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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [‎234r] (467/644)

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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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the correct position of the boundary in the area concerned, in order that the
repetition of such incidents might be avoided.
57. At about this time the Iranian Government for their part entered
protests regarding two further occasions on which they stated British Indian
troops had violated the frontier—one of these occasions turned out ultimately
to be only a second reference to the time when the Assistant Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in
Mekran had, as mentioned in the preceding paragraph, accidentally crossed the
border. Hardly had this news been passed on to the Government of India, when
a telegram was received from them announcing yet another incident, as a result
of which one Iranian officer and five soldiers had been arrested on the 31st May
for having crossed the border. Almost simultaneously the Iranian Government
entered a protest, making it clear that they regarded Bikadouk (or Begadag),
the place where the incident had occurred, as in Iranian territory, and demanding
the release of their military without delay. It was pointed out to them that the
maps in the possession of His Majesty’s Legation clearly showed this place to be
well within British Indian territory. The opportunity was taken to repeat to the
Iranian Government an observation that had been made earlier in the year, to
the effect that in a locality where the boundary had never been accurately
demarcated it'was an elementary precaution to observe an adequate territorial
margin of safety. It was also again pointed out that it might be possible to
eliminate further incidents if agreement could be reached to allow the erection
simply of a few frontier pillars in the Kastag plain, where the trouble was
occurring. The Iranian Government did not comment on these suggestions, but
proceeded to attempt to explain away the incident by stating that the Iranians
who had been arrested were military road police in pursuit of smugglers. The
Iranian officer and his five troops were released without delay, but the Iranian
Government were warned that further arrests would be made if further violations
of the frontier were to occur.
Frontier Surveying in Baluchistan.
58. In January it was learnt from the Iranian Government that they were
proposing to send a technical commission to inspect the frontier line in
Baluchistan (of which a part had been surveyed in 1932), and to complete this
survey, though actually it appeared that there was no intention to survey the
frontier north of Mirjawa. It was expected that the whole survey would take
several years. The Government of India agreed to send general instructions to
the British authorities in Baluchistan to facilitate the work of the commission,
and they arranged for an escort to accompany the Iranian party for purposes of
protection. It was some time, however, before the Iranian Government, who
desired that their party should be allowed to cross into British territory, could
be persuaded to make the same concession as regards the British escort party
entering Iranian territory, although a reciprocal arrangement of this kind had
been made in 1932 and was obviously necessary, having regard to the nature of
the country, if the two parties were to avoid losing touch.
59. The Iranian party arrived at Zahidan towards the end of February,
but did not get to the frontier until the end of March. They only remained a
few weeks, since they apparently feared attack by local tribes. Work was about
to be resumed at the end of the year, though the composition of the party had
been changed.
Consular rearrangement in East Iran.
60. By May His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the
Government of India were agreed that the post of vice-consul at Birjand should
be abolished and that Birjand should be included in the consular district of the
vice-consul at Zabul who would divide his time between the two posts. At
Birjand a consular office only would be retained in charge of a clerk of the lower
division of the combined Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Khorassan cadre. At the end of July
the Iranian Government expressed their concurrence in this arrangement.
Cl. In order to meet an economy request from the Government of India
that he should surrender 10 per cent, of his travelling allowance, His Majesty’s
Consul-General at Meshed, on consultation with the legation, cancelled his usual
winter move to Zabul.

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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)
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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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