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File 1421/1908 Pt 4 'Persia: oil; Anglo-Persian Oil Co and Bakhtiaris' [151r] (159/292)
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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JThiaJ>ocnment is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government,]
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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Skctton 8.
No. 1
(N 5 9 ) ^' ,V ^ ^ arc ^ a y Si r Edward Grey. — (l?rreived May 8 .)
Tehran \ 7 yrd ] 4 - J 0 ]]
IN my despatch No. 232 of the 19th December last I reported that Mr. Preece hoped
that a change of Cabinet would enable him to bring his negotiations for the min in o-
concession m the Kerman district to a successful issue. In this hope he has been
disappointed. He has found it impossible to make any progress, and, after consul tin cr
the Regent and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and finding that they can hold ont no
hope that the concession will be granted in the near future, he has decided to return
to km gland, leaving the matter in the hands of Mr. Brown, deputy manager of the
Imperial Bank. &
Mr. Preece tells me that he has found neither the Regent nor the Cabinet opposed
to the concession m itself, but they feel that to go forward with the negotiations until 1
their ettorts to create an atmosphere more favourable to foreign enterprise have made
more progress would be useless. The Regent has discouraged the linkino- 0 f the
proposed tramway from Bunder Abbas towards Kerman with the mining concession
as. he thinks that the former should form part of the general scheme of railways which
His Highness hopes will be formulated jointly by His Majesty’s Government‘ and the
Russian Government (see my telegram No. 90 of the 21st ultimo), and I understand
that it Mr. Brown resumes negotiations the tramway will not form part of the project.
I have, &c.
G. BARCLAY.
[2020 /(— 8 ]
COPY TO I
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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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