Author
HM Ambassador to Iran (correspondent) | Government of Persia, Qajar dynasty (correspondent)
Publication Date
1915/1920
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Subject
Royalties | Concessions, Oil, Iran | Mesopotamian Campaign (1914-1918) | Compensation | more | less
Type
Book
Language
eng,fra
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
86
Physical Dimensions
1 item (86 folios)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100076920593.0x000001_ar | 81055/vdc_100076920593.0x000001_en | IOR/L/PS/10/557/1
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100076920593.0x000001_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1915/1920
Notes
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. | 1 item (86 folios) | more | less
Parçası Olduğu
British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers