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File 200/1928 Pt 4 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations. General Settlement and Treaty Negotiations' [59r] (122/1256)
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
political Department.
Please see previous submission on
P. 3991/29, flagged below, on the first draft of the
general Treaty with Persia.
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The draft telegram of instructions to Sir
Robert Clive now communicated by the Foreign Office
for our concurrence is, I think, generally suitable
from our point of view. The following comments are
offered on oortai^ '»ocfrioTO”Trf it:-
(a) Article 1.- The instruction that both
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paragraphs of this article should be put forward
is the result of a suggestion made by us in Mr.
Walton’s letter of 2nd July on P. 3991, paragraph 2.
It is satisfactory that the Foreign Office should
wholly
have_falien in with our views on this important
question.
(b) Article 3.- The revised form of this
article (which refers to the conditions under which
Persian and British warships may visit British and
Persian ports) is, I think, satisfactory from our
point of view, in that it not only makes it clear
that the reciprocal facilities which we propose to
offer to the Persians do not apply to the ports of
the Arab Protectorates, but that the modification
referred to in the present Foreigi Office telegram
makes entirely clear the position of the Indian
Marine. The Government of India have been
consulted separately as to whether they have any
further observations to offer, and we await their
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3222a 5000 11/28
reply. The reference in the Foreign Office draft
to the inclusion of a specific mention of the
Indian Marine in Article 4 (which deals with our
position/
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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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- Title
- File 200/1928 Pt 4 'Persia: Anglo-Persian Relations. General Settlement and Treaty Negotiations'
- Pages
- 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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