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File 200/1928 Pt 5 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations, Treaty Negotiations' [‎10r] (24/1132)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (562 folios). It was created in 19 Aug 1929-29 Jul 1931. 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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for tli© purposes of Imperial Alrwajs* not even if the Persians wex ^
to offer us m alternative s^oute through Tehran^ It was most
important to try to obtain the best practicable air route to
India and Australia* and the South Persian route was mv*
doubte&ly the best.
q o Hppt ain CVmimUM said that the Admiralty agreed wi^h
the 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. as to the extreme difficulty of tne Arabian
rout@o
10. Mrc MllgWP said that the 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. objections io
the Arabian route remained \mabated. ®' Ul ' Ti ® wexe u ^ oiIliatel5
forced to consider using it, it would be desirable to consider the
suggestion put forward in the latest telegram received from the
government of India on the subject, that Imperial Airways might
use the island of Abu Musa instead of the Trucisl coast as a
refuelling or lending point.
H» Mr. BSBDEIj said that, whatever the merits of the
suggestion regarding Abu Musa, everyone was agreed that the
Arab route was more expensive and more dangerous than the south
Persian route, which was obviously the best route available,
though the Foreign Office felt strongly that we Should be reaay
wlth the Arabian route as an alternative. The position now
was, however, that we had suddenly been ashed by the Persians
for something, and had unexpectedly got a chance: to asm tor
something in return. There were three courses open to us.
Firstly, we could do nothings secondly, we could try for the
Hen Jam Protocol; or thirdly, we could try for the air route.
As regards the Henjam Protocol, he fully realised the force of
the Admiralty views regarding the importance of HenJem. Bu a
even if we assumed that this was the most important of our
desiderata, the question remained whether we were wise to raise
it in the present connexion. It would not prejudice the
position not to raise the question of Hen jam .in the present

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This volume contains correspondence regarding wide-ranging negotiations that took place between Reza Shah's Minister of Court, ‘Abdolhossein Khan Teymourtache [Teymurtash], and the British Legation in Tehran, the aim of which was the agreement of a bilateral treaty between the two governments in order to resolve a number of outstanding issues. The majority of the correspondence in the volume is internal correspondence between British officials, but it also contains a limited amount of correspondence in French that was exchanged between the British Minister in Tehran, Sir Robert Clive, and Teymourtache.

In addition to this correspondence, the volume contains the following documents:

  • 'Minutes of an Inter-departmental conference held at the Foreign Office on Wednesday, July 29th, 1931', (folios 6-13)
  • Draft text of general treaty between Persia and Britain written in French, (folios 62-83)
  • Copy of the concession granted to Baron Julius de Reuter to establish a bank in the Persian Empire under the name of 'The Imperial Bank of Persia' in 1889, (folios 341-342).

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (562 folios)
Arrangement

The subject 200 (Anglo-Persian Treaty Negotiations) consists of eight volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/1250-1257. The volumes are divided into ten parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, parts 3, 4 and 5 comprising one volume each, parts 6 and 7 comprising the fifth volume, and parts 8, 9 and 10 comprising one volume each.

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 564; 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.

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English and French in Latin script
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