File 4535/1928 Pt 13 ‘Persian Gulf: Bushire: Residency Flagstaff.’ [12r] (17/94)
The record is made up of 1 item (44 folios). It was created in 25 Mar 1929-23 Dec 1929. It was written in English. 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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One final point on this subject. It would in
my opinion be a very great mistake and quite useless if
the Government of India were to expect the Persians to
share any part of the cost of removing the
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.
.
It appears to me to be one of those cases in which a
Government has to cut the loss. it. might well be
possible to sell some of the houses including the
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 Sabzubad or to reserve by agreement one or
more of them for the occupation of .British. Officers and
personnel in the Naval service of the Persian Government
should the recent proposals of the minister of Court
materialise. hut it is obvious in any case that a
considerable financial loss would have to be faced. 1
have the impression, however, that it might not be
difficult to effect certain economies in other directions.
The very fact of the Government of India being
willing to move the
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.
should be highly appreciat
ed by the Persian Government as an act of special friend
liness and sympathy with present-day Persian aspirations,
and once a decision is come to I would propose to empha
sise this forcibly to the minister of Court, but I trust
the decision will not be long delayed. l have the
impression that even if the removal of the
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.
does
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This part contains papers relating to the question of the removal of the flagstaff of the British 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 from outside the 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. grounds, due to the objection of the Persian [Iranian] Government that the flagstaff was in Persian territory (this was being discussed in the context of the treaty negotiations taking place between the United Kingdom and Persia).
The papers mostly consist of correspondence and 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. Political Department minute papers.
The correspondents are as follows: the 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. ; the Foreign Office; the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; and HM Minister, Tehran (Robert Henry Clive).
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