Coll 28/85 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company.’
IOR/L/PS/12/3489
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The record is made up of 1 file (187 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1934-21 Mar 1947. 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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Correspondence concerning diplomatic relations between the British and Persian Governments over the concession and operations of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited (from 1935, Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited), referred to as APOC hereafter. The file includes: correspondence dated 1933 to 1935 from the British Consul at Kermanshah, reporting progress of the construction of APOC’s oil refining facilities at Kermanshah; correspondence dated 1939 and 1940 reporting on the Shah of Persia [Reza Shah Pahlavi] and his Government’s efforts to renegotiate the terms of the APOC concession, in light of the heightened strategic importance of APOC’s oil production to Britain during wartime conditions; correspondence dated 1941 reporting on wartime developments, the likelihood of German occupation of Iran, and the threat to APOC oil production in the country. The file also includes: two bound and printed copies of the APOC Concession 1933-1993, printed in French and English, and accompanied by a fold-out map of the concession area (ff 127-149, ff 150-172); an illustrated brochure, published by APOC in 1924 to commemorate the company’s stand at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in 1924 (ff 109-126).
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- 1 file (187 folios)
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- 2 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/12/3489, f 146
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 188; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and French in Latin script
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- Archival file
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3489
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- Coll 28/85
- Date(s)
- 22 Dec 1934-21 Mar 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Second World War (1939-1945)ConcessionsPetroleum industry
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- Persia
- People & organisations
- Government of Iran, Pahlavi dynastyAnglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3489
- Title
- Coll 28/85 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company.’
- Pages
- 150r:172v, 127r:149v
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- Unknown
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3489
- Title
- Coll 28/85 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company.’
- Pages
- 109r:126v
- Author
- Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited (xx Anglo-Persian)
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- ©BP is believed to be the rightsholder
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- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3489
- Title
- Coll 28/85 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company.’
- Pages
- 89r:89v
- Author
- Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited (xx Anglo-Persian)
- Copyright
- ©BP is believed to be the rightsholder
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- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3489
- Title
- Coll 28/85 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company.’
- Pages
- 10r:10v, 7r:7v
- Author
- Esfandiary, Fathollah Khan Noury
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3489
- Title
- Coll 28/85 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company.’
- Pages
- 8r:8v, 7r:7v
- Author
- Fraser, W
- Copyright
- ©BP is believed to be the rightsholder
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- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3489, f 146
- Title
- Map of Persia indicating the extent of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company concession
- Pages
- 146r:146v
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- Unknown
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- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact copyright@bl.uk with any information you have regarding this item.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3489
- Title
- Coll 28/85 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Anglo-Persian Oil Company.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 9r:9v, 11r:12v, 13ar:13av, 13r:88v, 90r:108v, 173r:188v, 188v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence