IOR/L/PS/10/1148

The volume contains correspondence relating to the abolition of capitulations in Persia [Iran].

The main issues covered in the volume are:

• The institution of an international air route in south Persia
• The customs tariff
• The protesting of bills of exchange in connection with the abolition of capitulations in Persia
• The customs privileges granted to foreign consular officers in Persia
• The appointment of foreign judicial advisers
• The question of obtaining a modus vivendi provision for British charitable enterprises and missionary interests in Persia
• The question of jurisdiction over British subjects in personal status cases in Persia
• The British Government’s alterations to the Persian Government’s proposals respecting judicial safeguards
• The celebration of the abolition of the capitulations at Kermanshah
• The establishment of a provisional agreement between Denmark and Persia regarding their respective citizens’ legal status and the customs clearance of goods
• The amendments proposed in the draft Anglo-Persian Commercial Treaty
• The question of arbitration by His Majesty’s consular officers in Persia in disputes between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and its British Indian employees after the abolition of capitulations
• The amendments to the Persian Arbitration Law of March 1928
• The attitude of local authorities towards the proposed safeguards, and inconvenience caused by absence of judicial arrangements to replace the consular court at Duzdap [Zahedan, also spelled as Dizdap in the volume] and Sistan (also spelled as Seistan in the volume)
• The breach of the safeguards occurred at Duzdap
• Alleged illegal actions taken by the Persian authorities against British Indian subjects
• Persian-American relations
• Persian-German relations.

The volume contains draft copies of treaties and conventions. These include the following: copies of a Treaty of Friendship and a Commercial Convention between Germany and Persia; copies of a draft German-Persian Establishment Treaty, and a draft Protocole de Clôture; a draft of an Establishment and Commercial Convention, submitted to the Persian Legation in Berne by the Swiss Government; and a copy of a Tariff Autonomy Treaty between the United Kingdom and Persia.

The main correspondents in the volume are as follows: the British Legation in Tehran; the Foreign Office; the British Residency and Consulate-General, Bushire [Bushehr], the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; the Viceroy, Foreign and Political Department; the Under-Secretary of State for India; the British Consulates in various localities in Persia, and the Persian Government.