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IOR/L/PS/10/557/1
- Record Id:
- 041-000545573
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000287.0x0000a4
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100076920593.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/557/1
- Title:
- File 2249/1915 Pt 3 ‘OIL – PERSIA & MESOPOTAMIA; ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY'S AFFAIRS; Royalties paid to Persian Govt’
- Scope & Content:
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The item contains correspondence and other papers relating to: the payment of royalties due to the Persian Government from the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC), 1915; a dispute between the British and Persian Governments relating to British troops inside Persian territory, and damage inflicted to APOC oil pipelines close to the Mesopotamia [Iraq]-Persia [Iran] border, in the wake of the British invasion of Mesopotamia in 1914/1915; APOC’s withholding of oil royalties owed to the Persian Government, in compensation for damage inflicted to its pipelines in Persia; and negotiations between APOC and the Persian Government over the terms of a new agreement for royalty payments, 1919.
The item’s principal correspondents are: APOC; the Persian Government; HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Tehran, Charles Murray Marling. One note from the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs is written in French (f 329).
The item includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545572
041-000545573 - 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/10/557 : File 2249/1915 Pt 3-4 ‘IRAQ & PERSIA. OIL’
IOR/L/PS/10/557/1 : File 2249/1915 Pt 3 ‘OIL – PERSIA & MESOPOTAMIA; ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL COMPANY'S AFFAIRS; Royalties paid to Persian… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0559]/040-000545572[0001]/041-000545573
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (86 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100076920593.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1915
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 18 Jun 1915-27 May 1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- P 2249/1915 Pt 3
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)