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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [‎200v] (400/644)

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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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H.M.S. Shoreham was due to visit on-the 1st August. A few days earlier the
Governor of Bushire informed the Secretary to 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. that he
expected to receive a salute of nineteen guns, instead of the thirteen guns normally
accorded to him, and that unless he received the salute demanded he would
return the senior naval officer’s call on land, and not on board the ship. A salute
of nineteen guns could not, of course, be granted without the sanction of His
Majesty the King. The Governor’s demand was referred to the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs, but it proved impossible to obtain a decision by the 1st August,
and the senior naval officer had no alternative but to cancel his visit to Bushire.
At the end of September the Ministry for Foreign Affairs informed His Majesty’s
Legation that the Governor should only receive a salute of thirteen guns as
before, and that if the Iranian Government saw any reason to ask for a change
at Bushire or elsewhere, the matter would be raised through the diplomatic
channel.
38. H.M.S. Enterprise, of the Fourth Cruiser Squadron, East Indies, visited
Abadan and Bushire in October. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs at first
appeared puzzled by the visit of a ship not forming part of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Division, but made no difficulty when it was explained that it was usual for
a cruiser from the East Indies station to visit the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. each year. The
visit to Abadan passed off without incident, and it was evident that the local
authorities made every effort to be as friendly as possible.
39. During the year the attitude of the Iranian Government with regard
to the landing of seamen requiring urgent medical attention became more
accommodating than it had previously been (see paragraph 19 of the 1936 report).
Repeated efforts were made to obtain an assurance in writing that His Majesty’s
ships would be allowed to call at Iranian ports, without prior notification, to
land urgent medical cases. It became evident that the Iranian Government had
no intention of giving any such assurance in writing, or of making any alteration
in their published regulations. But the representations made by His Majesty’s
Legation were not without effect. At the end of May the head of the European
Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs assured the counsellor of His
Majesty’s Legation that the local authorities were aware that the necessity of
landing an urgent medical case constituted an instance of force majeure, which
would justify a breach of the regulations requiring prior notification of a visit
by a foreign warship. Local enquiries showed, at first, that both the Governors
of Abadan and Bushire were still in some doubt on the subject. Colonel Bayendor,
however, appeared to have received the required instructions, which he passed
on to the Governor of Abadan, while the Governor of Bushire also subsequently
agreed that an urgent medical case could be landed without prior notification.
By the end of the year it was evident that there was nothing to be gained by
further representations.
40. In 1936 the Iranian Government had protested at the visit of the
troopship Dorsetshire to Abadan for fuelling without prior notification. They
were informed in reply that His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom
had no objection to notifying such visits if the Iranian Government so desired.
The Admiralty were anxious to ensure that no calls should be exchanged on such
visits, in order to safeguard the position of Admiralty oilers, which might be
treated as warships if troopships were so treated. His Majesty’s Legation were
therefore instructed to make an arrangement with the Iranian Government
accordingly. The matter was discussed with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
and a note was subsequently received stating that the Iranian Government agreed
that no calls should be exchanged on the occasion of visits of troopships “ having
no cadre of naval officers,” which was taken to mean not being under the control
of naval officers. The reply was regarded as satisfactory.
Iranian Navy.
41. At the beginning of the year the Iranian navy threatened to become
active in interfering with Arab dhows on the high seas and even in Arab terri
torial waters, and several protests to the Iranian Government were necessary
regarding the cases of which details are given in paragraphs 45-51 below. But
after the end of February no further cases were reported, and the ships of the
Iranian navy continued to spend the greater part of their time at their moorings

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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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