Coll 7/40 'Persia: carrying of arms by Persian authorities while escorting prisoners...

IOR/L/PS/12/2209

Coll 7/40 'Persia: carrying of arms by Persian authorities while escorting prisoners on British boats'

28 Jul 1930-24 Dec 1936

Correspondence regarding British India Steamship Navigation Company regulations that armed Persian [Iranian] Officers should give up their weapons when transporting prisoners on vessels flying the British flag. The correspondence dated 1930 concerns the arrest of Sirdar Din Mohamed of Dashtyari [Dashtīārī], and his transport from Charbar [Chabahar] to Bushire [Bandar Būshehr], escorted by armed officers. It includes details of attempts by the Persian Government to disarm the tribes in Dashtyari, and British concerns that Baluchi tribes would destroy local telegraph lines in retaliation. The file contains communications received from the Board of Trade, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Senior Naval Officer Commanding in the Persian Gulf, and the Director of the Persian Gulf Section of the Indo-European Telegraph Department. The correspondence dated 1936 concerns an incident where Persian Road Police escorting prisoners from Charbar to Bunder Abas [Bandar Abbas] refused repeated instructions that they give up their weapons and ammunition to the ship's crew. The Commanding Officer of the HMS Bideford submits a formal complaint to the Persian authorities. The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is found at the end of the correspondence (folio 2).

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Coll 7/40

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1 file (23 folios)

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 23; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.