Coll 30/120 'Development of the Port of Bander Shahpur & Khorramshahr.' [73r] (145/214)
The record is made up of 1 file (105 folios). It was created in 18 Apr 1933-3 Jun 1940. 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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doutt claim much of the credit. It is not improbable
that he himself inspired Messrs. Strides to refer the
subject to London*
15. A question which should be considered in
connexion with this latest problem of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
is perhaps, therefore, not so much the risk ol lo^in^
trade to our rivals, who already have most of it in
their hands for reasons well known to those at home,
but of giving political support to other interests shoulo
British shipping be led to concentrate entirely on the
bhatt-al-Arab.
14. I enclose a spare copy of this uespatch in
case it may be of interest to His Majesty^ Ambassador
at Baghdad to whom 1 normally send direct copies of all
reports on commercial subjects.
I have, etc.
(Signed) A. E. ATKINSON.
H. B. M* S CONSUL FOR KHUZISTAN.
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The file concerns development, facilities, and customs at the Iranian ports of Bandar Shahpur (also referred to as Bander Shahpur) and Khorramshahr.
The papers include reports from the British Consul, Khuzistan, and the British Vice-Consul, Khorramshahr, statistics of shipping, and a letter of complaint from Frank C. Strick & Company Limited to the Department of Overseas Trade about facilities at Bandar Shahpur in 1935.
There are no papers in the file dated 1938-39.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (105 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 107; 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/12/3849
- Title
- Coll 30/120 'Development of the Port of Bander Shahpur & Khorramshahr.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:57v, 60r:86v, 89r:99v, 100v:103v, 106r:106v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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