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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' [192r] (386/443)
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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64/178
64/28
Ho, 150.
British Legation,
G-ulheL,
Octoher 2nd 1930,
Sir ,
I have to inform you, with reference to ray despatch
Ho, 105 of the 2nd August last, that I have now received
a communication from His Majesty*s Principal Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, in which it is stated that the claim of the
Persian Government to limit the districts of foreign consular
officers in Persia cannot "be admitted.
2. It is proposed that His Majesty* s Government in Great
Britain and the Government of India should decide together
as to the proper extent of your consular district. Mr.
Henderson therefore intends to discuss the question as soon as
possible with the Secretary of State for India hut Before doing
so it will he necessary for him to he able to form an opinion
as to whether a revision or a closer definition of your district
is expedient.
3. In this connection the possibility of allocating separate
and independent districts to Bushire, Ahwaz, Shiraz and Bandar
Abbas will probably be considered, and I have been requested to
submit my recommendations as regards the districts which might,
under such a scheme, be allotted to each post.
4. In accordance with a previous recommendation, which I
submitted to the Foreign Office in June last, the Ahwaz Consular
district will include the provinces of Khuzistan and Luristan.
I hold to the opinion that with the disappearance of the old
Orders in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
Khuzistan should no longer be included in your
district. The Shiraz Consular district might well in future
include
The Honourable
Lieutenant Colonel H.V.Biscoe, I.A.,
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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and
His Majesty’s Consul-General, Bushire.
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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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