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File 2249/1915 Pt 3 ‘OIL – PERSIA & MESOPOTAMIA; ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY'S AFFAIRS; Royalties paid to Persian Govt’ [‎280r] (75/174)

The record is made up of 1 item (86 folios). It was created in 18 Jun 1915-27 May 1920. 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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, 1917.
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The item contains correspondence and other papers relating to: the payment of royalties due to the Persian Government from the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), 1915; a dispute between the British and Persian Governments relating to British troops inside Persian territory, and damage inflicted to APOC oil pipelines close to the Mesopotamia [Iraq]-Persia [Iran] border, in the wake of the British invasion of Mesopotamia in 1914/1915; APOC’s withholding of oil royalties owed to the Persian Government, in compensation for damage inflicted to its pipelines in Persia; and negotiations between APOC and the Persian Government over the terms of a new agreement for royalty payments, 1919.

The item’s principal correspondents are: APOC; the Persian Government; HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. in Tehran, Charles Murray Marling. One note from the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs is written in French (f 329).

The item 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 item (86 folios)
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English and French in Latin script
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File 2249/1915 Pt 3 ‘OIL – PERSIA & MESOPOTAMIA; ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY'S AFFAIRS; Royalties paid to Persian Govt’ [‎280r] (75/174), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/557/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100076914803.0x0000ab> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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