مجموعة ٢٩ /٤٢ "النفقات الدبلوماسية والقنصلية: المساهمات (من الإيرادات الهندية) في دفع تكلفة وجود قس بريطاني في طهران؛ المقابر المسيحية في بلاد فارس والخليج الفارسي" [و‎‎١‎٨‎٨] (٧٠٤/٣٧٤)

been extracted from the full list sent to you in my
despatch Wo. 182 of the 23rd March, 1933. For the list
of burials in the Akbarabad cemetery I am indebted to
Mr. R.L. Steiner, of the American Mission, who has kindly
searched the cemetery records. So far as I am aware there
are no other recorded graves In^Tehran consular district,
unless a Ma^or Maxwell "Irlandais 1 * who died on December 1st,
1894, and was buried the following day in the Roman
Catholic Cemetery at Doolab, was a member of the Department.
It will be remembered, however, that on page 153 of Volume
I of **Eastern Persia, Isyo—ISTS* 1 Major Euan Smith tells the
story of the Telegraphs Sergeant at Kum who could not
purchase a plot of ground for the burial of his c/iilci owing
to the fanaticism of the inhabitants. I fancy thab there
may be numerous similarly unrecorded graves dating from the
early days of the Department. Moreover, there appears to
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be no record of the burial of Quarter Master sergeant Bonier,
who died in Tehran in about 1873, as recorded on page 389
of the same volume. It is also believed that Sergeant
S.H.P. Glover, who is not mentioned in any list, died in
Persia, where many of his descendants are still living.
5 . The Political Resident and His Majesty’s Consul
at Kerman have both furnished information regarding the
graves at J&sk, Henjam and other places on the coast of
the Persian Gulf, but as the information is often
complementary, both lists will repay study.
4 # as regards the despatch from the Acting Consul
at Shiraz, I should explain that ay circular despatch Ho.
13 communicated to His Majesty’s Consular officers the
information collected from former members of the Department
and sent to me in your despatch Ho. 240 of June 14th
(K 6831/523/234). The Sergeant McIntyre mentioned by
Mr. Gamble was, as he surmises, buried in Tehran, and so