Excerpt from The Persian Policy of Sir Edward Grey, 1907-1914 In order properly to understand the policy pursued by Sir Edward Grey with respect to Persia during the decade before the outbreak of the Great European War, it is necessary to review the events of the half century preceding the signing of the anglo-russian Agreement of 1907. There were many forces and factors at work dur ing this time which had some bearing and influence on the shaping of his policy. Russia and Great Britain were rivals in Persia, both commercially and politically, and the rivalry had become very bitter at the time Sir Edward Grey became foreign minister. The most im portant of the events, which brought about the strained relations between these two nations in Persian affairs, may be summarized quite briefly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.