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File 3516/1914 Pt 12 'German War: Persia; Bakhtiari and Bawi affairs' [23r] (51/330)
The record is made up of 1 volume (160 folios). It was created in 17 Jan 1915-14 Jan 1916. 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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Copy to Jnc ; 5a
17 SEP 1915
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In any further comnmnication
on the subject, please quote
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no. 130929/15.
Foreign Office
and address—
The Under-Sccretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
September 16th, 1915.
Sir:-
With reference to your letter of the 28th ultimo,
P.3045, relative to the provision of financial assist
ance to the Bakhtiari Khans, I am directed hy Secretary
Sir Edward Grey to state that the General Manager of the
Anglo-Persian Oil company called at this Department on
the 13th instant, and communicated a copy of a telegram
Mr. Greenway was informed that His Majesty's
Minister at Teheran was at present considering the
question of what form of pressure could most usefully
he exercised upon the Bakhtiari Khans and that it would
he well if Dr. Young were to take no action in the
matter without further instructions.
Sir Edward Grey has meanwhile addressed to
• a' ing that the company should themselves undertake some
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i from the company's Manager In southern Persia, suggest-
form of subsidy to the Bakhtiari.
The Under secretary of state,
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.
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The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is securing cordial relations with the Bakhtiari to ensure security for British trade.
The volume covers:
- Proposed grant of British honours to two Bakhtiari khans, Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Assad and Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Jang.
- Proposed matrimonial alliance between Sheikh of Mohammerah and Bahktiaris.
- Proposal to subsidize Bakhtiari Khans.
- Proposal to guarantee local autonomy to Bakhtiaris in event of dissolution of Persia.
- Attitude of Bakhtiari Khans.
- Letters from Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) staff regarding German intrigues among Bakhtiari and other tribes of southern Persia.
- Payment of a subsidy to Bakhtiari Khans.
- Measures for protecting APOC's property in Arabistan [Khuzestan].
- Proposed subsidy to the Bawi tribe.
- Arab raids to APOC's parties.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: Walter Beaupre Townley and Charles Marling, British Ministers at Tehran; Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; George Buchanan, British Ambassador in Russia; Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe and Walter Langley, Foreign Office; J G L Ranking, British Consul at Ahwaz; 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 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Thomas William Holderness, Lionel Abrahams and Arthur Hirtzel, 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. ; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (160 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 162; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/488
- Title
- File 3516/1914 Pt 12 'German War: Persia; Bakhtiari and Bawi affairs'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:20v, 21ar, 21r:73v, 75r:78v, 79ar, 79r:87v, 108r:161v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence