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File 3516/1914 Pt 11 'Persia: protection of Anglo-Persian Oil Co's fields etc' [184r] (372/550)
The record is made up of 1 volume (271 folios). It was created in 27 Jun 1915-8 May 1919. 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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7 ’ 868 . 0,1 9th * ln ^ h ° f olicwin C t*iOBTO i was sent to O.OVC. Force "D"s- ■
, ^ 70024 • Ref. **!•*»«• 9rm Wm 3796 of 88 th. and 51st July froa Cox to
tor 3 l cn ^OffieeJand Polltlxal Dept, with regard to the Bakhtiarl situation.
If the BaRhtlarls beowne \mdls|pxl 8 edly hostile, the }>rotection of the oil-
Held becoies urgent and, mini' to the extensive use to be made of oil fuel fo:
rlvsr craft and other reculreiaents in Sieaopotar la, will assume even greater
Isportance. i lease wire details of force that you consider necessary for this /
purpose."
The following was received In reply:-
\
”361/27/0• Au^ai 12 th. In the event of a general rising on the part of theJ
thole Bakhtiari tribe I adhere to the opinion expressed by my predecessor,
nairely that a force of 1 division and avalry Brigade closely supported by
a toe >nd divl iort is the miateum l ore# with which to ensure the safety of
the oilfields. however the employment of so large a force is rendered imposs
ible by the water supply di fleulties in the neighbourhood of the oilfields •
any trouble among the Balchtiari wovud in the first instance involve only a .
part of the tribe X am of the opinion thefc a much smaller force would enable
Ue loyal portion to maintain the security of the pilflelde so long as the
Turk* send down r© direct assistances
(«)» I therefore propo e to reinforce Aftwass at csrice with l battalion of
infantry ar\d 1 section of mountain artillery, the garrison to be afterwards
increased, should the situation so demand, to a total force of 2 regiments
of cavalry 1 brigade of infantry and 1 battery of mountain artillery* The
actual disposition of the troops will be left to the discretion of the l*fleer
CoBunanding, Ahwai* The above Is after consultation with him and Cox. it must
be horne in rind that the supply of forces on Tigris is reduced corresponding
ly hy any addition to the force on the unr\m. ei
Cox*# telegram refe red to rofor tberjaelvee to telegrams from NOel, Coneul
Ahaaa, and in dharge of the Baktiari affairs, which mention the risk of
double in the Bakhtiari country following on succesr.ee on the ^ps*^-cf^the
9 in the direction of ^eriaa shah* .
l J.6 AUG1S1&^ \
( •i*^*s. > r # C.I,G*S., M. .2., .. *i*a*, P. .1*, i*I • j
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.
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The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the protection of Anglo-Persian Oil Company's (APOC) oilfields and pipelines in south-western Persia.
The volume covers:
- Defence of APOC property.
- Notes on oilfields in Arabistan [Khuzestan].
- Water supply of the oilfields.
- Creation of Inter-departmental Committee on the Defence of the Persian Oil Fields and its report (ff 230-235).
- Despatch of a small force to defend the oilfields in 1917.
- Acquiring British control over the oilfields.
- King's Regulation impeding to leave APOC without the consent of the Consul General for Fars, for the period of the war (f 110).
- Providing a guard for APOC's oilfields at Maidan-i-Neptun.
- Military training for European APOC employees.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: John Nixon, General Officer Commanding, India Expeditionary Force 'D', Basrah; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; Thomas William Holderness and Arthur Hirtzel, 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. ; William Graham Greene, Oswyn Murray and Edmond John Warre Slade, Admiralty; Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe and Maurice de Bunsen, Foreign Office; Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India; Anglo-Persian Oil Company; Charles Marling, British Minister at Tehran; Percy Cox, 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 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
There are three maps within the file, 'Map A' (2 copies) on folios 264 and 271, and 'Part of River Karun' on folio 265.
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- 1 volume (271 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 273; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-272; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- File 3516/1914 Pt 11 'Persia: protection of Anglo-Persian Oil Co's fields etc'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:31v, 34r:54v, 56r:104v, 106r:108v, 110r:129v, 131r:144v, 148r:198v, 203r:208v, 214r:263v, 266r:270r, 270ar, 272r:272v, back-i
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