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'File 26/157 (F 66) Arabistan and Luristan: Representation in, changes resulting from the War' [169r] (342/473)
The record is made up of 1 volume (235 folios). It was created in 20 May 1919-13 Jun 1924. 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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recsnnary a oon to call th fl Annual G,n,ral Keetinr and I shall
no dou>t ba faood with a daflnlte request aa to our future
policy in regard to the bridge.
; y opinion la that the sooner we wash our hands of
rarv '■ hii h ^tor, foreign control of undertaking
in F^raia is naturally never popular and if it is necessary to
Veep up a Vice-Oonaulate coating £ 3,000 a year to safeguard
an interest wofcth e fl,500 the obvious thing to do is to get
n . t ; interest. A careful search in the archives of the
Company, a matter of considerable difficulty incidentally,
j o -rvMl that we gave any guarantee for the safety of
th^ e iAi'ehol 3?r'9 money and as far as I can see the Eritish
Government has a perfect right to dispose of or alienate in
In
any vay tho vhol^ o ' its hol^ln^the Oonpany # The Diafulig
preeuxnatly subscribed thoir aoney on the unrler3tandinp that
the management would be In the hands of the Political Officer
tut no definite promise was jslven and I cannot see that we
are violatltu? any agreeuent by volountarily withdrawinr fror
the Comparjy. it might be poaaible to aell the holding to the
Persian Local Government or to the Dizful Illnlclpallty (I have
made no enquiries aa yet) but I personally believe the beat
way would be tod boldly to offer the British Government,
aharee with the reaponelbility of management, to the Persian
Government# liince Iraq SfncimKRa preserves a difrnified silence
on the ^ubjsct of the iiiotitli advanced it is concelv-ible that
it has been^f debited to the general war expenditure in
idesopotamia and thus lost sight of,and if thia is so,there
would be no loss In presenting the shares aa a free gift#
Dizful is surrounded by both se^dentary and nomad
tribea, some are controlled by the Bakhtiari, some by the
Sheikh of iuohammerah and some by the Persian Government and
some are virtually quaal -independent• Xka In the paat the
Political Officer in Dizful dealt directly with any tribe
but now
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The volume contains letters, telegrams, memoranda and reports pertaining to British governmental representation in Arabistan [Khūzestān]. The correspondents include the 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. at Bushire, the British Minister at Tehran, the High Commissioner at Baghdad, the British Consul at Mohammerah [Korramshahr], the Vice-Consuls at Ahwaz and Dizful, the Government of India, the 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 Foreign Office in London, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
The correspondence was part of a re-evaluation of British representation and expenses in the region following the First World War. The issues discussed included:
- the political status (consul, vice-consul, agent or officer) of offices at Mohammerah, Ahwaz, Dizful, Shushtar, and Burujird [Borūjerd], and whether the responsibility for these offices should be transferred from Mesopotamia (under the Foreign and Colonial Offices) to the Government of India;
- the hierarchy of operations (who answers to whom) within Arabistan itself;
- the scale of operations, including details of costs and salaries;
- the official change of name from Arabistan to Khuzestan.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (235 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found 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 second foliation sequence is present between ff 3-229; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. There are the following irregularities: 2, 2A and 2B.
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- IOR/R/15/1/387
- Title
- 'File 26/157 (F 66) Arabistan and Luristan: Representation in, changes resulting from the War'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1r:2v, 2ar:2bv, 3r:108v, 113r:134r, 135r:233v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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