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Coll 5/47 ‘Persia, Persian Gulf: Meteorological establishments in Persia and the Persian Gulf – Bushire & Bandar Abbas’ [45r] (89/110)
The record is made up of 1 file (53 folios). It was created in 5 Oct 1935-7 May 1938. 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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His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary at the Court of Iran,
Mi.
Dated New Delhi, the JLtfk January 1936.
Sir,
With reference to your despatch No. 213, dated
the 4th October 1935, I am directed to enclose a copy
of a note recorded by Dr* Normand, Director General of
Observatories in India, and to say that the Government
of India cannot but regret extremely the necessity for
closing the three observatories at Henjam, Jask and
Gharbar. Apart from the serious effect on weather
forecasts generally in Northern India, it is clear
that the absence of observations from the northern side
of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
must greatly handicap forecasts
for the Gulf generally, and so adversely affect the
security of the air service not only on the Iranian
side of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
but also down the Arabian
coast. I am to say therefore that the Government of
India would be greatly interested in any information
which it may be possible to obtain regarding the
establishment of an Iranian meteorological service.
2. I am to add that the Director General of
Observatories is arranging for the safe custody of
the instruments at Henjam and Char bar, but wishes to
continue
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The file contains correspondence concerned with meteorological services in Iran (also referred to as Persia). This includes the abandonment of stations operated by Cable and Wireless Limited at Henjam, Charbar [Chabahar], and Jask; the deputation of an Inspector of Observatories to visit stations in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (see folio 28 for the tour programme); a proposal to appoint a British meteorological and hydrological expert to train officers of the Iranian Navy; and the gift of Henjam's meteorological equipment to the Iranian Government.
A note written by Charles William Blyth Normand, Director-General of Observatories in India, outlines how the closure of aforementioned meteorological stations will hinder forecasting in Northern India and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : see folios 47-50. It includes a map illustrating the locations of meteorological stations in Iran and Arabia.
The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Tehran (Sir Hugle Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen and Sir Horace James Seymour), officials of the Admiralty (Sidney Hill Phillips and Harold Eastwood), officials of the Foreign Office (George William Rendel) and officials of the Foreign and Political Department (Department of External Affairs from 1937) of the Government of India. There is also some correspondence with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Most of the correspondence in the file is forwarded to the Under-Secretary of State for India by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, rather than addressed directly to 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 file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (53 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 for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 55; 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.
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- Title
- Coll 5/47 ‘Persia, Persian Gulf: Meteorological establishments in Persia and the Persian Gulf – Bushire & Bandar Abbas’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:13v, 15r:32v, 34r:42v, 44r:49v, 51r:54v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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