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File 3516/1914 Pt 11 'Persia: protection of Anglo-Persian Oil Co's fields etc' [233r] (470/550)
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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reports* from the G-. 0. C., Indian Expeditionary Force^D.”
and having heard
the views of
•Letter No. 304-4-0. , dated 19th June 1915,
with enclosures.
Telegram No. 304-5-0, dated 27th June 1915.
Letter No. oOx-c-O., dated 27th June 1915, ) Vice-Admiral Sir
with enclosures. ' \
) Edmond Slade, who
is personally acquainted with local conditions in the
districts concerned, resolved unanimously to submit the
following conclusions for the consideration of His
Majesty's Government:-
(1). That the estimates - varying from one to two
Divisions - of the force requisite to defend our interests
in the Anglo-Persian Oil fields, which have been submitted
by the military authorities in Force M D** are excessive
in almost every respect, as they do not take sufficient
account of:-
(a) the fact that the Chaab and Bawi tribes are
unlikely to act against us after the recent lessons
they have received^so long as we maintain adequate
forces for their repression^and so long as we are in
alliance with the Sheikh of Mohammerahj
(b) the fact that the Bakhtiarisare unable to
concentrate against us in large numbers and have no
guns, while the Persian Government have practically
no armed force of any value;
(c) the fact that if we hold the potable water
supply at the Oil-fields no sustained attack on us
can be made there.
( 2 ). That for the above reasons^ if Persia declared war
and if 'jehad* were proclaimed, a nrigade with a few
mountain guns would suffice to hold the Oil-iields and
the water supply against any probable or possiole atuacK^
while a couple of battalions with a proportion of guns
and
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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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