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‘File 15/17 RULES AND REGULATIONS. PERSIAN LAW OF NATIONALITY and Agricultural Property Law’ [48r] (95/106)
The record is made up of 1 file (51 folios). It was created in 27 Oct 1928-7 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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Copy * Original on 0^0. File l.a/24.
T-aaslat ion .
F-^rn the Persian Ministry fo-^ Fo^ign Affairs addressed to His
Majesty's Legation. Dated Ti^ Mah 16th, 1308 (July 10th, 19E9)
No. 4637.
Gi-cula- Memorandum .
In vie^ of the fact that be virtue of treaties io^eign
subjects have no ^ight to own immovable p^opeHy in Per-sian
te—ito-^y, except within the limits ^e^ui^ed fo^ thei-^ -residence,
t^ade, o^ c^aft; and also, owing to the fact that some foreign
subjects have, contra-y to the treaties, ac^ui^ed ce-tain immo
vable p-^ope-ty, it is evident that official qua-te^s cannot
legally consider them ( the foreign subjects ) as the owners of
such p^ope-ties; and seeing that the office fo^ Registration of
documents and Properties, in spite of the law for the Universal
Registration of Land in virtue of which the legistraion of
immovable property within Persian territory is obligatory, is at
present refusin to accept applications made for registration of
immovable properties which have been acquired by foreign subjects
in contravention of the stipulations of the treaties; and seeing
that should any claim relating to such pn)perties be put forth
in the Adlieh (Justice) courts direct, the latter courts cannot
legally recognise i;he ioreign subjects as the owners ( of the
said properties ) or give in any way judgments recognising their
ownership; notwithstanding the fact that the foreign subjects
who have, contrary to the stipulations of the treaties in force,
acpui>-ed certain immovable properties have themselves acted
against their own interests; yet as the Persian G-overnment have
alw-yi# been and are still desirous tha. as f^r a© possible
foreign subjects -esiding in Persia should not sustain losses,
the-efore the Ministry for Foreign Affairs finds it necessary
to notify ull Bluish subjects through the honourable Legation
the fact that a period of one year i s given to them from vhe
date of the present circular memorandum in ord^r that any of them
who/
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The file contains correspondence in 1928 and 1930 from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain and Charles Dalrymple Belgrave (Financial Adviser to the Government of Bahrain) regarding the Bahrain Government’s attitude to Persian subjects resident in Bahrain who, either travel to India on Persian passports only, or wish to apply for naturalisation as Bahraini subjects.
The file also contains the following circulars and translations relating to Persian nationality law:
- Notification dated 1934 from 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. , about the procedure to be followed by British residents in Persia, to relinquish their Persian nationality, if they were born in Persia to parents who were either British subjects or British Protected Persons;
- English translations of the Persian Naturalisation and Nationality Acts, 1894, 1929, 1930;
- English translation of a circular memorandum dated 1929 from the Persian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the British Legation, Tehran providing a period of grace in which British subjects would be allowed to divest themselves of illegal ownership of Persian land and other property without penalty;
- French translation of the Persian Agricultural Law 1931, forbidding foreigners to own agricultural land in Persia.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (51 folios)
- Arrangement
File papers are arranged chronologically. They are followed by file notes (folios 50-52) which include a chronological list (folio 50) of the several most recent documents added to the file (folios 42-49), together with their unique document reference number to help identify them. The list also records the folio numbers of the documents, to help locate them in the file. The list records the earlier, secondary foliation number.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: numbered 1-53. The numbering is written in pencil in the top right corner of the folio and encircled. The numbering starts at the front of the file, on the file cover (f 1) and ends on the inside cover at the back of the file (f 53). In the more complete of two earlier and secondary foliation sequences, folios 3 to 43 are also numbered 1 to 41 in pencil in the top right corner of the folio.
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- Title
- ‘File 15/17 RULES AND REGULATIONS. PERSIAN LAW OF NATIONALITY and Agricultural Property Law’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 8r:9v, 15r:15v, 17r:19v, 21r:22v, 25r:44v, 48r:52v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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