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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' [197v] (397/443)
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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communication on the subject is made to the Persian
Government. They have accordingly, preparatory to
discussing the question with this Office, asked Sir
Robert Clive to examine the question with Colonel ,*
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"Biscoe an9 to submit recommendations,fwith particular
reference to a scheme which "will probably be
considered of possible allocation of separate and
independent districts to Bushire, Ahwaz, Shiraz and
Bander Abbas".
We may await the result of the enquiries in
question. It is understood
that the historical
justification for the very extensive district
at present embraced in the jurisdiction of the
Consul-General, Bushire, is that at an earlier period,
Then the authority of the Persian Government on the
Persian littoral of Vhe Gulf was negligible ,^it^was
desirable that the Political Resident’s charge\should
be a very large one. Conditions have, of course,
( changed, and on the merits, there might, if we were
certain that the present regime in Persia was likely
to be permanent, be a good case for a considerable
restriction of the district of the Consul-General.
But it is difficult to pronounce with any confidence
I on this, while any concession that we now make in the
matter to Persia will tie our hands for the future .
In any case, it would seem better to stand on our
rights (if, as appears to be the case, we can do so)
for the present at Bushire, and leave the question of
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—nonsuTar arrangements fto be examined at more leisure m
detail later in connection with the transfer of the
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Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
to Bahrein.
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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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