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Coll 29/1 'Consular districts in South Persia: jurisdiction of British Consul-General Bushire; objection of the Persian government to the specification of the extent of the district in a consular officer's commission' [‎86r] (174/443)

The record is made up of 1 file (220 folios). It was created in 9 Feb 1926-29 Jan 1943. 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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consular appoint• • hotaiti# oould )mv& boon more
friondl/ thaa T&rrukh* Khiiai *b (l«?ne&nour # x have no Idea
to what extent ho apeakai the truth to m hut ho declared
that when requests were received for ?oi exequatur the stutter
was elaipV referred by his r>*p&rtaent to the Cou tail of
Minletere (the trade monopoly Law shows what isinor matters
can be referred to that suguot oody} and the decision, in
one sense or another, but without sny explanation of an
adverse decision, was in due oourso coosttinloatod to hlsa for
transmission to the Legation aoneerned.
*?• I hsked him % number of questions
{!) What was the objection, in issuing the
exequatur to Mis Majesty’s Consul at Kermannhah, to
cither in the exequatur itself or in the note forwarding it*
that, in Silts of the wording of the ( o-nmiosion, Lurdlstan
could not bs included in the Consular district ? x failed
to obtain anything more precise than a vague stateusnt that
it was m inconvenient proesdure and l am therefore left to
infer that national amour pro pro in so .vac intangible and
unintelligible form is Involved*
{&) I put the hypothetical case that we had
coneuletes *t (a) m& (b)j that hitherto district (e) had
been, with the entire acceptance of the Ferslsu Oovemmsut ,
u?ider {a); a new road, however, had been built connecting
(b) and {e ), mt&lng it materially far mre convenient to
put {a ) under (b)* From the Persian point of view was there
any objection, and what procedure -vould he ish to see
followed ? The reply was there was little danger of
objections being raised ; the Persian dovemmnt, however,
L 1
would be unwilling to issue new exequaturs enlarging (&• s)
functions

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The file concerns changes to administrative arrangements of Consular districts in South Persia.

The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between British officials, including the Foreign Office, the British Legation at Tehran (Robert Henry Clive, Charles Dodd, Reginald Hervey Hoare), the Political Residents in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Trenchard Craven William Fowle), the British Embassy at Constantinople [Istanbul], the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, 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. officials, and the Admiralty.

The correspondence relates specifically to the following:

  • confusion in the use of the term 'Persian Coast and Islands'
  • suggested inclusion of Luristan [Lorestan Province, Iran] in the Consular District of Ahwaz
  • district under control of Consul General, Bushire
  • role of Governor of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Ports and Islands, Dashti and Dushistan, and Bushire
  • district assigned to HM Consul at Kermanshah
  • Hamadan Consular District
  • redefinition of Bushire Consular district, Persian Government's objections to a large and powerful district at Bushire
  • amalgamation of the Consular districts of Kerman and Bandar Abbas
  • withdrawal of secret documents belonging to the Admiralty from Bandar Abbas and Kerman consulates
  • re-establishment of a naval reporting post at Bandar Abbas.
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1 file (220 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 221; 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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Coll 29/1 'Consular districts in South Persia: jurisdiction of British Consul-General Bushire; objection of the Persian government to the specification of the extent of the district in a consular officer's commission' [‎86r] (174/443), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3551, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100041701390.0x0000ae> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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