Acknowledgements

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements VII
3. Preface IX
4. Contents XI
5. List of Illustrations XIII
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1: From Enzeli to Tehran 10
8. Chapter 2: The staff of the Russian Legation 21
9. Chapter 3: The Anglo-Russian Agreement of 1907 26
10. Chapter 4: Advice of Mr Sazonoff 33
11. Chapter 5: Persian dignitaries 38
12. Chapter 6: The Iranian Cabinet 47
13. Chapter 7: Negotiations with the British Legation 51
14. Chapter 8: Relationship between the Shahinshah Bank and the Russian Banque d’Escompte 56
15. Chapter 9: British Diplomacy 60
16. Chapter 10: Notice of Sazonoff 63
17. Chapter 11: Negotiations with the British Legation 66
18. Chapter 12: The Persian Government on the illegalities committed by Russia 76
19. Chapter 13: The Anglo-Persian Oil Company 85
20. Chapter 14: Change in Anglo-Russian Relations 91
21. Chapter 15: Historical origin of the Moharrem religious celebration 96
22. Chapter 16: German agitation in Isfahan 103
23. Chapter 17: Petrograd protests against the activities of the British Legation 110
24. Chapter 18: My return to Petrograd 118
25. Chapter 19: Turkish-German propaganda 125
26. Chapter 20: Sensation produced in Persia by the Russian Revolution 134
27. Chapter 21: My visit to the Commissariat of Foreign Affairs 142
28. Chapter 22: The Persian Delegation in Paris 149
29. Chapter 23: The Soviet-Persian Agreement of 1921 154
30. Chapter 24: Reza Khan and his reforming activities 159
31. Chapter 25: Establishment of a Regency 166
32. Chapter 26: The economic condition and natural wealth of Persia 174
33. Illustrations 181