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File 200/1928 Pt 5 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations, Treaty Negotiations' [12r] (28/1132)
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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oonnexiono He could not help thinMngj, however^ that to raise
it in the present connexion would he bad policy from the
Admiralty point of vieWo 'If we failed^ we should almost
certainly precipitate a crisis regarding HenJam^ and should be
left with neither HenJem nor the air route*
12o In reply to enquiries from the Admiralty Representati^e
MPo Rendel said that it was difficult to estimate the importance
attached by the Persians to the re-opening' of the Busdap Railway®
They might regard it as a matter of merely local interest* It
was quite possible that they would not he prepared to giire us
anything in return® In any ease* they would be careful not t©
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let it appear that they attached special importance to it®
15a The AIR TOXSTRY RFPRT r SlIHT/' TXV1SS in reply to questions
said that the Air Ministry did not consider Henjam of importance
either from the point of view of military or of civil aviation®
The Air Ministry were strongly in favour of the Foreign Office
propo sal a®
14 o 0 ap t a in 131G-HAM said that the strongest argument
against raising the Hen jam question in the present connexion
seemed, to toe that in the event of failure we should prejudice our
position® He suggested* however* that at last we had got a
factor to force the Persians into the open® Hitherto * it had
paid them to procrastinate® Might it not toe best to wait until
they approached us again begging us to re-open the railway? If
we attempted the bargain now proposed should we not fee throwing
away a bargaining asset which might toe of greater use to us later
on if the general negotiations should toe re-opened?
15® Mm BA XTER said that* apart from the dangers of Persian
retaliation* the railway might well toe a wasting asset® In a
short time the Persians would probably have made other arrange
ments* and would not then feel the re-opening of the railway to
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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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- 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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