File 1421/1908 Pt 2 'Persia: oil; Ahwaz oil guard'

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Part 2 consists of correspondence relating to the deployment of a consular guard at Ahwaz to protect British subjects working in the region. The correspondence is between the Government of India, Foreign Office, 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. , and representatives of Concessions Syndicate Ltd (later Anglo-Persian Oil Company). Included as enclosures are letters, telegrams, and memoranda from the following:

• British Minister to Persia;
• George B Reynolds, geologist for Concessions Syndicate Ltd;
• Lieutenant-Colonel David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer, Vice-Consul in Arabistan, at Ahwaz;
• Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary;
• British Treasury;
• Percy Cox, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , at Bushire;
• William Knox D'Arcy, petroleum entrepreneur.

The papers cover several matters, including:

• the size of the guard and length of the period of deployment;
• the question of who will bear the cost of the guard and its accommodation;
• pay and allowances of staff;
• relations between the Bakhtiari tribes and the Syndicate;
• an increase to the guard at Isfahan;
• the proposal to replace Government of India guards with local Bakhtiari men.

Extent and format

1 item (239 folios)

It is part of

File 1421/1908 Pt 1-2 'Persia: Oil'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/143

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

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/10/143/2

Former external reference(s)

P 1421/1908 Pt 2

History of this record

Date(s)

Oct 1907-Nov 1910 (CE, Gregorian)

People & organisations

HM TreasuryPolitical Resident, Persian GulfBritish Vice-Consul, AhwazHM Ambassador to IranSecretary of State for Foreign AffairsWilliam Knox D'ArcyGeorge Bernard ReynoldsBaḵtīārī (Tribe)

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