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File 200/1928 Pt 3 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Commercial Treaty' [41r] (86/1140)
The record is made up of 1 volume (566 folios). It was created in Aug 1929-Apr 1930. 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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yet coa«.ont*i to cmwludo *ith viy SoroUp Vonr a treaty of
thi* nature by which ftfiti* subjact# froTa tiie CoXoiuoa and
Ooaiaian. ould bauofit unla.a and until too Coloi* or
Ooraiuior. concarnod accMed to too Treaty. Hie Majoat^ o
Ooeeraaont rm*t inaiH that the Treaty shall apply to all
British objects unconditionally, for they cannot contemplate
for a me ient ai^nin,; a treaty which would allow Persia to
diacrindnate between one Britiali aubject uid another - a
matter of special difficulty, since there is no clear teat
toapply to determine the part of the Britieii Iteoire to eiiich
a dvon British subject balor^s. Is ratsarde persons
belonjixxs to territoriec under British protection,
suae runty or muulato, the position is not quite the e-sao,
altliou^> Hi* Uajeaty'e ilorermant see no reason to admxt toe
?eraian view that those neoole should be excluded from to«
banafits of the Treaty until the territory to which they
belong haa acceded to the Treaty. A provision on toe ln>ee
of the British draft almost invariably appears in the
commercial treaties concluded by Hie Majesty's Uovenwent,
wJ unless toere i» ^>od reason for its oiaieeion in toe
present instawc. Hie Majesty's Jovsrimut are strongly of
opinion that it should also appear in the present Treaty.
It is difficult to see in what maimer Persian interests can
suffor by a provision grniiting the benefits of toe Treaty to
persons belonging to the territories msntioned in Annex 2
to my despatch No .156 of Hovember 2 lat. Tlie Porsi m
Movornnant should be pressed to state toe reasons for their
objection. It seam probable that the real reason icr
tucir reluctance to accept the British draft is their
reluct nice to .Tu t to natives of Kowoit, Bahrein, iUacat
.ua! the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
ri^ts in Persia to which Persian
subjectn in those territories would not be entitled. Hie
Majesty’s Uoverwnflnt do not in fact rogird jiowoit, Bahrein,
etc. ar. coming within Article VI (the Colonial Article) of
toie
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This volume contains correspondence between the British Legation in Tehran and the Foreign Office regarding negotiations around the agreement of a commercial treaty between Britain and the Persian [Iranian] Government.
In addition to this correspondence, the volume contains the following documents, some of which are in French:
- 'Memorandum containing an outline of the instructions which it is proposed to send to Sir R. Clive regarding the Anglo-Persian Commercial Treaty Negotiations' (folios 67-76)
- 'Draft Anglo-Persian Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, showing Position of Negotiations in November 1929' (folios 78-92)
- 'Tariff Autonomy Treaty between the United Kingdom and Persia' (folios 311-316)
- 'Preliminary Observations on Persian Counter-draft of Commerical Treaty' (folios 321-326)
- 'Observations of the Board of Trade upon the Persian Counter Proposals to the English Draft of the Anglo-Persian Commercial Treaty' (folios 329-344)
- 'Persian Counterdraft of Anglo-Persian Treaty of Commerce and Navigation' (folios 349-398)
- 'Draft Anglo-Persian Treaty of Commerce and Navigation' (folios 399-445)
- 'Memorandum on Persian amendments to draft Commerical Treaty' (folios 486-495)
- 'Comparison between Perso-German Draft Treaties and Draft of Anglo-Persian Commerical Treaty' (folios 509-514).
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (566 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.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 568; 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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- Title
- File 200/1928 Pt 3 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Commercial Treaty'
- Pages
- front , back , spine , edge, head, tail, 1v:306v, 311r:445v, 445ar:445av, 446r:567r
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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