File 2249/1915 Pt 3 ‘OIL – PERSIA & MESOPOTAMIA; ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY'S AFFAIRS; Royalties paid to Persian Govt’

Content

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.

Extent and format

1 item (86 folios)

It is part of

File 2249/1915 Pt 3-4 ‘IRAQ & PERSIA. OIL’

674 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/557

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/557/1

Former external reference(s)

P 2249/1915 Pt 3

History of this record

Date(s)

18 Jun 1915-27 May 1920 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

RoyaltiesConcessions, Oil, IranMesopotamian Campaign (1914-1918)Compensation

People & organisations

HM Ambassador to IranGovernment of Persia, Qajar dynasty

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File 2249/1915 Pt 3 ‘OIL – PERSIA & MESOPOTAMIA; ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY'S AFFAIRS; Royalties paid to Persian Govt’, 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_100076920593.0x000001> [accessed 25 April 2024]

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