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'Agreement Between His Britannic Majesty's Government and the Persian Government.' [‎205v] (2/4)

The record is made up of 1 file (2 folios). It was created in 9 Aug 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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Agreement between His Britannic Majesty’s Government and
the Persian Government, signed at Tehran, August 9,
1919.
No. 1.
Agreement between the Governments of (ji'eat Britain and Persia.
PREAMBLE : In virtue of the close ties of friendship which have existed between
the two Governments in the past, and in the conviction that it is m the essential and
mutual interests of both in future that these ties should be cemented and that the
progress and prosperity of Persia should be promoted to the utmost it is hereby agreed
between the Persian Government on the one hand, and His Britannic Majesty s
Minister acting on behalf of his Government, on the other, as follows :—
1 'Phg British Government reiterate, in the most categorical manner, the under
takings which they have repeatedly given in the past to respect absolutely the
independence and integrity of Persia.
2. The British Government will supply, at the cost of the Persian Government,
the services of whatever expert advisers may, after consultation between the two
Governments, be considered necessary for the several departments of the leisian
Administration. These advisers shall be engaged on contracts and endowed with
adequate powers, the nature of which shall be the matter of agreement between the
Persian Government and the advisers.
3. The British Government will supply, at the cost of the Persian Government,
such officers and such munitions and equipment of modern type as may be adjudged
necessary by a joint commission of military experts, British and Persian, which shall
assemble forthwith for the purpose of estimating the needs of Persia in respect of the
formation of a uniform force which the Persian Government proposes to create for the
establishment and preservation of order in the country and on its frontiers.
4. For the purpose of financing the reforms indicated in clauses 2 and 3 of this
agreement, the British Government offer to provide or arrange a substantial loan for the
Persian Government, for which adequate security shall be sought by the two Govern
ments in consultation in the revenues of the customs or other sources of income at the
disposal of the Persian Government. Pending the completion of negotiations for such
a loan the British Government will supply on account of it such funds as may be
necessary for initiating the said reforms.
5. The British Government fully recognising the urgent need which exists for the
improvement of communications in Persia, with a view both to the extension of trade
and the prevention of famine, are prepared to co-operate with the Persian Government
for the encouragement of Anglo-Persian enterprise in this direction, both by means of
railway construction and other forms of transport; subject always to the examination
of the problems by experts and to agreement between the two Governments as to the
particular projects which may be most necessary, practicable, and profitable.
6. The two Governments agree to the appointment forthwith of a joint Committee
of experts for the examination and revision of the existing Customs Tariff with a view
to its reconstruction on a basis calculated to accord with the legitimate interests of the
country and to promote its prosperity.
Signed at Tehran, August 9, 1919.
No. 2.
Agreement relating to Loan of 2,000,000b, at 7 per cent., redeemable in
Twenty Years.
PREAMBLE: Contract between the British Government and the Persian
Government with reference to an agreement concluded this day between the said
Governments. It is agreed as follows :—
^ Article 1. 1 he British Government grant a loan of 2,000,000b sterling to the Persian
Government, to be paid to the Persian Government as required in such instalments and
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This file consists of an agreement between the British Government and the Persian Government [a provisional agreement that was never ratified; it was later known as the Anglo-Persian Agreement], dated 9 August 1919. In the agreement, which consists of six clauses, the British Government agrees to continue to 'respect absolutely the independence and integrity of Persia'. It promises to supply – at the cost of the Persian Government – the services of whatever expert advisers may be required for reforms by the several departments of the Persian administration, as well as military officers, munitions and equipment. For the purpose of financing the aforementioned reforms, the British Government offers to provide a substantial loan for the Persian Government. The British Government also states that it is prepared to co-operate with the Persian Government 'for the encouragement of Anglo-Persian enterprise' in railway construction and other means of transport. The agreement concludes with a statement that both Governments agree to the appointment of a joint committee of experts for the examination and revision of the existing customs tariff.

The agreement is followed by another agreement which concerns a loan of 2,000,000 l from the British Government to the Persian Government. This agreement is followed by an extract from a contract between the Persian Government and the Imperial Bank of Persia, regarding a previous loan of 1,250,000 l , dated 8 May 1911.

The file concludes with two letters from Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, Acting British Minister at Tehran, to His Highness Vossug-ed-Dowleh [Woṯūq-al-dawla, Prime Minister of Persia], both dated 9 August 1919. In the first of these letters, Cox states that the British Government is prepared to co-operate regarding the following issues: the revision of existing treaties between the two powers, Persia's claims to compensation for damage suffered at the hands of other belligerents, and the rectification of the Persian frontier. In the second letter, Cox states that the British Government will not claim for the cost of the maintenance of British troops that were sent to Persia to defend its neutrality during the First World War, while on the other hand the Persian Government will not claim from the British Government an indemnity for any damage caused by British troops in Persian territory.

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1 file (2 folios)
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This file consists of a single agreement.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 205, and terminates at f 206, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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.

Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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