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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' [181r] (364/443)
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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No. K 12393/1939/S34.
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“ The Under-Secretary of State,”
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Foreign Office,
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11th December, 1950,
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With reference to your letter No.P.8167/30 of
November 25th, I am directed hy Mr. Secretary Henderson to
transmit to you for the information of the Secretary of State
for India the accompanying copy of a telegram from His
Majesty’s Minister at Tehran regarding the question of
consular districts in Southern Persia.
2. It appears from this telegram and from the
correspondence, copies of which were enclosed in your letter
under reference, that Sir Robert Clive and the Political
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
are of opinion that the
provinces of Pars and Khuzistan should he excluded from the
Bushire consular district, hut that the Bundar Ahhas
consular district should continue to he included in the
jurisdiction of His Majesty’s Consul-General at Bushire.
3. Mr. Henderson concurs in these views, and is
prepared to agree that the Resident should, as suggested,
continue to reside during certain periods at Shiraz on duty
and to visit Mohammerah, in order that His Majesty’s Vice-
Consul there may consult him on questions of purely Indian
concern and matters appertaining to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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4. Since the post of His Majesty’s Consul at Ahwaz
has been filled from the
Levant
A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Consular Service, that
officer has normally taken his instructions from His
Majesty’s Minister at Tehran. The administration of the
Indian Code hy His Majesty’s Consul under the Persian Coasts
and Islands
Orders in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
may in the past have afforded
some justification for including his district in the
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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)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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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- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:94v, 97r:100v, 101v:144v, 145v:207v, 210r:221r
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