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‘Confidential. Persia’ [476r] (1/112)
The record is made up of 1 file (56 folios). It was created in c 1904. It was written in 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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Confidential.
Persia-
Statement showing the pronouncements
as to intention or policy which have been
made by responsible British Ministers,
and the assurances which have been given
to Great Britain by the Persian Govern
ment in regard to the following sub
jects
Page.
( 1 ) The integrity of Persia ... 1 — 22
(2) Railways, Tramways, Roads,
Telegraphs in Southern
Persia ... ... 23— 38
(3) The Customs of Southern
Persia ... 39— 59
(4) Seistan ... ... 60— 79
(5) British interests in the Persian
Gulf ... ... 80— 89
( 6 ) The Sheikh of Mohammorah 90— 97
(7) The New Persian Tariff ... 98—103
( 8 ) The Acquisition by Russia of a
Naval Station on the Per
sian Gulf ... ... 104—106
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This part consists of a printed summary of British policy regarding Persia, from 1834 to 1904, featuring extracts from Foreign Office correspondence. Also included are extracts from speeches given in the House of Commons by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs respectively, as published in The Times .
The summary is divided into sections. The contents page includes an introductory statement and a table of contents, which lists the sections as follows:
(1) The integrity of Persia
(2) Railways, tramways, roads, telegraphs in Southern Persia
(3) The customs of Southern Persia
(4) Seistan
(5) British interests in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
(6) The Sheikh of Mohammerah
(7) The new Persian tariff
(8) The acquisition by Russia of a Naval Station on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
There is a handwritten note on the front of the document which states ‘This is not final copy’.
Notable correspondents include the following: the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the British Minister at Tehran (Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, succeeded by Arthur Henry Hardinge); HM Chargé d'Affaires to Tehran (Robert Charles Kennedy; Cecil Arthur Spring Rice); HM Ambassador to Russia, St Petersburg (Sir Charles Stewart Scott); the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Count Karl Robert Nesselrode); the Shah of Persia, Nassir-ud-Din (Nasser Al-Din Shah Qajar); the Mushir-ed-Dowleh of Persia (Prime Minister to the Shah); the Russian Ambassador to London (Count Alexander Konstantinovich Benckendorff).
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- 1 file (56 folios)
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The document is paginated and in page number order, and is arranged into sections on particular subjects.
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Mss Eur F111/359/2
- Title
- ‘Confidential. Persia’
- Pages
- 476r:484v, 487v, 489r, 490v, 492r, 493r:494v, 495v:496r, 497r, 498r, 499r:501v, 502v:503r, 504v:505v, 507r:509v, 511r:514v, 515v:518r, 519v:520r, 522r:524r, 525r:527r, 528r:531v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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