November 1934, in which an allegedly drunk Persian naval officer ordered a British India Steam Navigation Company (BISN) tender, the Garmsir , to haul down the red ensign. The officer was said to have accompanied the order with threats, and to have struck a British Indian clerk.

The papers contain correspondence and memoranda from HM Minister, Tehran, the Foreign Office, 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. discussing what the British response to the incident should be, and recording the resulting diplomatic contacts over the affair with the Government of Iran.

The papers indicate that the Iranian Government failed to express any regret over the incident, and that the British Government expressed official disappointment as a result.

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.

Extent and format

1 file (88 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 89; 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.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/12/3829

Former external reference(s)

Coll 30/106

History of this record

Date(s)

8 Dec 1934-25 Nov 1935 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Diplomatic protestsFlags

Places

Bushire

People & organisations

HM Ambassador to IranForeign Office

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Coll 30/106 'Anglo-Persian Relations: Bushire flag incident, 1934.', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3829, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00018d> [accessed 8 July 2024]

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