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File 475/1916 'PERSIA: POLICY - 1916. The proposed Treaty of Alliance' [255r] (514/566)
The record is made up of 1 volume (279 folios). It was created in 1916. It was written in English and French. 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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B scei-ia ol oven lose importance if intends as
I understand to insist, if Cossack Brigade is to be so ex
panded as to provide adequately for maintenance of order
in the I'orth of Persia, similar force under British in
structors shall be created in Southern Persia, Arrange
ment of this kind will be more practically effective in
defining sphere of influence than any Persian recognition
of 1907 Convention, It is clear that Russia regards
cuestion of Alliance from different standpoint from our
selves,. With their troops in North Persia in sufficient
numbers, as they apparently believe, to make situation
safe as regards their own interests, they attach far less
importance to it than wo do, and they are consequently In
clined less to make concessions even if apparent iathe.r
than real than to exact thorn, (?Roc6nt increase of
Brigade and also suggestion which Russian Minister has
made (gr„ undccypherable) or (?not) that in view ol sue-
vention which we may give Persia we ought to insist on
some measure of financial control. Control (?would bo; m
test interests of Persia but no Cabinet would venture to
accept it except under compulsion., Russian hini-mex
recognizes this hvitt.foresees that his Government wii- a •
the very least insist that guarantee of subvention ior ^
military purposes shall be properly employed,- ^ ^
case I presume that His Majesty's Government snoa.-d ,a,,
that portion of this subvention should bo earmarked xor
British tr p- incd f or o g in tho G ou oh o
I venture to suggest an agreement should he^ reached
between the two Governments on the point on wnten they 0,0
prepared to meet Persia .and particularly as < ,
, • . ■piTinncial control raised by Russian
and 7 and question ol financial 00 -a ^ . h
Government and that Russian Minister and a snoa,d 0 .
authorized to present a counter proposa
Article 8. Some subvention is indispensable,
•t c surest
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
4c0,C00 insteod of 7b0 ( cX)0 tor
milit'rv nurnoses and leave subvention for general pi--
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oft.nr (?f;roup ornttea;iLg
poses open to discussion ,.iuci '.■tn ^ ^
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes and printed papers in 1916 relating to the development of British policy towards Persia as well as the British relationship with Russia vis-à-vis its position and interests in Persia.
The discussion in the volume relates to the terms, duration and articles of the Treaty of Alliance developed by 'three-cornered conversations between Teheran, London and Petrograd' as well as the views of the Government of India on the proposed Treaty.
The volume includes:
- A printed copy of the proposed agreement with Persia (ff 260-261).
- Comments of HBM's Minister for Teheran (Sir Charles Murray Marling) on Persian proposals and details of the Russian counter-draft (ff 236-238).
- A draftt in French (ff 213-214) of the proposed treaty.
- A note (ff 161-165) on 'Persian Expenditure: the "half and half" arrangement' on the division of costs in Persia between HM Government and the Government of India.
- A telegram dated 31 August 1916 (f 81) listing the members of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister to the Shah of Persia Yossugh od Dowleh [Mushir-ed-Dowleh].
- A printed paper (ff 43-44) from the Minister to Tehran to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Viscount Edward Grey) detailing a history of Sipasalar's A'zam's administration.
Further discussion surrounds the associated negotiations of issues including: the abrogation of the Treaty of Turcomanshai [Turkmenchay] in which Russia dictated terms to end the Russo-Persian War (1826-1828); cancellation of Persian debt; tenure of land by foreigners; recognition of Persian territorial claims in the Gulf; and Persian concerns over de facto partition.
The correspondence also discusses the creation of a Cossack brigade for use by Persia and further potential military assistance to Persia; an Anglo-Russian subsidy to the Persian Government and mechanisms of financial control; the role of the South Persia Military Police in the 'restoration of order' in Fars and Kerman; and the loss by the Persian Government of correspondence relating to the Treaty.
The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Walter Louis Frederick Goltz Langley); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); HBM Minister at Teheran (Sir Charles Murray Marling); the 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Prescott Trevor); Permanent 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. (Sir Thomas William Holderness); HBM Ambassador to Petrograd (Sir George William Buchanan); the Viceroy (Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst); and the Prime Minister to the Shah of Persia (Mushir-ed-Dowleh).
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (279 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- 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 281; 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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- File 475/1916 'PERSIA: POLICY - 1916. The proposed Treaty of Alliance'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:51v, 53r:71r, 72r:280v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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