'File 82/34 II (F 94) APOC Concession' [10r] (34/362)
The record is made up of 1 volume (180 folios). It was created in 28 Jan 1933-13 Jul 1939. 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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therefore, cm the decisive da/ f will not put his whole heart
iato his work* Full centralisation of the national efforts,
both military and civilian, perfect good -will between the two
and mutual realisation of each others' abilities and
resources are considered easmtial 'bj all 0en®ral staffs of
the amies of the world. These feelings and precepts
were recognised by our aacastore long ago# fhe present Is
a golden riXESS^bg opportunity for the Persian nation which i©
now confronted with the vital struggle for existence and is
full of eagerness for progress and grandeur# ae agitated
and perturbed Europe and its brawling "baa gamblers may take
away thle opportunity from us before long and tnon all our
toilinga will only end in our am aeetraction# lo foreign
propaganda however droitly directed, no insinuation of
treacherous Persians instigated and paid by forei^iers,
should rElsguiue ua towards perfidy or aivulgiag the aecret©
of our Oovernment. foreigners will bring blow upon blow
upon us* But it ie mnly and virile to receive a blow with
courage and to do ons f s best to get up and deal a blow.
Bay, this country and nation in the torpor of opiuia, long
breathed and injected into them, needs sany blows and much
adversity and punishment in order that it shall arise from
its age-long apathy and sleep* the
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
concludes this
article with a quatrain which he considers as the panacea
and. sorcery formulae for all Persian diaeaaes f and which may
be translated as follow©:- A wise man who saw me asleep
told sie when X woke xgtssM up that it is no good to sleep
in this world when you will have sleep ay much as you liXe
in the OI&THJ
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The volume contains correspondence and telegrams between the Foreign Office, His Majesty's Minister at Teheran, His Majesty's Consul at Geneva (in French), the 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. at Bushire and Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives in regard to the settling of the dispute between Britain and Persia at the League of Nations, due to the cancellation of the 1901 D'Arcy Concession. Subjects also include the negotiations for a new concession with APOC and the definition of the territorial waters for the new concession area. The volume also includes newspaper cuttings on the subject, from The Times .
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (180 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 194-198). The file notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers in red crayon, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.
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The foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The numbering begins with the first item of correspondence, on number 1, 2-17; then 18 and 18A; 19-21; 22 and 22A; 23-133; 134 and 134A and carries on until 203, which is the last number given, on the inside of the back cover of the volume. Some of the folios have been paginated in error, which means that the following numbers are missing from the foliation sequence: f. 48; f. 50; f. 52; f. 54; f. 56; f. 58; f. 60; f. 62; f. 64; f. 72; f. 74; f. 76; f. 80; f. 82; f. 101; ff. 103-105; f. 107; f. 109; f. 111; f. 113; f. 115; f. 117; f. 119; f. 121; f. 123; f. 125; f. 132; f. 138; f. 144.
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- IOR/R/15/1/636
- Title
- 'File 82/34 II (F 94) APOC Concession'
- Pages
- 8r:10v
- Author
- Shafaq-e-Surkh
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- Public Domain