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File 3516/1914 Pt 11 'Persia: protection of Anglo-Persian Oil Co's fields etc' [95r] (194/550)
The record is made up of 1 volume (271 folios). It was created in 27 Jun 1915-8 May 1919. 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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SECRET
0 P S R A T I ON
From :- G.0.C-, Mes opo tamia»
To : - War Office^, Repeated India*
Despatched at 5,55 p„rru 28.6*18
Received at 11 a.me 29*6.18 0
9863 June 28th e
Reference Political Baghdad 5370 June 27th to
Foreign Simla and S 0 of S. for India. VJq have based the
policy regarding defence of the oil fields on an agreement
between Anglo-Persian Oil Company and th<> Bakhtiari Khans
vide roport of Committee held at
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.
October 8th
1915 by which the necessary protection for the oil fields
was found by the Khans. This system has worked well but was
modified under instructions laid down in W.0,25858 dated Novr
20th 1916 authorising military guards for important points.
A suitable guard with machine guns was then sent to
Power Station at Ternbi and latter is new in a strong state
of defence. This move was objected to by the Bakhtiari Khans
as signifying mistrust of their promises but in January /17
matter was amicably settled by Cox, Such information as h<^s
been obtained from Political Officer South -est Persia and from
Teheran tends to show that present
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
is able and
willing to maintain order in Oil field and that his position
\ and ours would both be weakened by proposal of reverse policy.
Please inform us therefore what policy we are to adopc. ^n
in the matter.
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The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is the protection of Anglo-Persian Oil Company's (APOC) oilfields and pipelines in south-western Persia.
The volume covers:
- Defence of APOC property.
- Notes on oilfields in Arabistan [Khuzestan].
- Water supply of the oilfields.
- Creation of Inter-departmental Committee on the Defence of the Persian Oil Fields and its report (ff 230-235).
- Despatch of a small force to defend the oilfields in 1917.
- Acquiring British control over the oilfields.
- King's Regulation impeding to leave APOC without the consent of the Consul General for Fars, for the period of the war (f 110).
- Providing a guard for APOC's oilfields at Maidan-i-Neptun.
- Military training for European APOC employees.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: John Nixon, General Officer Commanding, India Expeditionary Force 'D', Basrah; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; Thomas William Holderness 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. ; William Graham Greene, Oswyn Murray and Edmond John Warre Slade, Admiralty; Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe and Maurice de Bunsen, Foreign Office; Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India; Anglo-Persian Oil Company; Charles Marling, British Minister at Tehran; 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. .
There are three maps within the file, 'Map A' (2 copies) on folios 264 and 271, and 'Part of River Karun' on folio 265.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (271 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 273; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-272; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- File 3516/1914 Pt 11 'Persia: protection of Anglo-Persian Oil Co's fields etc'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:31v, 34r:54v, 56r:104v, 106r:108v, 110r:129v, 131r:144v, 148r:198v, 203r:208v, 214r:263v, 266r:270r, 270ar, 272r:272v, back-i
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