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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' [187r] (376/443)
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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Colonel Biscoe’s proposals:- (
(a) No objection to transfer of Moharamerah from his
jurisdiction so long as "for the remainder of the period
that, the Resident remains in Persia" he may visit hohammerah
and the Vice-Consul may consult him on "Indian, maritime,
Gulf and cognate questions".
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Charge -d 1 -Aff a ires agrees; so does the Foreign Office.
It will probably be necessary, in replying to the Foreign
Office, to enter a caveat as to the position of the Resident
in regard to Mohammerah after transfer has taken place,
but it is unnecessary to put this to the Government of India.
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(b) Ahwaz : The Resi dent(makes no comment on the
exclusion of Ahwaz from his Consular district. The
Foreign Office propose to establish the Consulate as an
independent post, subordinate only to Tehran (this being in
practice its present position).
This is unobjectionable so long as the Government of
India are satisfied that no special provision is required
to cover the position of the Indian Political Department
Vice-Consul at Ahwaz. We do not know quite in what
relation this officer at present stands to the Resident.
It might be desirable to establish in his case also a
convention similar to that which the Foreign Office are
prepared to accept in respect of Mohammerah. The point
can be put to the Government of India.
(c) Bander Abbas : The Resident is opposed to its
transfer to the Kerman Consular district, and considers
"that my Consular jurisdiction should most certainly
extend along the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
littoral from the limits of
Khuzistan as far as the Persian frontier".
The Minister concurs; so do the Foreign Office.
(d) Shiraz : Colonel Biscoe has no objection to the
(and Fars)
exclusion of Shiraz/from his district, on the understanding
"that/
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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'
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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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