File 1421/1908 Pt 1-2 'Persia: Oil' [‎back] (2/712)

Content

The volume contains correspondence, notes, and memoranda concerning oil work in Persia. The correspondence is mostly between the Government of India, Foreign Office, and 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. . Included as enclosures is further correspondence, often in the form of printed collections that relate to the matter at hand. This correspondence is between the Government of India, Foreign Office, various political and diplomatic offices in Persia, and representatives of oil companies. The papers include drafts and duplicates.

The two parts of the volume relate to different subjects, as follows:

1. The status of production at the oil wells and the need for reservoirs and refineries;

2. The need for a consular guard at Ahwaz to protect British subjects involved in the oil industry.

Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 volume (350 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 1421 (Persian Oil) consists of 2 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/143-144. The volumes are divided into 5 parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, and parts 3, 4, and 5 comprising the second volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 348; 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 foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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English in Latin script

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