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'File 3/4 Relations with Persia' [75r] (149/274)
The record is made up of 1 file (135 folios). It was created in 31 Dec 1928-20 Aug 1949. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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His Majesty The King of Great Britain, Ireland and the
British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and the
Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics on the one hand, and His Imperial Majesty
The Shahinshah of Iran on the other:
Having in viev/ the principles of the Atlantic Charter
jointly agreed upon and announced to the World by the
President of the United States of America and the Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom on the 14th August, 1941, and
endorsed by the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics on the 24th September, 1941, with which His
Imperial Majesty The Shahinshah declares His complete agree
ment and from which He wishes to benefit on an equal basis
with the other nations of the World and:
Being anxious to strengthen the bonds of friendship and
mutual understanding between them and;
Considering that these objects will best be achieved by
the conclusion of a Treaty of Alliance:
Have agreed to conclude a treaty for this purpose and
have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries;
His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the
British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; for
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
SIR READER WILLIAM BULLARD, K.C.M.G., C.I.E.,
His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo
tentiary in Iran
The Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics;
His Excellency ANDRE ANDREEVITCH SMIRNOV,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in Iran,
His Imperial Majesty The Shahinshah of Iran;
His Excellency ALI SOHEILY,
Minister for Foreign Affairs,
who having communicated their full powers found in good
and due form, have agreed as follows:
ARTICLE I
His Majesty The King of Great Britain, Ireland and the
British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and the
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (hereinafter referred
to as the Allied Powers) jointly and severally undertake to
respect the territorial integrity, the sovereignty and the
political independence of Iran.
ARTICLE II
An Alliance is established between the Allied Powers
on the one hand and His Imperial Majesty the Shahinshah of
Iran on the other.
ARTICLE III.
(1) The Allied powers jointly and severally undertake to
defend Iran by all means at their command from all aggression
on the part of Germany or any other power.
(2) His Imperial Majesty The Shahinshah undertakes:
(a) To cooperate with the Allied Powers with all the
means at His command and in every way possible in
order that they may be able to fulfil the above
undertaking. The assistance of the Iranian forces
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This file concerns Britain's relations with Persia (also referred to as Iran in some of the correspondence). It includes the following:
- cases of Persian customs authorities reportedly inhibiting (and in some cases preventing altogether) the passage of persons travelling between Persia and Kuwait, allegedly because of the Persian Government's claim that Kuwait is part of Persian territory;
- a copy of a non-aggression clause, written in 1930 and taken from a draft of a proposed treaty between Britain and Persia;
- copies of correspondence between 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 the Foreign Office regarding whether or not the rulers of Muscat, Bahrain, and Kuwait should cancel their respective existing proclamations that give Persian vessels rights to inspect Arab dhows outside Persian territorial waters;
- a copy of a draft of Iran's 1942 treaty of alliance with Britain and the Soviet Union;
- copies of correspondence dating from 1934 between the British Legation, Tehran, and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs [Sir John Simon], regarding Britain's response to the Persian Government's refusal to recognise certain agreements between Britain and the Arab rulers of the Gulf, which give Britain the right to represent the latter in their foreign relations.
Other subjects of correspondence include the anticipated revision in (1947) of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's concession of 1933 and the presence of Iranian Airways in Kuwait.
The principal correspondents are the following: 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the 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. , Kuwait; the Secretary of State for India; the British Legation, Tehran; 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. ; the Foreign Office; the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Commonwealth Relations Office; the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jabir as-Sabah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ].
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- 1 file (135 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 137; 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. Two previous foliation sequences, both of which are written in pencil (the set from ff 1-136 are circled, the set from ff 4-122 are not), have been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/5/174
- Title
- 'File 3/4 Relations with Persia'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:27v, 29r:43v, 45r:52v, 54r:94v, 96r:96v, 98r:111v, 115r:136v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence