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File 1421/1908 Pt 4 'Persia: oil; Anglo-Persian Oil Co and Bakhtiaris' [129r] (115/292)
The record is made up of 1 item (145 folios). It was created in Jun 1909-May 1913. 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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[TMsJ)ocument is the Property of His Britknnic Majesty’s Gorermaent.1
PERSIA.
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[June 1C.]
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 4.
0 29 JUN1911,1.)
[23538]
No. 1 .
Anglo-Versian Oil Company to Foreign Office.—(Received June 16.)
Winchester House, Old Broad Street, London,
Sir, June 15, 1911.
I BEG to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 12th instant advising that
Sir George Barclay proposes to instruct Mr. McDouall to proceed to Kasr-i-Shirin and
to do all he can to assist Mr. Soane, and I am requested by my board to express their
thanks for the assistance which is being given to the company’s representative.
I note with regret what Sir George reports regarding the position of Duad Khan,
but, notwithstanding his and Kerim Khan’s repudiation of the authority of the Persian
Government, I am of opinion, from what I gathered in my conversations with the latter,
that they would not venture’to show any hostility to our representative were it patent
to them that he had the full support of the British Government. Therefore I trust that
the visit of Mr. McDouall will be productive of some benefit.
I have, &c.
C. GREEN WAY,
Managing Director.
[2058 9-4]
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Part 4 consists of correspondence relating to relations between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the Bakhtiari Khans of Persia. The correspondence is mostly between the Government of India (Foreign Department), 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 are letters, telegrams, and memoranda from the following:
- Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary;
- the British Minister to Persia in Tehran;
- representatives of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company;
- Percy Cox, 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. at Bushire;
- the British Consulates at Kerman and Ahwaz.
Several matters are covered by the papers, including:
- views of various British government officers on an Anglo-Persian Oil Company prospectus (folios 214-16);
- clarification of the position of the Bakhtiari khans in relation to the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, including the allotment of shares;
- the insecurity surrounding the company's work at Kasr-i-Shirin [Qasr-e Shīrīn] and the need to appoint a Vice-Consul to the town;
- compensation for peasants displaced by the company's work.
Folio 216 is a map of Persia showing the potential and active oil wells.
The papers include a newspaper cutting from the Times and several extracts from Persian and Iraqi newspapers.
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- Title
- File 1421/1908 Pt 4 'Persia: oil; Anglo-Persian Oil Co and Bakhtiaris'
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- 79r, 81r, 83r, 93r, 95r, 97r, 99r, 102r, 103r, 105r, 119r, 129r, 133r:135r
- Author
- Greenway, Charles
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