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IOR/L/PS/10/488
- Record Id:
- 040-000545452
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00017f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100042912693.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/488
- Title:
- File 3516/1914 Pt 12 'German War: Persia; Bakhtiari and Bawi affairs'
- Scope & Content:
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The volume concerns the situation in Persia during the First World War. The main focus is securing cordial relations with the Bakhtiari to ensure security for British trade.
The volume covers:
- Proposed grant of British honours to two Bakhtiari khans, Sirdar Assad and Sirdar Jang.
- Proposed matrimonial alliance between Sheikh of Mohammerah and Bahktiaris.
- Proposal to subsidize Bakhtiari Khans.
- Proposal to guarantee local autonomy to Bakhtiaris in event of dissolution of Persia.
- Attitude of Bakhtiari Khans.
- Letters from Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) staff regarding German intrigues among Bakhtiari and other tribes of southern Persia.
- Payment of a subsidy to Bakhtiari Khans.
- Measures for protecting APOC's property in Arabistan [Khuzestan].
- Proposed subsidy to the Bawi tribe.
- Arab raids to APOC's parties.
The volume’s principal correspondents are: Walter Beaupre Townley and Charles Marling, British Ministers at Tehran; Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; George Buchanan, British Ambassador in Russia; Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe and Walter Langley, Foreign Office; J G L Ranking, British Consul at Ahwaz; Percy Cox, Political Resident in Persian Gulf; Thomas William Holderness, Lionel Abrahams and Arthur Hirtzel, India Office; Charles Hardinge, Viceroy of India; Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545452 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/488 : File 3516/1914 Pt 12 'German War: Persia; Bakhtiari and Bawi affairs' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0490]/040-000545452
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (160 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00017f
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1915
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- 17 Jan 1915-14 Jan 1916
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 162; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- P 3516/1914 Pt 12
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)