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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [‎99v] (198/644)

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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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II. —Foreign relations (contd .)—
(B) Iraq—
(1) General ... ... ... ... 248
(2) Treaties and agreements ... 266
(C) Other countries—
(1) Afghanistan ... ... ... 267
(2) U.S.S.R 274
(3) Turkey ... ... ... ... 276
(4) Sweden ... ... ... ... 284
(p) Germany ... ... ... 288
(6) Belgium ... ... ... ... 291
(7) Japan ... ... ... ... 300
(8) United States of America ... 301
(9) Italy ... ... ... ... 305
(10) Netherlands ... ... ... 308
(11) Denmark ... ... ... 309
(12) France ... ... ... ... 312
(13) Greece ... ... ... ... 318
(14) Other countries... ... ... 319
(D) International—
(1) League of Nations ... ... 323
(2) List of treaties, &c. ... ... 325
(3) International instruments ... 326
III. —Internal affairs (political)—
(A) General ... ... ... ... 327
(B) Officials, &c .—
(1) Cabinet ... ... ... ... 337
(2) Governors-General and Gover
nors ... ... ... ... 338
(3) Diplomatic appointments
abroad ... ... ... ... 339
(4) Ministry for Foreign Affairs ... 340
(5) Obituary ... ... ... 341
(C) Legislation ... ... ... 342
(D) Miscellaneous—
(1) Firdausi millenary celebrations 343
(2) Nomenclature ... ... ... 345
(3) Bahai schools ... ... ... 346
(4) Pars News Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ... ... 349
(5) Foreign doctors and midwives 360
(6) Flags 361
(E) Sheikh of Mohammerah ... 362
IV. —Internal affairs (economic)—
(A) Finance—
(1) Budget, 1934-35 ... ... 365
(2) Taxation 370
(3) Financial situation ... ... 374
(4) 1911 Loan ... ... ... 378
(5) Railway finance ... ... 379
(6) Currency ... ... ... ... 379
(7) Exchange 384
(8) National Bank ... ... ... 390
(9) Agricultural Bank ... ... 394
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IV. —Internal affairs (economic)
(contd .)—
(B) Trade—
(1) Trade in general
(2) Municipal activity
(3) Balance of trade (1933-34) ...
(4) Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s
trade
(5) Imports ...
(6) Exports ...
(7) Soviet-Persian trading relations
(8) Japanese trading activities ...
(9) Italian activities
(10) Amendment to Trade Mono
poly Law ...
(11) Monopolies—
(а) Cotton piece-goods ...
(б) Silk and cocoons
(c) Tobacco monopoly ...
(d) Sugar ... ...
(e) Motor imports and carpet
exports ...
(/) Red oxide
(12) Iran Trading Corporation
(C) Industry and agriculture—
(1) Industry: General
(2) Textile mills
(3) Sugar factories ...
(4) Match factories...
(5) Cement factory An East India Company trading post.
(6) Tehran electric power scheme
(7) Agricultural
V. —Opium
VI. —Communications—
(A) Aviation—
(1) Private civil flights
(2) The Melbourne Air Race
(3) Persian civil air line ...
(B) Railways—
(1) Trans-Persian Railway
(2) Port constructions
(C) Roads
VII. —Military affairs—
(A) Army—
(1) General ...
(2) ExpendiLire
(3) Arms and equipment ...
(4) Training and manoeuvres
(5) Arsenal
(6) Personnel
(7) Foreign colleagues
(B) Air force ...
(C) Navy
(D) Gendarmerie
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I.—Introduction.
AS far as Anglo-Persian relations are concerned the year has been unproduc
tive. In January His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom seriously
expected to resume general treaty negotiations and detailed instructions were
drawn up for His Majesty’s Minister. No move, however, was made on the
Persian side, and a series of unfortunate incidents brought matters to a state
of stagnation. By the end of the year His Majesty’s Government had decided
to make no further move, but to await advances from the Persian Government and
aim, meanwhile, at maintaining the status quo while avoiding all danger of a
renewed demand to evacuate Hen jam and Basidu. The year passed in a more or
less strained atmosphere, punctuated by incidents of which the visits of Persian
warships to Tamb in August and September were the most troublesome.

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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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