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Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’ [61v] (122/313)
The record is made up of 1 file (154 folios). It was created in 14 Aug 1935-16 Apr 1936. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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decided but questions of the treatment of
Indian subjects in East Persia and of the
Zahidun railway were touched upon.
A number of subsidiary questions connected
with Persia,such as the possibility of
removing the seat of the Political
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
from Bushire to Bahrein and the question of
• diplomatic and consular expenditure asfc Persia,
were also raised in conversations between the
Viceroy, sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, and sir
Herbert Metcalfe. The notes of these
conversations and a covering letter from
Sir Herbert Metcalfe will be found at P.Z*^S&. ^
They make interesting reading but there is no
action to be taken unless the Foreign office
should raise any of the points.
<—>
The notes of conversations with Sir H.
Knatchball-Hugessen enclosed by Sir A. Metcalfe
and the latter’s comments m his covering letter are
specially interesting. On the question of the location
of the Political
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
at Bushire Col. Fowle’s
views are to be obtained by the G. of I., who will
then nresumably take the natter ap afresh with the
S. of S. On the important question of the employment of
Pol. Dept, officers at consular posts in Persia, the
visit of the British Minister to Delhi will result in
an initiative being taken on the basis of a measure of
informal agreement reached between him and the G. of I.
As/
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Correspondence, memoranda and newspaper cuttings relating to an official visit made by the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bagher Kazemi, to Kabul, Afghanistan, and New Delhi, India. The file’s principal correspondents include: HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran, Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India. Aside from general commercial matters, specific subjects discussed by Kazemi and Government of India officials, as recorded in memoranda and notes in the file, include: the Duzdap [Zahedan] railway; the status of the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire, Iran, and questions over its transfer to Bahrain; the demarcation of the Iran-Baluchistan frontier; the employment of officers of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India at consular posts in Iran; lorry traffic on the Nok Kundi to Zahidan [Zahedan] road. The file also contains a sequence of newspaper articles dated 2-27 February 1936, appearing in the French-language newspaper Le Journal de Teheran , and reporting at length on Kazemi’s visit (ff 6-28).
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- 1 file (154 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 155; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3496
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- Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 29r:53v, 57r:58v, 61r:118r, 118ar, 118v:119v, 121r:143r, 143ar, 143v:155v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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