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‘Confidential. Persia’ [506v] (62/112)
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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59
Secret E.,
No. 339.
June 1903, Nos. 337*356, Proceeding
Enclosure 4 in Secret E., December 1903, Nos.
120*130, Proceeding No. 122.
traffic arrangements and appealed to the
memorandum quoted above and “ the
Amin-es-Sultan’s acceptance of the me
morandum confirmed by His Imperial
Majesty the Shah the same day.”
No such acceptance appears on our
records; hut the Grand Vizier admitted
on 31st October 1902 having given the
assurance, although he argued that the
arrangement then come to was a purely
temporary one to suit the conditions then
existing which had since entirely changed.
3. The memorandum of February 14th
1890 was appealed to, however, by Mr. des
Graz in his letter to the Mushir-ed-Dowleh
of 14th October 1902 supporting the pro
test of Messrs. Lynch & Co., and he also
called attention to the following telegram
which was sent on 29th May 1891 by His
Highness the Amin-es-Sultan to the Gov
ernor of Arabistan :—
“ Issue instructions that the ships of Lynch
carrying goods belonging to foreigners and natives
shall pay customs dues at destination, either at
Mohammerah, Ahvvaz or Shuster. The custom
house officials must act accordingly and levy dues
on arrival at destination.^
After considerable correspondence M. Secret E , June 1P03, Noi. 337-356, Proceeding
Naus restored the old Customs Houses No - 356 ' see also page 93 .
both at Shuster and Ahwaz.
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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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- Mss Eur F111/359/2
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- ‘Confidential. Persia’
- Pages
- 492v, 495r, 496v, 497v, 503v:504r, 506r, 506v, 510r, 510v, 518v:519r, 524v, 527v
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- Government of Persia
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