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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [71v] (142/644)
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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42
Liqhtinq and Buoying in the Gulf. j xria
9 262 On the 3rd June the Ministry for Foreign Affairs informed Kis
Majesty's Legation that the Persian nav y h ?d /ngaged an exp t t
draw up plans and estimates for the management of the , na I 1 f H a \ 1 ?”‘fifgXials
shores of the Shatt-el-Arab and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and asked that the omciais
in charge of the lights might give the expert any necessary gmd^ when he
embarked on his ta D sk. His Majesty's Legation rephed thatthey would seek; ..
instructions from His Majesty’s Government in the Lmted Kingdom, ana wo ,
in the meantime, be glad to learn the expert s name.
263. After some rather protracted inter-departmental discussion the
Ministry were informed on the 5th August that, so far as the ig ® 0 ^ e S p
of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
were concerned, these were managed by B asia Jort ^
Directorate on behalf of the Government of India, and His Majesty s
Government would gladly approach the Iraq Government in order to secure the
release of any officials who might be required to assist or
They hoped, however, that the examination might be deferred until Colonel Wa rd,
the Director, who was then on leave, was available to assist the expert in perso .
His Majesty’s Government hoped that in any case the Persian Government wou
consult J them before making any new arrangements, owing to the inter
dependence of the lighting system throughout the Gulf, and would bear m mmd
th^ proposals already made for placing the whole of this lighting under the
•management of the Shatt-el-Arab Conservancy Board. As for the lights m the
Shatt-el-Arab, the Persian Government should approach the Iraq Government
direct.
264 A day or two after the despatch of this note it was learned that a
Frenchman, who stated that he had been engaged as a lighting and buoying
expert, had on the 3rd July asked permission to inspect the lights on the
telcnaphs building at Henjam. He had previously visited Qais Lightship, and
later in the month he inspected the lights at Jask and Charbar. He also visited
the lighthouse on the non-Persian island of Tamb (see paragraph 282). At
Heniam he stated that he had been travelling in the Persian warship
since the beginning of June, was heartily tired of his work and had no illusions
as to the ability of the Persian Government to manage their own lights. The
Persian Government had hitherto been most secretive as to their expert’s identity,
but it transpired from private sources that his name was Jacques Benard, and
that he represented the firm of Benier, Barbier, Turenne et Cie.
265. Towards the end of August the Ministry for Foreign Affairs were
informed that His Majesty’s Government thought it discourteous of the Persian
Government to have proceeded with the examination of the lights without waiting
for a reply to their request of the 3rd June, but that in any case His Majesty’s
Government considered it essential for the safety of navigation that there should
be a uniform lighting system throughout the Gulf, and were most anxious that
the Persian Government should make no changes without first consulting the Port
of Basra directorate.
266. In October His Majesty’s vice-consul at Mohammerah reported that
the Persian Government were believed to have cancelled M. Benard’s contract and
to have handed his work over to a Danish engineer named Kendt.
*
267. On the 13th November the Ministry for Foreign Affairs sent a reply to
the representations of His Majesty’s Legation. The precise sense was obscure,
but the gist was that while no immediate changes were contemplated to the lights
on the Persian coast, the Persian Government would in future manage these
lights themselves. His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires considered that until the
position of the Conservancy Board was clearer, there was no object in pressing
the Persian Government to explain their exact intentions.
Naval Visits.
268. No difficulties or changes occurred in connexion with the routine
arrangements for visits by His Majesty’s ships to Persian ports.
269. In September the Persian Government agreed to an arrangement
whereby His Majesty’s ships permanently stationed in the Gulf should fire a
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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.
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- 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.
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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 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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- front, front-i, 2r:91r, 92r:308v, 308ar:308av, 309r:320v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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