Correspondence and Papers on Various Matters Relating to Persia

Content

The file contains correspondence from a number of political officers, civil servants, writers, journalists, army officers, businessmen, and engineers.

Correspondents include: Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie, former Governor of Bombay; Albert Houtum-Schindler, former employee of the Persian Government; Major Percy Zachariah Cox, British Consul General, Bushire; John Richard Preece, former British Consul, Isfahan; Ignatius Valentine Chirol, journalist, author, and historian; Lovat Fraser, author; Lord Thomas Henry Sanderson, former civil servant; Major William Frederick Travers O'Connor, British Consul, Shiraz; Charles A Brouard, Engineer; Captain Frank Cooke Webb Ware, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Chagai; Murray Robertson; Sayyad Mazhar-ul-Hussan, Indian civil servant; Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes, Director of the Imperial Bank of Persia; Charles Staniforth, businessman and railway investor; Sir Charles Edward Yate, administrator and politician; Sir Frederic 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. ; and John Ernest Buttery Hotson, administrator and naturalist.

The majority of the correspondence covers matters relating to Persia [Iran], including: various railway projects, including the Baghdad Railway and the proposed Trans-Persian Railway; British Policy in Persia; Russian, German, and Turkish activities in the region; the military campaign in Mesopotamia; the chaotic situation in Southern Persia; and Major Terence Humphrey Keyes' mission to the Mekran [Makran] region. The correspondence with Charles Yate (folios 134-139) discusses the effort to pass the Bird Plumage Prohibition Bill through Parliament.

Additionally, the papers include forwarded reports, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, etc., all relating to Persia and the wider region, often with requests for Lord Curzon's reviews and opinions.

The French language material consists of the letter from the engineer, Charles Brouard.

Extent and format

1 file (148 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the rear.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 152; 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. The file contains one foliation anomaly, f 70a.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F112/251

History of this record

Date(s)

Jan 1912-Jan 1917 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Related primary sources

Further material relating to Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes can be found in the papers of the Barnes family (reference: 6392M), which are held by the Devon Archives and Local Studies Service, at the Devon Heritage Centre, in Exeter, Devon.

Subjects

FeathersRailways

Places

Persia

People & organisations

Political Resident, Persian GulfBritish Consul, ShirazImperial Bank of IranPolitical Agent, ChagaiCharles Wallace Alexander Napier Ross BaillieJohn Richard PreeceJohn Ernest Buttery HotsonCharles Edward YateLovat George FraserThomas Henry SandersonSir (Mary) Valentina Ignatius Chirol

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