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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [137r] (273/644)
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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93. During the course of the summer (after the first discussions with the
Iranian Government) the press published calls for tenders for lighthouses at
Bushire and on Qais Island. It was evident that the Bushire light was intended
to guide aircraft as well as shipping, and Colonel Ward took advantage of his
meeting with Colonel Bayendor in August to express his personal view that the
light proposed would be of very doubtful utility and that Colonel Bayendor would
do well to re-examine his specifications. Later it was ascertained that the
Iranians seemed to be following this advice.
94. When Cable and Wireless (Limited) closed their station at Hen jam
shortly before the end of the year, it was suggested to the Iranian Government
that they should instruct an Iranian petty officer stationed there to attend to it
in future. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs had not replied by the end of
the year.
(k) Bahrein.
95. Very little was heard about Bahrein during the year. The communique
issued at the moment of the evacuation of Hen jam and Basidu contained a
reference to the fact that the naval stations in the Gulf were being moved there,
and M. Kazemi’s reply to His Majesty’s Minister’s note regarding the evacuation
accordingly contained a reservation in regard to c ‘ the right of the Imperial
Government in connexion with Bahrein both for the present and for the future.
M. Kazemi qualified his reservation, however, by stating, that he did not wish at
this juncture to embark upon a discussion of the question.
96. At the same time, M. Kazemi, in conversation with His Majesty’s
Minister, expressed the view that the Iranian Government were quite prepared
to recognise the independence of Bahrein, which, he indicated, was really of no
interest to Iran. But in face of Iranian public opinion, the Government could
not abandon their claim without something to show in return. (The substance
of this conversation has been more fully recorded in the section dealing with
General Treaty Negotiations.)
97. Bahrein did not subsequently form the subject of any correspondence
with the Iranian Government.
(l) Correspondence with the Iranian Government regarding the A rab Sheikhdoms.
98. While the Iranian Government refuse to send any official reply to
communications from His Majesty’s Legation in regard to matters affecting the
Arab sheikhdoms, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs are willing to give oral
replies to requests for information on such questions as, for instance, the
detention of Arab dhows in connexion with smuggling charges.
99. During the course of the year M. Motamedy twice asked His Majesty’s
Legation to obtain information in regard to cases in Koweit in which the interests
of Iranian subjects were involved. After some correspondence, His Majesty s
Minister and the Honourable the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
eventually decided that we should forward any such complaints to the Govern
ment concerned for whatever reply they might return.
100. It was felt that even such oral requests for information constituted
a slight admission of the special position held by His Majesty’s Government with
the Arab sheikhs, and that refusal on our part to forward them would probably
only lead to a stalemate, in which neither side would agree to investigate the
other’s complaints.
(m) Tamb and A bu Musa.
101. Some mysterious happenings took place at Tamb in the early part of
the vear following on the action of the Sheikh of Ras-al-Khaimah at the end o
1934 in having his flagstaff removed (see paragraph 140 of the annual report
for 1934). There being grounds for suspicion that the sheikh had been mtiigumg
with the Iranians, the senior naval officer landed a small guard and, though t us
was later withdrawn, for some weeks a sloop visited the island at liequent
intervals.
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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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