1. 'Persia. No 2 (1912). Notes exchanged between the Persian Government and the British and Russian Ministers at Tehran. February 18-March 20, 1912'

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Text of an Anglo-Russian proposal to supply a loan of £100,000 each, plus a copy of the reply from the Persian Government.1 item (4 folios)

2. 'Persia. No 3 (1912). Further correspondence respecting the affairs of Persia.'

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In continuation of Persia No 1 (1911): Cd 5656.Consists of correspondence and memoranda, primarily between HM Minister at Tehran, HM Ambassador to Russia, HM Councillor at Tehran, the Russian Minister at Tehran, and the Persian Government.1 item (98 folios)A table of contents can be found at folios 76-84.

3. 'Persia. No 4 (1912). Further correspondence respecting the affairs of Persia'

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In continuation of 'Persia No 3 (1912): Cd 6104.Consists of correspondence and memoranda, primarily between HM Minister at Tehran, HM Councillor at Tehran, HM Minister at St Petersburg, HM Councillor at St Petersburg, and the Persian Government.1 item (84 folios)A table of contents can be found at folios 174v-182v

4. 'Persia. No 5 (1912). Further correspondence respecting the affairs of Persia'

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In continuation of 'Persia No 4 (1912): Cd 6015'.Consists of correspondence and memoranda, primarily between HM Minister at Tehran, HM Ambassador to St Petersburg, the India Office Political Department, the Admiralty, and the Russian Ambassador to Tehran.1 item (75 folios)A table of contents can be found at folios 260-268

5. ‘Memorandum respecting the frontier between Mohammerah and Turkey.’

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The memorandum concerns the border between Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Turkey, and was prepared by Alwyn Parker of the Foreign Office. There are a number of labels at the top of the first page: ‘Persia’, ‘Confidential’ and ‘Section 10’. The memorandum sections are as follows:Part I. A preface (folios 1-5), introducing the points at issue, with two maps, the first being a sketch map of the Mohammerah district, with the proposed Turkish, Persian and mediating commissioner’s lines indicated (folio 2), and a map compiled from plane table surveys by Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson in 1909, with the frontier as defined by the mediating commissioners in 1850 (folio 4);Part II. An historical summary (folios 6-19) of British Government correspondence relating to the border dispute, with the chief focus being on correspondence exchanged during the period 1843-52, around the time of the Treaty of Erzeroum (c.1848). This part contains two copies of a map, a facsimile of a diagram of the disputed area, the original of which was enclosed by Colonel Williams in his despatch of 4 February 1850, indicating Turkish and Persian claims and the mediating commissioner’s proposal (folios 15, 19);Part III. Conclusion (folios 20-28), with a further map (folio 23), an exact copy of that found on folio 4.The appendices that follow are:A: British assurances given to the Shaikh of Mohammerah, 1899 and 1902-10;B. Protocol of December 1911 (in French) for the proposal settlement of the Turco-Persian frontier question;C. An extract from Sir Austen Henry Layard’s Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia, published in 1887. The extract is from volume 2, pp 431-439;D. Rough notes made by General William Monteith when in Persia, on the frontier of Turkey and Persia, as communicated to the Foreign Office in 1843;E. Observations by Sir Henry Rawlinson on a Persian memorandum relative to the situation of the cities of Mohammerah and Fellahiah [Fallāḥīyah], 1844;F. Text of the Treaty of Erzeroum, 31 May 1847, in English and French translation;G. Copy of a despatch from Sir Stratford Canning, the British Ambassador to Istanbul, to Lord Palmerston, Foreign Secretary, dated 30 May 1850;H. Copy of a despatch from Lord Palmerston to Lord Broomfield, dated 12 July 1850.1 file (41 folios, 5 maps)The memorandum is arranged into three parts, labelled I, II and III, which are followed by eight lettered appendices, A-H. Historic correspondence referred to in the memorandum is referenced in the inside page margin.Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The booklet contains an original typed pagination sequence.

6. 'A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of Arabistan'

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The volume is Lieutenant A T Wilson, IA, Acting Consul for Arabistan, A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of Arabistan(Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, India, 1912).The volume is a compilation of historical, economic and political information about Arabistan [Khuzestan] and its relations with the British, by Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson, Indian Army, Acting Consul for Arabistan.The contents of the volume are as follows:List of Officials in Arabistan;I British Interests in Arabistan, 1635-1800;II Arabistan - Internal Politics up to the death of Haji Jabir and genealogical table of Shaikhs of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], 1527-1881;III Shaikh Miz'al's Rule, 1882-1897;IV Shaikh Khaz'al's Rule, 1897-1910;V Shaikh Khaz'al and the Persian Customs;VI Shaikh Khaz'al - Political Relations with British Government;VII Piracies;VIII Turko-Persian Frontier Question;IX Shaikh of Mohammerah and Turks;X Irrigation in Arabistan (I Karun; II Karkhah; III Dizful);XI Acquisition and Tenure of Land in Arabistan, with Annexes;Sixteen appendices, numbered I-XVI (supplemented with a later additional appendix, IXa) each containing a transcription (one in French, others translated into English from Persian) of relevant firmans, agreements, concessions, and other documents from the period 1844-1910.1 volume (68 folios)A list of contents appears on folio 4, and a schedule of appendices on folio 7.Foliation: the foliation system commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 68 on the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. This is the system that has been used to determine the order of pages.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-115 (ff 8-66).

