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‘Confidential. Persia’ [489v] (28/112)
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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commercial purposes. I think it best to . limit
our rights to the south as avoiding antagonism in
view of caution contained in Your Lordship's
telegram No. 45.’'
Thus, it will be noted, the autograph Secr#t E<> May 18 9 2> nos. 284-398, Pro«Mding
letter, though purporting to be dated 16th No. 33i.
September 1888, was really given in March
1889.
A copy of this letter was communicated
by the Amin-es-Sultan in October 1S90
to the Russian Minister, M. de Butzow,
who doubted the accuracy of the date.
A translation of the Railway agreement
between the Russian and Persian Gov
ernments is given below :—
Agreement between Russian and Persian Gov- Secret E, July 1889, Nos. 174-191, Proceed.
® , ing No. 178.
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(Translation.)
(Confidential.)
Seeing our sincere friendship to the Russian
Government, we are prepared to accept the follow
ing matters in order to facilitate and develop com
merce between Persia and Russia :
1 . The Murdab (Lagoon) at Enzeli, and the
rivers which flow into tbe IVlurdab off Enzeli, shall
he free to the navigation of the steam and sailing
ships and boats of Russian subjects ; and "with a
view of removing danger to vessels and boats,
the mouth of the Lagoon at Enzeli, the mouth of
the Meshedser River, and the mouth of the Peri
Bazar River, known as the Siahrudbar River, shall
he dredged and repaired. The rights and condi
tions of the free navigation will be arranged for
separately, and notice of them given to the sub
jects of the Russian Government.
2. All the rivers flowing into the Caspian Sea,
the navigation by ships and boats of which is
possible, are freed to the passage of the ships
and boats of Russian subjects, and this freedom
of the navigation is in accordance with the afore
said rights and conditions mentioned in Article 1.
3 . The necessary commercial depots and wharves,
&c., shall be constructed by the Persian Govern
ment or its subjects, and shall be hired at a just
rate by the subjects of Russia; and from the date
when they shall be specified and announced to
the Persian authorities, on the part of the Russian
merchants, to the completion of a term of one year.
Should|the Persian Government or its subjects not
construct them, then the Russian merchants shall
have the right, according to Treaty, to construct
them, and Russian merchants have the right, for
the loading and unloading purposes, to take the
necessary labour from amongst Persian or Russian
subjects.
4. The Persian Government accepts the con
struction of a “ route-chaussee ” from Peri Bazar
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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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The document is paginated and in page number order, and is arranged into sections on particular subjects.
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