File 5257/1919 'Persia: the Military Commission' [‎20v] (45/534)

Content

This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes. It mainly covers conversations between British officials regarding military affairs in Persia [Iran].

Related matters of discussion include the following: appointment and nomination of administrative officers, mainly covering salary, travelling expenses, pay rate, channels to be paid, official visits and transports, and adjustments. Also discussed are the conditions of serving on the commissions, the organisation and recommendation of improvements on the commission.

The volume also covers the relationship between the Persian Government and the Anglo-Persian Military Commission and the possible service of British officers in the Persian Army. Also mentioned is the supplying of munition and equipment to the Persian Government, as agreed in the Anglo-Persian Agreement.

In addition, the volume includes:

• ‘Agreement between his Britannic Majesty’s Government and the Persian Government’, 9 August 1919 (ff 258-259)
• ‘Conditions of Service for British Officers Serving in the Persian Army’ (ff 134-143)
• Confidential supplement to the report of the Anglo-Persian Military Commission by the British Members of the Commission (ff 87-110)
• Report of the Anglo-Persian Military Commission, 4 April 1920, consisting of the following chapters: external and internal dangers; existing armed forces of Persia; military institutions and laws; existing communications and fertility of the country; financial position as affecting the army; confidential supplementary documents (ff 34-82)
• Minutes of the Inter-Departmental Conference on the report of the Anglo-Persian Military Commission regarding Persia’s need of armed forces (ff 28-32)
• Report of Joint Anglo-Persian Military Commission on the Reorganisation of the Persian Army (f 17)
• Examination of initial cost of carrying out the recommendations of the Anglo-Persian Military Commission
• The Military Commission and suggested modifications (ff 18-20).

The correspondence in the volume is mostly internal correspondence between British officials of different departments. The principal correspondents are: Acting Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs; Director of Military Intelligence; War Office; and British Legation, Tehran.

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 (258 folios)

Arrangement

The file's contents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file

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 262; 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. Multiple intermittent additional foliation sequences are also present.

Written in

English in Latin script

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