مجموعة ٢٩/ ٧٤ "إعادة تنظيم الخدمة القنصلية في بلاد فارس: إنشاء استراحة في شيراز؛ الترتيبات في أصفهان" [ظ‎‎٢‎٨‎٣] (٩٥٦/٥٦٨)

(d) If Mr. Hoyland continues to hold the sum in
question and proceeds to try and dispose of the
property to anyone else, f Ishraqi could bring an
action for the recovery of the money plus his
costs and even put an estoppel on the sale until
the money was paid over to him;
(e) If the Rials 30,000 are returned to f Ishraqi,
Mr. Hoyland must obtain from him a document
formally renouncing his claims; and
(f) It would only have been possible for
Mr. Hoyland to have retained the money and concluded
a deal with another purchaser, if ’Ishraqi had
stated in v/riting that he agreed to forfeit his
deposit if he failed to conclude the transaction
by a certain definite date.
7. Mr. Hoyland has now telegraphed that he has managed
to arrange for the disposal of the balance of the one year’s
lease of Mr. Hovanessian’s house by the payment of three months’
rent, which was payable in advance as from October 1st, and
the wages of the gardener-caretaker, i.e. a total cost of
Rials 1,650 Rials one thousand six hundred and fifty. This I have
authorisied him to do, though I regret losing the opportunity of
securing such a suitable property for the future rest-house.
It was impossible, obviously, to avoid the payment for one
quarter’s rent, etc., and Mr. Hovanessian could I think quite
fairly have insisted on our continuing the tenancy for a full
year.
8. As regards the Consulate-General I have carefully
weighed the question whether it is desirable to go to law in
order to force ’Ishraqi to complete the purchase and have
reached the conclusion that we stand to gain nothing much by
doing so even if successful* The lawsuit with subsequent
appeals might well drag on for two or three years and even then
there is the risk of it going against us and involving His
Majesty’s Government in considerable costs. If a judgement
were finally obtained against Ishraqi we might have great
difficulty