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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [‎73r] (145/644)

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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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disputed territory, and that as the rectification of the frontier would probably be
accomplished in a few months any repairs were not only a waste of money to the
Government of India, but also in some manner not very clearly explained
prejudicial to the Persian claim.
287. The Persian Government made no attempt during the year to resume
the survey of the frontier districts, perhaps because their surveyor was occupied
on the Perso-Turkish boundary.
Extradition.
288. His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom were able to inform
the Persian Government in the course of the year that Muhammad Khan had
gone to Afghanistan and that Lashkar Khan had died of measles, thereby
postponing a discussion of general principles.
289. In June the Persian Government informed His Majesty’s Legation
that a certain Taj Muhammad Reki, who had attacked a customs official and
thereafter taken to a life of brigandage in the Kuh-i-Bampusht, had fled to India
with some followers after being defeated by Persian troops. They carefully
avoided making a request for extradition, but asked that he should be removed
from the neighbourhood of the frontier. His Majesty’s consul for Sistan
reported later that Taj Muhammad was still in the Kuh-i-Bampusht, and only
crossed into Kalat territory when hard pressed by Persian frontier guards or
Baluch Sardars.
290. A few cases of raiding across the frontier occurred during the year.
Land Customs.
291. The practice of sending silver and other valuable goods into Persia
for the express purpose of re-exporting them to India over the land frontier
assumed alarming proportions in 1933. It is also possible that this route was
used for sending Soviet money and literature into India. Towards the end of
the year His Majesty’s Minister suggested that some means should be devised
to stop this re-export trade, but that at the same time the mild advantages of
deferring the imposition of a land customs barrier until the expiry in 1936 of
the Trade Autonomy Treaty should not be left out of account.
Zahedan Railway.
292. Inter-departmental discussions took place during the year as to the
conditions on which the Zahedan Railway might be transferred to the Persian
Government on a commercial basis, that is to say, in the absence of a general
treaty (see paragraph 242 of 1932 report). In April the Government of India
stated in this connexion—
(1) That the annual loss on working the section between Nok Kundi and
Mirjawa would probably be about 1 lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. (say about
£7,500).
(2) That the value of exports from India to Persia was greater in the year
following the closing of the railway than in the previous year.
(3) That the reopening of the railway might assist the maintenance of a
land customs barrier, if one were introduced.
(4) That the break-up value of the section in Persian territory was about
22^ lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees (say £170,000). But since the material could hardly be
removed in the face of Persian opposition a lower offer would be
considered.
(5) That the operation of any section of the railway in India by the Persian
Government could not be considered.
293. Their conclusion was that the only conditions on which India could
reopen the railway would be—
{a) If they received a good price which would recoup them for some of the
money spent on its construction.
(b) If the Persian Government made some commercial concession to stimulate
Indian trade.

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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)
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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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