This file contains papers concerning British interests and Russian policy in the South of Persia [Iran]. Part 3 relates specifically to the Bakhtiari Lynch road between Ispahan and Ahwaz.
Coll 28/29 ‘Persia. Russia. Russian Refugees in Persia.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers collected in response to an influx of refugees arriving in the northern provinces of Persia [Iran] from Soviet Russia, reaching a peak during 1932 and 1933, as a result of a chronic famine affecting parts of southern Russia. Extracts from consular diaries and intelligen...
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-S...