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File 1421/1908 Pt 4 'Persia: oil; Anglo-Persian Oil Co and Bakhtiaris' [131r] (119/292)
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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's GcrrernrasatJ
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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Ml 51V-
No. I.
Tehran, May 5, 1911.
Tehran, May 5, 1911.
[16923]
Sir G. Barclay to Sir Edward Grey.—{Received May 5.)
(No. 153.)
(Telegraphic.) P. . .
OIL company’s land negotiations.
Agreement has been arrived at for total ot
Please refer to mv telegram No. 140 of the 26th April.
[16964] No - 2 -
x Sir (1. Barclay to Sir Edward May 5.)
(No. 155.)
(Telegraphic.) P.
With reference to my telegram No. 150, dated the 1st May, 1 have the honour to
report that Minister for Foreign Affairs sent for a member of my staff this morning to
urge me to instruct Mr. Knox to use his influence with the Nizam with regard to the
Kawami brothers. , „ .. ,. . i- ,• ,
Minister for Foreign Affairs stated that he fully appreciated my disinclination to
take further action in the matter, but the insubordinate attitude assumed by the Nizam
had rendered the situation so grave that he trusted that I would m so far reconsidei
my decision as to send instructions to Mr. Knox to press the Nizam to act m accord
ance with instructions from Tehran. Although the central Government had undertaken,
in the event of the Kawamis being sent abroad, not to allow them to return to Peisia
during the Nizam’s tenure of office at Shiraz, Governor-General still ignored the
instructions that had been sent to him. i rn i .i -
His Excellency fears that there is truth m the reports which reach lehran tl at
Nizam is resolved on the assassination of the two brothers. Such an event would,
Minister for Foreign Affairs states, certainly drive the Bakhtiari to reprisals and bring
about the resignation of the Prime Minister. Sipahdar, incensed at the Nizam s disregard
of orders, has passed the past few days at his house in the country some miles outside
iehimi^nessa hag now< Minister for Foreign Affairs informs me, been sent to Nizam-
es-Sultaneh stating that the Government have wished to extend to him their support
but unless he obeys instructions this attitude will be reconsidered _
The dismissal of the Governor-General, which is hereby hinted at, must have
grave consequences, and in all the circumstances I have judged it politic to instruct
M r Knox to impress on the Nizam that his attitude is placing the Persian Government
in a very difficult position, and that although they are ready to support him as far as
they can the fear of Bakhtiari reprisals renders it impossible for them to consent to
the execution of the Kawami, and to express the hope that he will see his way to obey
instructions from Tehran.
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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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- File 1421/1908 Pt 4 'Persia: oil; Anglo-Persian Oil Co and Bakhtiaris'
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- 72r:78v, 79v:80v, 81v:82v, 83v:91v, 92v, 93v:94v, 95v:96v, 97v:98v, 99v:101v, 102v, 103v:104v, 105v:113r, 115r:118v, 119v:128v, 129v:132v, 136r:153r, 156r:171v, 174r:182v, 185v:190v, 192r:213v
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