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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [73v] (146/644)
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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46
They also required—
(c) A satisfactory arrangement for separate exchange stations at Mirjawa.
They added that they could not agree to through trains, at any rate at first.
294. In general the Government of India were disposed to wait for offers
from the Persian Government and consider them on their merits e on y i
element of urgency was that if there was no immediate prospect ot reopening,
the Railway Administration desired to withdraw from Nok K,undi, wheie t ere
was no water, to Dalbandin.
295. In response to further enquiries the Government of India stated in
September that they could not fix their minimum price for the Persian section
in advance of an offer by the Persian Government, and that the commercial
concessions they would desire would be the complete exemption of all goods ot
Indian origin from the operation of the Trade Monopoly Law. They added that
if the Persian Government proposed to extend the railway to Sistan they should
not receive any encouragement, as the fact that such encouragement had ‘^n
given might prove embarrassing if it were subsequently desired to close the
Indian section. It also appeared that there was no possibility, owing to lack ot
water, of having the two exchange stations on Indian soil, an aiiangement which
otherwise would possess many advantages. Finally, the Government of India
were unwilling to consider any arrangement on the lines that the Persian section
should be transferred and the Indian section kept running for a period of ten
years, on the understanding that the Persian Government made good the annual
deficit up to a fixed sum, say 1
lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
.
296. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Communications had been pressing for a
reply to their request for a specimen contract of sale for the railway material
they required. This was eventually sent to them in August. Drawings of the
various types of locomotives and rolling-stock recommended were attached, but
without prices. Estimates of the cost of the locomotives had, however, been
furnished to the Persian Government in 1932 (see paragraph 238 of 1932 report).
Detailed lists of supplementary equipment were also furnished on this occasion.
The covering letter indicated that the contract could only be put into force when
an agreement had been reached for the transfer of the railway.
297. The Minister of Communications, in reply, repeated in writing a
request that he had already made orally more than once that the transfer of the
railway should be effected without further delay and without regard for political
difficulties.
297a. It was evident that if the railway were to remain as an item in the
general treaty it would be impossible to insist on the extensive commercial
concessions which the Government of India desired as a pre-condition of a
“commercial” settlement. But the eagerness of the Persian Government to
have it reopened added to its value as a bargaining factor. After reviewing
the whole situation, His Majesty’s Government decided in September that the
Persian Government should, if necessary, be told that the suggestion that the
railway should be transferred apart from the general treaty could not be
accepted.
Zahedan Vice-Consulate.
298. In May the Persian Government complained to His Majesty’s
Legation that a muzzle-loading gun belonging to the Persian army, which had
been brought to Zahedan from Zabul in order to be fired at sunset and sunrise
during Ramazan, had been found to be missing one evening. It had, however,
been tracked to the British vice-consulate and recovered by the military
authorities after a request by the vice-consul to be allowed to keep it had been
refused. On enquiries being made, it appeared that the gun in question
consisted of the barrel of an ancient cannon; it had lain in the desert near the
vice-consulate for anything up to twelve years and could not possibly have been
fired by anyone. The vice-consul, thinking that it would decorate his garden, in
which nothing less hardy than bronze would stand the Zahedan summer, had,
with the permission of the Governor of Zahedan, had it placed in front of his
house. His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires protested strongly against the
transmission of such frivolous reports.
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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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- 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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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