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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [7v] (14/644)
The record is made up of 1 file (320 folios). It was created in 6 Dec 1933-27 Mar 1947. 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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67. In contradistinction to the foregoing, it is hoped that M. Pilides’s other
claim—for compensation for the seizure of a tobacco-cutting machine—has been
settled. The Tobacco Monopoly have agreed to pay the sum of 1,200
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
in
compensation, but the money has not yet been actually handed over, and until this
has been done it is impossible to regard the case as definitely closed.
68. The Perso-Greek Treaty of Friendship (see paragraph 84 of last year’s
report) was ratified by the Majlis on the 1st March. Ratifications have not^*
yet been exchanged.
Czechoslovakia.
69. In January it was rumoured that M. Bata, of shoe fame, was enquiring
into the possibility of establishing a
factory
An East India Company trading post.
in Tehran or of combining with a
group which was already ordering the necessary machinery. Since M. Bata’s
death nothing further has been heard of participation by his firm.
70. In May M. Schubert, the Czechoslovak Charge d’Affaires, left Tehran.
The post remained vacant until August, when a M. Vratislav Trcka arrived.
Saudi Arabia.
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71. In March the Emir Feisal, second son of Ibn Saud, went on a mission
to Europe. On the completion of his visit, the Emir, who was accompanied by a
staff of five, arrived in Persia from the Soviet Union on the 1st July. The Emir,
who was the guest of the Shah during his visit, left Tehran for Bagdad on the
5th July.
Egypt.
72. In October a new Egyptian Minister, Muhammad-el-Mufti-el-Gazaerly
Bey, took up his post at Tehran.
(C) Iraq.
General.
73. The news of the entry of Iraq into the League of Nations was received
in Persia with every appearance of cordiality. The Shah congratulated King
Feisal by telegram, and the press devoted much space to the event, frequent
allusions being made to the ‘ £ dear brothers ’' who had now obtained their
freedom.
74. The Persian Government, at the request of His Majesty’s Government
in the United Kingdom, had previously renounced in respect of Iraq the
capitulatory rights they claimed, somewhat inconclusively, to have possessed in
the former Ottoman Empire.
75. In November the Iraqi Government notified His Majesty’s Government
in the United Kingdom that they would be grateful if British consuls could
continue to protect Iraqi nationals in Persia, except in places where Iraqi
consular officers were already stationed (Tehran, Kermanshah and Mohammerah).
Sir Francis Humphrys's Visit.
76. Early in April His Majesty’s High Commissioner for Iraq, accom
panied by Lady Humphrys and Miss Humphrys and bv Captain Holt, his oriental
secretary, paid a visit to Tehran. The party flew up from Bagdad in a Victoria,
escorted by two Wapitis. Sir Francis Humphrys received the most cordial
reception from the Persian Government. The Shah entertained him to lunch, the
Minister of Court, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and His Majesty’s Minister
being also present. The Shah abounded in expressions of goodwill and of his
desiie to establish the most cordial relations with Iraq. Two long conversations
with I eymourtache and leroughi also took place about Perso-Iraq relations and,
particularly, the Shatt-el-Arab frontier (see below). The Bagdad-Haifa
Railway was also discussed, and Teymourtache asserted positively that in
deciding on the gauge for this railway "the Iraq Government could rely upon the
Persian Government building a railway from Kermanshah to Khanaqin in the
next few years.
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Annual reports for Persia [Iran] produced by staff at the British Legation in Tehran. The reports were sent to the Foreign Office by HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran (from 1943, Ambassador to Iran). The reports cover the following years: 1932 (ff 2-50); 1933 (ff 51-98); 1934 (ff 99-128); 1935 (ff 129-165); 1936 (ff 166-195); 1937 (ff 196-227); 1938 (ff 228-249); 1939 (ff 250-251); 1940 (ff 252-257); 1941 (ff 258-266); 1942 (ff 267-277); 1943 (ff 278-289); 1944 (ff 290-306); 1945 (ff 307-317); 1946 (ff 318-320).
The reports for 1932 to 1938 are comprehensive in nature (each containing their own table of contents), and cover: an introductory statement on affairs in Persia, with a focus on the Shah’s programme of modernisation across the country; an overview of foreign relations between Persia and other nations, including with the United Kingdom, British India, and Iraq; Persia’s involvement in international conventions and agreements, for example the League of Nations and the Slave Traffic Convention; British interests in or associated with Persia, including Bahrain and Bahrainis resident in Persia, the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Imperial Bank of Persia, and the Imperial and International Communications Company; political affairs in Persia, including court and officials, majlis, tribes and security; economic affairs in Persia (government finances and budgets, trade, industry, agriculture, opium production); communications (aviation, railways, roads); consular matters; military matters (army, navy, air force).
Reports from 1939 to 1946 are briefer in nature, Reports from 1941 onwards focusing on the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Persia, and the role of United States advisors in the Persian Government’s administration.
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 file (320 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s reports are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Each report for the years 1932-1938 begins with a table of contents referring to that report’s own printed pagination sequence.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 321; 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.
The file contains one foliation anomaly, f 308A
Pagination: Each of the reports included in the file has its own printed pagination system, commencing at 1 on the first page of the report.
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- Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’
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- front, front-i, 2r:91r, 92r:308v, 308ar:308av, 309r:320v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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