IOR/L/PS/10/934

The volume comprises correspondence, telegrams, summaries, reports, notes and other papers concerning British support of the Shaikh of Mohammerah [Shaikh Khaz‘al al-Ka‘bī Mu‘izz al-Salṭanah, Shaikh of Khorramshahr] in the context of the Persian [Iranian] Government’s relationship with the tribes of South Persia including the Bakhtiaris [Bakhtiyārī].

• The settlement of questions of revenue administration between the Government of Persia and the Shaikh of Mohammerah
• The establishment of the Belgian Customs Administration in Arabistan [Khuzestan]
• Firmans granted to the Shaikh of Mohammerah by the Shah of Persia and the question as to whether they had been revoked
• Discussions of the role of American financial advisors to the Government of Persia
• The plan of the Prime Minister of Persia, Reza Khan [Rezā Khān], to reduce the de facto autonomy of various regions in Persia and enhance and consolidate the authority of the Government of Persia
• Strains in the relationship between Reza Khan and the Shaikh of Mohammerah
• The interests of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in Arabistan [Khuzestan] and contingencies to deploy British military force due to possible threats to its operations posed by any public disorder
• The undertakings made by the British Government to the Shaikh of Mohammerah and how to reconcile these with British strategic interests and the British relationship with Reza Khan and the Government of Persia
• The Shaikh of Mohammerah’s title to lands on either bank of the Karun near Mohammerah [Khorramshahr].

The principal correspondents are: the Foreign Office, London; HM Minister, Tehran (Sir Percy Loraine); and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, 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.