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PZ 2865/40 'Note on the India Office and the Persian Gulf areas' [2r] (3/12)
The record is made up of 1 file (4 folios). It was created in 20 May 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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In the Middle East the Government of India has certain
administrative and financial responsibilities in connexion with
British representation in Iran and in the Arab principalities
of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Iran . Under an arrangement which has been in force for
nearly forty years, but which the Government of India are
anxious to revise, India is responsible for roughly half the cost
of diplomatic and consular representation in Iran. The
consular posts in South and hast Persia are staffed from the
Indian Political Service
The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47.
; the remaining consulates and the
Legation at Tehran are staffed by the oreign Office.
His Majesty’s Government and the Government of India
formerly exercised considerable influence in Persian affairs,
both in the capital and in outlying provincial districts where
the writ of a weak Central Government often did not run. This
position lasted for a few years after the war of 1914-18 but
has been entirely altered by the re'gime of Reza Shah, who has
made the authority of the Tehran Government supre;ie and
effective throughout the country. The Shah’s xenophobia,
perhaps inspired by a fear of Iran again falling under Russian
or British influence, has had the result of isolating British
diplomatic and consular officials from almost all social
contact with Persians; while zeal for a policy of self-
sufficiency has affected British and particularly Indian trade
with Persia . Unfortunately Persia has looked to Germany for
technical assistance in the development of her industries, and
the numbere of German experts and merchants now in Persia are
believed to be up to or over one thousand.
Prom the strategic aspect Britain and India are concerned
in the prevention of a Russian advance against India through
Persia/
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The file details the Government of India’s financial and administrative responsibilities towards the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The text is divided into sections: ‘Iran’ (folio 2), ‘Persian Gulf’ (folios 2 to 3), ‘The Air Route’ (folio 3), ‘Oil’ (folios 3 to 4) and ‘Defence Measures’ (folios 3 to 5).
The papers provide information on the Government of India’s past and current responsibilities and relations with Iran. Also discussed are concerns over a potential Russian advance through Afghanistan and Persian-German relations which in part are attributed to the reign of Reza Shah [Shah of Iran, Pahlavi dynasty].
The significance of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. as a strategic and commercial air route to India, and as a source of oil, now and in the future is discussed. Further highlighted is the responsibility of the Foreign Office and other departments to conduct relations with the Arab states of Kuwait, Bahrein, Qatar, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Muscat, and the implementation of wartime defence methods in the region.
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- 1 file (4 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 6; 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/12/379
- Title
- PZ 2865/40 'Note on the India Office and the Persian Gulf areas'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence