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‘Confidential. Persia’ [482v] (14/112)
The record is made up of 1 file (56 folios). It was created in c 1904. 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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opened to the trade of the world, and
enquired when it was the intention of the
Persian Goyernment to carry them out.
Purther, on 30th September 18S8, he in
formed the Amin-es-Sultan that he was
now authorized to state that he was fully Secret E, January 1889, No*. 45-90, Proceeding
empowered to give the Shah a solemn Ko * 70,
assurance in writing that Her Majesty’s
Government would make strong represen
tations at St. Petersburg, in case the
opening of the Karun to foreign trade
should entail on His Majesty any un
friendly act on the part of Russia. Some
delay ensued, and in explanation of the
difficulties which he felt in complying
with the demand about the Kanin river,
the Shah showed to Sir H. D. Wolff
the Secret and Confidential Memorandum
of 18th September 1887, given to Prince Quoted on page 24.
Dolgorouki, and asked his opinion whe
ther the opening of the Karun would not be
a breach of his promise to Russia. To this
the British Minister replied that the
opening of the river to the commerce of
all the world was not an act like a conces
sion to a company to which the Russians
had any right to object.
The Shah yielded to these argu
ments, on condition that he was given
two steamers and an assurance, which he
proposed should run as follows:—
In the event of the Russian Government taking Proceeding No. 84.
pretexts to annoy or act in an unfriendly manner
towards Persia, or attempting to interfere with
Persian rights or to take possession of Persian
territory, Her Majesty's Government will take
strong measures to make Russians desist from
such acts."
This was communicated to Lord Salis
bury on 4th October 1888, and Sir H. D.
Wolff asked for an answer by telegram as
to what the form of the engagement
should be. On 24th October 1888, he
delivered to the Amin-es-Sultan the
following assurance
“ In the event of any Power making an attack Secret E., July 1889, Nos. 270-328, Proceeding
without just cause or provocation on Persia, or No ' 276,
attempting to take possession of Persian territory
against the will of the Persian Government, Her
Majesty's Government engage to make earnest
representations against such proceedings, and to
take such steps as may in their judgment be best
calculated to prevent any infringement of the in
tegrity of Persia."
“ It is understood that in order to enable Her
Majesty's Government to carry out this engage
ment, the Persian Government will give Her
Majesty's Government immediate notice of any
demand threatening to the integrity of Persia which
may be made upon them by any foreign Power."
Tehran; 1 (Sd.) H. D. Wolff.
The 24 th Octoler 1SQ8. /
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This part consists of a printed summary of British policy regarding Persia, from 1834 to 1904, featuring extracts from Foreign Office correspondence. Also included are extracts from speeches given in the House of Commons by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs respectively, as published in The Times .
The summary is divided into sections. The contents page includes an introductory statement and a table of contents, which lists the sections as follows:
(1) The integrity of Persia
(2) Railways, tramways, roads, telegraphs in Southern Persia
(3) The customs of Southern Persia
(4) Seistan
(5) British interests in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
(6) The Sheikh of Mohammerah
(7) The new Persian tariff
(8) The acquisition by Russia of a Naval Station on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
There is a handwritten note on the front of the document which states ‘This is not final copy’.
Notable correspondents include the following: the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the British Minister at Tehran (Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, succeeded by Arthur Henry Hardinge); HM Chargé d'Affaires to Tehran (Robert Charles Kennedy; Cecil Arthur Spring Rice); HM Ambassador to Russia, St Petersburg (Sir Charles Stewart Scott); the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Count Karl Robert Nesselrode); the Shah of Persia, Nassir-ud-Din (Nasser Al-Din Shah Qajar); the Mushir-ed-Dowleh of Persia (Prime Minister to the Shah); the Russian Ambassador to London (Count Alexander Konstantinovich Benckendorff).
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The document is paginated and in page number order, and is arranged into sections on particular subjects.
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