File 200/1928 Pt 4 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations. General Settlement and Treaty Negotiations' [7r] (18/1256)
The record is made up of 1 volume (624 folios). It was created in 15 Nov 1928-15 Oct 1929. It was written in French and English. 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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This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty’s Government.]
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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3 J S
September 25, 1929.
Section 1.
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No. 1.
Mr. A. Henderson to Sir R. Clive (Tehran).
(No. 458.)
Sir, Foreign Office, September 25, 1929.
I HAVE received your despatch No. 439 of the 21st August, enclosing a copy of a
letter addressed to you on the 20th August by the Persian Minister of Court, in which
his Highness sets forth at length his views on the nature of a treaty settlement of the
various questions outstanding between Persia and this country.
2. It will require some little time and much discussion between the interested
Departments of His Majesty’s Government before I am in a position to send you
detailed instructions on each of the various questions raised in your despatch and its
enclosure. It appears, therefore, desirable, in order that there may not be a prolonged
break in your conversations with the Minister of Court, to formulate in advance for
your guidance in these discussions my general impressions on some of the more
important political questions involved, even though these will require to be
supplemented later by more detailed instructions.
3. In the first place, I am glad to observe that the Persian Government have
apparently realised the necessity for a final and definite renunciation of their antique
claim to sovereignty over the Bahrein islands; and I welcome the inclusion in
paragraph 26 of Taimourtache’s letter of a draft article by which Persia recognises,
once and for all, the independence and the sovereign rights of the ruling Sheikh. It
is, in my opinion, a distinctly favourable omen that the Persian Government have
themselves put forward at this early stage a draft which, although not entirely
acceptable in itself, can at least be regarded as a basis for further discussions.
4. It would be unwise to attach importance to the absurd compensation required
by the Persian Goverument as a condition of the withdrawal of this claim.
Taimourtache himself admits, in paragraph 25 of his letter, that there can be no direct
connexion in the treaty between the Bahrein article and the concessions which he
considers Persia entitled to expect in return. Persia will, in any case, obtain many
advantages from the treaty, and I do not consider that the inability of His Majesty s
Government to agree that the Persian pretensions to these Arabian islands have any
market value need prove an insurmountable obstacle to an agreement Ion should,
therefore, continue to take the line that the Persian proposals do not merit serious
consideration ; and you should made it clear that, as was very full } 7 explained in
Sir Austen Chamberlain’s note of the LSth February last to the Persian Minister in
London, His Majesty’s Government regard the Persian case about Bahrein to be
unfounded ; that they consider themselves entitled to insist, and as an essential part of
the general settlement, on the unconditional abandonment of Persia’s pretensions on
the Arabian side of the Gulf, and that Persia obviously loses nothing, but, on the
contrary, stands to gain, by the abandonment of such shadowy and worthless claims,
which merelv render difficult the establishment of satisfactory relations both with her
immediate neighbours and with His Majesty’s Government.
5. As regards the Islands of Tamb and Abu Musa, I approve your language to
the Minister of Court, as reported in your despatch No. 454 of the 31st August. . It is
impossible for His Majesty’s Government to admit that Persia has any legal claim to
either of these islands, or to sacrifice the rights of the Arab owners, with whom they
are in close treaty relations. In their opinion it would be difficult to challenge the
legal right of ownership of the Jowasimi Arabs, based as it is on possession during the
past two centuries. Any attempt by Persia to occupy these islands by force could only
be regarded as a flagrant case of aggression against the territorial integrity of the Aiab
rulers, and could not be permitted. Yon will, no doubt, have opportunities, in
discussing this question with the Minister of the Court, of drawing his attention to the
fact that it would be impossible for His Majesty’s Government to betray the interests
of the Arab chiefs which have been entrusted to them. .
6 . The possible solution of the question of the Island of la > suggested in
paragraph 7 of your despatch No 454, whereby the Persian Government should
purchase the island from the Jowasimi sheikhs, is one worthy of serious consideration.
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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 British and Persian [Iranian] 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 correspondence, the volume contains the following documents:
- 'Draft Treaty with Persia' (folios 98-113)
- 'Present State of Negotiations with Persia' (folios 124-130)
- 'Previous history of the proposed Treaty of Friendship and Non-aggression Pact to be concluded with the Persian Government' (folios 213-214)
- 'Negotiations with Persia' (folios 251-258)
- 'Persian Complaints of Smuggling in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' 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. memorandum, 1928 (folio 553).
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 (624 folios)
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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 626; 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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