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'File 26/157 (F 66) Arabistan and Luristan: Representation in, changes resulting from the War' [160r] (324/473)
The record is made up of 1 volume (235 folios). It was created in 20 May 1919-13 Jun 1924. 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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lost whether on political or economical grounds in closing
ibt iNiOvember 1922 has already proposed the transference of
the headquarters of ii .B .iu. Vice-Consul at Dizful to ohushtar
and the elimination of the Consular Agent at the latter
place. Alternatively he proposed the substitution of Consular
Agents at "both Dizful and ohushtar in place of a Vice-Confc>ul'
4t Bizful and a Consiular Agent at ohushtar as at present.
experience of Arabistan has convinced me that the second
proposal is not feasible. If British Officers cannot be
afforded or spared it is better to have no one at all, except
perhaps an unofficial news
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
on a small retaining fee.
Apart fro i the difficulty of obtaining really reliable
Persians to act as Consular Agents experience has shown that
the position of a Persian Consular Agent vis a vis the
authorities of the Persian Government only breeds suspicion
and friction even when the said Agent is unsually nonest and
capable.
9» The position at bhusntar is somewhat different from
that at JJizful since there is no tribal situation to be
reckoned with. But even so my remarks in paras 4, b and 6
supra do apply with some force to onushtar as well, ohusntar
is the headquarters of the Governor-General of Arabistan #
contains a flourishing branch of the Imperial Bank of Persia
under a European Manager and lies next door to the oilfields
with the result that there is constant correspondence betweer
the officials of the Oil Company and the Governor-General
through the Consular Agent on an infinity of questions
relating to supplies, labour, thefts, etc. etc.i am certain
that all important questions of tnis nature can be settled
with less friction through the mediation of a British vice-
Consul than through a Persian Consular Agent. On the other
hand tnere are many minor matters which are at present
dealt vith by the British representative (Persian Consular
Agent) which could equally well be dealt with by a represen-
down the x>izful Vice-Consulate.
8.
Captain Wall is in his memorandum .No. 414 7, dated
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The volume contains letters, telegrams, memoranda and reports pertaining to British governmental representation in Arabistan [Khūzestān]. The correspondents include 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. at Bushire, the British Minister at Tehran, the High Commissioner at Baghdad, the British Consul at Mohammerah [Korramshahr], the Vice-Consuls at Ahwaz and Dizful, the Government of India, 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. and Foreign Office in London, and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
The correspondence was part of a re-evaluation of British representation and expenses in the region following the First World War. The issues discussed included:
- the political status (consul, vice-consul, agent or officer) of offices at Mohammerah, Ahwaz, Dizful, Shushtar, and Burujird [Borūjerd], and whether the responsibility for these offices should be transferred from Mesopotamia (under the Foreign and Colonial Offices) to the Government of India;
- the hierarchy of operations (who answers to whom) within Arabistan itself;
- the scale of operations, including details of costs and salaries;
- the official change of name from Arabistan to Khuzestan.
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- 1 volume (235 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found 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 second foliation sequence is present between ff 3-229; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. There are the following irregularities: 2, 2A and 2B.
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- IOR/R/15/1/387
- Title
- 'File 26/157 (F 66) Arabistan and Luristan: Representation in, changes resulting from the War'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1r:2v, 2ar:2bv, 3r:108v, 113r:134r, 135r:233v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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