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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [199r] (397/644)
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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doubtless, one of the causes of a sensible and calming speech which he made in
the Majlis at the conclusion of an angry debate on foreign criticisms of Iran, a
subject dealt with in paragraph 126 of this report.
(1) United Kingdom and India,
(a) General.
22. Early in the year, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
about to proceed to take up the position of Iranian Minister in London, informed
His Majesty’s Minister that the Minister for Foreign Affairs would wish to
speak to him before long about negotiating a new treaty; this was apparently
to take the form of a treaty of friendship couched in general terms, and was
desired chiefly for reasons of amour yrojpre : the Iranian Government already
had several treaties of this kind with other States, and thought it unfitting that
relations with His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom should still rest
mainly on the treaty of 1857, much of which was entirely out of date.
23. His Majesty’s Minister responded sympathetically, referred to the
danger of trying to include too much in a treaty, and mentioned the inconveniences
that had arisen in the past from the unwillingness of the Iranian Government to
recognise the treaties between His Majesty’s Government and the Arab sheikhs
on the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
24. M. Soheily gave a rather indefinite impression that his Government
might not be immovable in this connexion. It appeared that the Iranian Govern
ment had in mind the marking out on the ground of the existing frontier in
Baluchistan, and the conclusion of a Consular Convention. M. Soheily made
it clear that the Iranian Government would not in his opinion be willing to
consider settling any of the long outstanding financial claims against them except
as part of a general settlement.
25. The Foreign Office agreed that in the event of the Iranian Ministry
for Foreign Affairs raising the question of a treaty with His Majesty’s Minister,
the latter should respond sympathetically, asking what lines M. Samiy had in
mind, and deprecating the inclusion of too many items. In addition to giving
an indication of their general attitude towards a treaty, to be used at discretion if
the matter were raised again, the Foreign Office referred to the two subjects
suggested by M. Soheily. His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom
preferred that no Consular Convention should be attempted and the Government
of India shared this view. As regards the Baluchistan frontier, His Majesty’s
Minister was authorised to tell M. Samiy that, while His Majesty’s Government
in the United Kingdom and the Government of India saw no objection in
principle to the Iranian proposal, they were not convinced that the expense
and effort entailed by a full demarcation would be justified in the conditions
existing on this particular frontier. The Foreign Office further informed His
Majesty’s Minister of the section of frontier on which the work of demarcation,
if undertaken, should be begun. Subsequently the Government of India intimated
that they did not wish to be committed to any demarcation of the Baluchistan
frontier until they had details of what the Iranian Government proposed. His
Majesty’s Minister being in possession of these views, it was agreed to leave
to his discretion how best to respond to any further suggestion as regards
demarcation.
26. Actually the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs did not on any
occasion raise the question of a treaty with His Majesty’s Minister. The only
further development was in London. In the course of his first conversation as
Iranian Minister with Sir L. Oliphant in April, M. Soheily reverted to the
desirability of a treaty of friendship, the existing one, concluded when the
Persians were in occupation of Herat and the British of Bushire, being
out of date. M. Soheily agreed that the work involved in the forthcoming
Coronation made the immediate inauguration of any fresh treaty negotiations
untimely, but enquired whether the matter could not be pursued by His Majesty’s
Minister in Tehran. Sir L. Oliphant agreed that this was a possible eventual
solution, but pointed out that His Majesty’s Minister would require instructions
from London; for the time being it was necessary to go slow.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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