File 200/1928 Pt 5 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations, Treaty Negotiations' [423r] (850/1132)
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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^ P r X Q F TSLESRAM
?rom Ticeroy Foreign & Political Deut
to Secretary of state for India"
Dated
Received 1 35 p m , 4th January, 193©,
23-S« THIRL PART,.
As regards (1)^, we are not yet in a position to
advise on the future location of the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
We. have
some valuable data from Barrett regarding the relative
merits and demerits of Bahrein and Koweit. But we shall
need a consid
he has had a little more time to study the p: oblem
(?Pending further enquiry) we have already his Despatch
No«63? S, of November 19th* but it is chiefly concerned with
rebuttal of the arguments in Minister s Despatch . o« 51,
criticism of Bahrein or Koweit or any other principal! ty as
the headquarters of the Resident and a plea for si e oi •
vicinity of Fao* This last proposal seems to us exposeo o
the obvious criticism that if despite Persia's pas
agreement, we are now to be pinpricke* o ^ 1 '
should be twice shy of trying to settle ahywb
Before we attempt to
we can be pinpricked by someone else*
carry matters further,; we should ^e glad , wh - h8
Majesty s Government think Biscoe s R s ^ a 1
though it otherwise can be pursued wi h P-
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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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