Persia - policy to be pursued towards. Minute by the Viceroy of 29 December 1871 with a note
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The file consists of a memorandum and additional note by Lord Mayo, Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, concerning British policy in Persia. It expresses Lord Mayo's opinion on Anglo-Indian foreign policy such as building relations of friendship, the maintenance of peace, and oppo...
Memorandum respecting Financial Assistance to Persia (continued up to February 5 1903)
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The file consists of a memorandum concerning financial assistance to Persia from Russia and the British Government from January 1900 to 5 February 1903, written by the Foreign Office. It covers: a loan to the Persian Government from the Russian Bank at Tehran, and the financial dependence of P...
PERSIAN LOAN. TELEGRAMS, 20TH JANUARY - 1ST APRIL.
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This file reproduces telegrams written between the Secretary of State for India, the Viceroy of India, the First Minister at Teheran (Sir Arthur Hardinge), and the Foreign Secretary (Marquess of Lansdowne), in which the authors assess the merits and logistics of a proposed loan to the Persian Go...
The memorandum consists of a number of notes authored by the following: Sir Hugh Barnes, Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick, Sir John Edge, and Sir William Lee-Warner; all members of the Council of India. The notes discuss whether or not Britain should advance a further loan to Persia, and what concessions...
'Memorandum on the Note of the Persian Government, dated 22nd February 1906, embodying their objections to the Seistan Water Award.'
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The memorandum concerns the Seistan Water Award [Sīstān] arbitrated by Britain between Persia and Afghanistan; the award outlines the proportion of water from the River Helmond [Helmand] to be allotted to irrigation on both sides of the river. It is authored by Arthur Henry McMahon — the British ...
Remarks and suggestions relative to proposed negotiations with Russia concerning Central Asia. T D Forsyth, Commissioner & Superintendent, Jullundur Division, Punjab, 7 Oct 1868