'Persia. Note on the memorandum by Sir M Durand on the situation in Persia - HC 1274 of 1895 [L/PS/3/349].'

Content

This note on the memorandum produced by Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, Minister Plenipotentiary to Tehran 1894-1900, was written by Sir William Lee-Warner and focuses on various issues relating to the current situation in Persia. These include:

• the issue of the Regie debt;
• concerns over the succession of the Vali Ahd to power following the death of the Shah;
• the delimitation of the Perso-Baluch frontier;
• Anglo-Russian relations and actions in Persia;
• Russian influence over the region and over the Vali Ahd;
• considerations over how English finances and personnel could be better managed in the region.

The document concludes with notes from 'E N' and 'G H'. The identities of these authors are unknown.

Extent and format

2 folios

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/18/C64

History of this record

Date(s)

Jan 1896 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Kings and rulers--SuccessionDebts

Places

Persia

People & organisations

Shah of Persia, Qajar dynastyHM Ambassador to IranChief Commisioner, CoorgMuzaffar Ad-Din

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