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Coll 28/48 'Persia. Anglo-Persian Oil Company; Relations with Persian Govt.' [‎16r] (42/552)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (272 folios). It was created in 26 Sep 1923-22 Jun 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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latter meaning, but the writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. of thia article ie evidently
making play on the word), quit the scene of the Company^
operations and go to a distant part. The fundamental laws
of Persia lay down that only in virtue of a law enacted can
a person be obliged to leave ills hone land, ’e do not know
what law allows a foreign commercial concern, in virtue of
a written undertaking which it takes, to oblige the
citizens of a free and independent country to quit their
homeland. Is not such action a definite contravention of *
the B | Arcy Concession? la it enough to protest against
such acts to prevent their repetition in the future and to
put the Company In its place? Can we not account such acts
which contravene the conditions of the concession as well
as the fundamental laws of the country as sufficient lawful
reasons for the o&nellation of the concession? The cry
of the inhabitants of Khusiatan and of the workers of the
Company have gone up to t ie heavens by reasons of such
transgressions and harsh dealings and we (Persians)
notwithstanding these heart-rending cries have not yet been
able to profit by our lawful claims or to recover from the
Company our lawful dues.

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Correspondence, memoranda, and other papers, concerning relations between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) and the Persian Government, and between the British and Persian governments over APOC operations in Persia [Iran]. The file covers: reports of attacks on APOC drilling operations at Bikarz [Bīd Karz] and Mishun in 1923; Soviet propaganda published against APOC in the Persian province of Khuzistan in 1927; disturbances amongst Persian APOC employees at Abadan in May and June 1929, and the British response to these disturbances, including the despatch of naval vessels to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; copies of a 1931 memorandum entitled 'South Persian Oilfields Defence Scheme', produced by the Overseas Defence Committee at the Foreign Office (ff 76-86); a 1931 'Report on the Tribes in the Area exploited by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Ltd', prepared by R J Moneypenny at HM Consulate, Ahwaz [Ahvāz] (ff 24-54); anti-APOC articles published in the newspaper Shafaq-e-Surkh in 1931, which criticise the D'Arcy Concession of 1901 (translations enclosed, ff 6-16), and the subsequent protest at the content of the articles made by the British Government to the Persian Government. The volume's principal correspondents include: HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran, Robert Henry Clive; HM Vice-Consul at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Captain E W Fletcher; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The volume contains a small number of items in French, being correspondence exchanged between the British and Persian Governments and three copies of the Persian newspaper Le Messager de Teheran (ff 61-66).

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (272 folios)
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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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 268; 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.

The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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English and French in Latin script
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