File 200/1928 Pt 5 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations, Treaty Negotiations' [190r] (384/1132)
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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As regards general negotiations It seems to be a
mistake to allow the minister of Court purposely to delay
discussion on the draft TTenjam Protocol. This document
| raises tne mo&u coo.plioo.ood issues and from the point of
view of Els Majesty's Government, It would he a pitv to
leave it for a hurried and possibly unsatisfactory last-
ninuoe seotlemeirj. It is important, moreover, to know
exactly where we stand as regards Hen jam, and what con-
I cessions one Persian Government would be prepared to make
| in seneral, the course of your negotiations hitherto
lias been disappointing as regards the results obtained,
despite all your-unceasing efforts to bring the Minister of
the Court to reason. His Highness seems to have settled
dowr, to the one-sided policy of extracting the promise of.
concession after concession from us, but of promising
absolutely nothing in return. This cannot go on indefinite
ly, and for the present it would seem well to maintain a
firm f. ont, explaining to the Minister of Court that there
Can b£ n ° QUSStloa of further concessions on our part and
Poimtiag out that the concessions already offered con-
° J a Batl sfactory general settlement being reached
■^perilled unless the Persians show a disposition to
' 0L, ' r rea ’Sonable requirements.
r 70U Bhould make it clear that the
the ag reeci ^ebf Je “ 1 j' / 1 B .^vernmerit bo remit the £.1,000,000 of
Wallvional upon ^ of the war debt, is
Sawticas, eiid^H^^^^'-ory settlement of outstanding
Per3 -’-an claims to ° l p .^7? uppoBes .^ 8 abandonment of th
1/0 iuU,1 ° we H as to Adu Musa and Bahrein.
ipstrircfjuie Ip*c £olO,OOu of the war debt the
stena. "^telegram No. 75 (of An-il ath) et>‘n
Jltered eJtrn+i 1 ’ 011 "^ c Purchase Persian navv in Italv k-t
Cfii C 3 I shell need bo consult Treasury and
■r** owa, — before any concession le made as regard
^speated to India No
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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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