7. File 1356/1912 Pt 1 'Turco-Persian Frontier:- negotiations at Constantinople.'

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The volume discusses the disputed Turco-Persian Frontier, particularly at Mohammerah, and the negotiations in Constantinople to attempt to settle it.The correspondence focuses on:the differences of opinion over the actual boundary at Mohammerah, including several maps demonstrating these differences;movements of Turkish and Russian troops;ownership of the Shat-el-Arab and questions of access for navigation;copies of treaties, correspondence and memoranda dating back to 1639 relating to the question of the Turco-Persian frontier.The principal correspondents in the volume are the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey); the Secretary of State for India (Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Sir Percy Zachariah Cox); the British Ambassador to Constantinople (Sir Gerard Lowther); the British Ambassador to Russia (Sir George Buchanan); the Viceroy of India (Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst); the British Ambassador to Tehran (Sir George Head Barclay); representatives of the Foreign Office (particularly Alwyn Parker) and the India Office; and Arthur Talbot Wilson, on special duty in relation to the Turco-Persian Frontier.This volume is part one of two. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.1 volume (436 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.The subject 1356 (Turco-Persian Frontier) consists of 2 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/266-267. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 436; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

8. File 3154/1912 Pt 1-2 ‘Turco-Persian frontier: the position of Hawizeh; miscellaneous prints’

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The volume contains parts 1 and 2 of the subject 'Turco-Persian Frontier'. Part 1 (IOR/L/10/PS/291/1 contains correspondence, reports and maps relating to surveys of the Turco-Persian frontier between Hawizeh [Hoveyzeh] and the Shatt-al-Arab, undertaken in May 1912 by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox, and again in June and July 1912 by Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson and Lieutenant Henry Aloysius Bruno Digby-Beste.The surveys were carried out in order to fix the precise locations of the village of Hawizeh and the Turco-Persian border at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr]. The reports submitted by Cox and Wilson set out the topography of the region, its canals and rivers, populations, jurisdiction, tribal affiliations and tribal rulers. Digby-Beste’s report (ff 16-18) details the survey measurements taken between 15 June and 2 July 1912, with calculations of longitude and latitude measurements for Hawizeh.Part 2 (IOR/L/PS/10/291/2 contains copies of correspondence, memoranda, maps and other papers, relating to diplomatic negotiations taking place between the Turkish and Persian Governments, marshalled by the British and Russian Governments, over the fixing of the boundary line between Persia and Turkish Mesopotamia at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Hawizeh [Hoveyzeh] and Zohab.1 volume (322 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 324; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

9. File 6/1912 Part 1 'Persia: Shiraz affairs; attack on Mr Smart; Swedish gendarmerie'

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Part 1 consists of correspondence relating to insecurity in southern Persia, particularly around Shiraz and along the Shiraz-Bushire roads. The papers tell of the British response to the situation, covering the following matters:the decision of whether to arm Shiraz or to evacuate the city;concern over Russia filling the gap left by the British were they to evacuate;the situation on the ground, conveyed in several reports;the proposal to occupy Bushire with a battalion and to subsidize local chiefs to maintain the roads;the Persian Government plan to employ Swedish officers to command and train a gendarmerie along some of the roads;British claims for reparation from the Persian Government following an attack on the Shiraz Consul, Mr Smart, and his escort;the question of providing winter quarters for Indian troops in Shiraz should they have remain there for the season.The discussion over such matters is mostly between the Foreign Office, India Office, War Office, Government of India, and Minister at Tehran. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, is from Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.Included is memorandum on the situation in Southern Persia by J E F, Political Department, India Office, 16 February 1912.1 item (236 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front.The subject 6 (Persia) consists of this one volume. The volume is divided into two parts.

10. File 6/1912 Parts 1-2 Persia

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The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to insecurity in southern Persia, particularly around Shiraz. A lack of central authority in the region had led to lawlessness along many of the roads, including that between Bushire and Shiraz. The papers cover the British response to the situation, including the discussion over evacuation and the distribution of troops in Shiraz, Isfahan, and Bushire.The volume is divided into two parts, both covering many of the same matters. The main division is chronological, part 1 coming earlier than part 2.The majority of the correspondence is between the Foreign Office, India Office, Government of India, and Minister at Tehran, but included as enclosures are letters and telegrams from the Consulates at Shiraz and Isfahan, and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf. The papers include handwritten drafts and notes. There is some duplication.The volume comprises parts 1-2 of 2. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.1 volume (489 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front.The subject 6 (Persia) consists of this one volume. The volume is divided into two parts.Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates and the inside back cover with 491; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.