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File 537/1921 Part 1 'Persia: Oil - Defence of A.P. Oil Co's fields etc' [‎109r] (213/324)

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The record is made up of 1 item (161 folios). It was created in 28 Oct 1920-21 Nov 1924. It was written in English. 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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(C) Lincoln on return from leave to continue
to ho la charge as Vice consul at Mohammerah and receive
while so employed special rate of Rs. 200, compensation
allowance of Rs. 200 and sumptuary allowance of Rs. 100
in addition to his other emoluments as quarantine
medical.
(D) Retention of Tallis as Vice Consul Dizful on
contract pay, orders regarding his replacement on
demobilisation will issue separately.
(E) Re-employment of Peel at Ahwaz on his return
from leave in November.
(F) Holding in abeyance for the present of
kohammerah escoru and substitution of locally recruited
esc or t at Ahw e z .
(G) Discontinuance of personal allowance of Rs.
170 a month of Moonshi at Dizful.
(R) Reduction of local allowances proposed for
He ad-Clerks at Ahwaz and Mohammerah to Rs. 50 a month
each*
(I) 5G;5 of any increase in ( ? )
any existing post and 15% of pay of any new shall he
treated as bonus and liable to reduction if prices fall
as in case of other Persian and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. establish
ments .
(J) hr an exchange compensation will be drawn
when admis sible.
(K) A further communication will be made regarding
Shushtar.
Added to fushire repeated to Tehran*

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The item contains correspondence and other papers regarding the protection of oilfields in Arabistan, Persia [the southern part of Khuzestan Province, Iran] run by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC). Topics discussed include:

  • The withdrawal of a British military unit from Ahwaz [Ahvaz] following the end of the First World War
  • The reliance for protection of the oilfields on continued friendly relations with the Sheikh [Shaikh] of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and the Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyari] people, and considerations that these relations could be adversely influenced by the Soviet Union or by any attempt by the Government of Persia to assert more direct control over the area
  • Potential creation of a ‘volunteer defence force’ made up of APOC employees, and discussions over how the Government of Persia would react to such a force
  • Possible availability of British troops in Iraq for protection of the oilfields in an emergency, and discussion of the technicalities of requesting and providing such assistance.

The primary correspondents are: 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. to Persia; the Foreign Office; the 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. ; the Colonial Office; the Air Ministry; the Committee of Imperial Defence; the Government of India; Air Headquarters, Iraq; the British Consul, Ahwaz; the British Consul, Baghdad; and APOC Ltd.

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File 537/1921 Part 1 'Persia: Oil - Defence of A.P. Oil Co's fields etc' [‎109r] (213/324), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/965/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100110704878.0x000019> [accessed 13 March 2025]

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