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IOR/L/PS/18/C121
- Record Id:
- 040-000563781
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000562855
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00010f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100027915666.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/18/C121
- Title:
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'Memorandum respecting Current Events in Persia for the Years 1906 and 1907'
- Scope & Content:
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The memorandum concerns events in Persia, and diplomatic exchanges (predominantly between Britain and Russia) related to Persia, during 1906 and 1907. More specifically it covers the following topics:
- proposals by the Dutch engineer Graadt Van Roggen for a Karun irrigation scheme, and objections from the Persian Government to the Seistan [Sīstān] Water Award;
- an attack on HM Consulate at Seistan on 28 March 1906, and a separate attack on Colonel Douglas and Captain Lorimer in Luristan [Lorestān];
- proposals for an increase in the Consular Guard at Ahwaz, Isphanan [Eşfahān], and Shiraz.
It also provides information on recent developments in the Persian telegraphic network:
- a proposed exchange of control of the Meshed [Mashhad]-Seistan and Tehran-Meshed telegraph wires between Britain and Russia;
- a proposal to secure the renewal of the Indo-European Telegraph's Persian Concession from 1925;
- proposals to extend the Seistan telegraph to the Indian frontier and install a duplicate wire from Tehran to Shahrud.
The following financial topics are also included:
- efforts to effect the appointment of a French financial adviser to the Persian Government;
- a concession obtained for the establishment of a German bank at Tehran;
- a proposed Anglo-Russian loan to the Persian Government (the text of which can be found on folio 77v), and a further proposed advance upon the accession of a new Shah.
The appendix (folios 81v-94) contains transcripts of papers (aide-mémoires, correspondence, draft agreements and conventions) illustrating the development of the Anglo-Russian agreement on Persia, see folios 81v-90. It also contains a copy of the text of the Anglo-Russian Agreement on folios 90-93v, and a declaration respecting the Persian Gulf on folio 94. The correspondents include: Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary; Sir Arthur Nicolson, Ambassador to Russia; and Alexander Izvolsky, Russia's Foreign Minister. The appendix is made up of a combination of English and French language material.
The memorandum is signed by William Erskine of the Foreign Office.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000562855
037-000563639
040-000563781 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/18 : Political and Secret Department Memoranda
IOR/L/PS/18/C : Political and Secret Department Memoranda: Section C
IOR/L/PS/18/C121 : Memorandum respecting Current Events in Persia for the Years 1906 and 1907 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0018]/036-000562855[0003]/037-000563639[0142]/040-000563781
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 file (34 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000833.0x00010f
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1907
- End Date:
- 1907
- Date Range:
- 31 Dec 1907
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 61, and terminates at f 94, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)