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File 200/1928 Pt 4 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations. General Settlement and Treaty Negotiations' [31r] (66/1256)
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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Minute Paper.
Department.
>4.
Artiale 8.
Tamb and Abu Musa. This is in
much the same position as Bahrein.
Article 9. It is for the Minister of Court
to indicate what more definite proposals he wants as
regards lighting and buoying.
Article 10* Slavery. Here again we shall be
pressed by the Persians and unless we take a
definite line we shall find that we have evacuated
the position without getting anything in return.
As for the Minister of Court’s suggestion that the
Persians have no war vessels of any kind which are in
a position to carry out a search, it will not be
overlooked that they are in active negotiation with
various European firms for the purchase of armed
launches of no inconsiderable size.
Article 13. matter of tactics, it would
perhaps have been better if Sir R.Clive had inserted
the text of an Article providing for the immediate
repayment by Persia of the two million pounds debt.
By leaving it blank as he has done in the skeleton
presented to the Minister of Court, he appears rather
clearly to have intimated that the subject is one on
which we anticipate a compromise.
The opportunity of the present submi ssion may
be taken to invite attention to the draft Arbitration
Article for inclusion in the Anglo-Persian Commercial
Treaty, and probably also in the General Treaty
discussed above, to which reference is made in Foreign
Office letter of 23rd August on P.5512/29, flagged.
The question is of interest to this Department as
affecting the General Treaty, but it will be submitted
for oiders in the E & 0.Department. Paragraph 1 of
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (624 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 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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- File 200/1928 Pt 4 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations. General Settlement and Treaty Negotiations'
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- front , back , spine , edge, head , tail , front-i, 2r:26r, 28v:44v, 47r:49v, 51r:132r, 135r:625v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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