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Coll 29/21 'Shiraz: consulate buildings' [108r] (215/256)
The record is made up of 1 file (126 folios). It was created in 30 Nov 1931-26 Oct 1944. 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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Copy or letter No. 2078 of 1935, dated Bus hire,
the 7th October 1933, droiL the Hon*ole the Political
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Besident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, to the Foreign Secretary
to the Government of India in the Foreign and Poii/ticai
Department, New Delhi.
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Consulate Buildings.
I have the honour to enclose a copy of an estimate
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Subjects-Electric Installation in the ahiraz
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amounting to Rials 7,008-00 (equivalent tote. 1,200 at
the current rate of exchange at Rials 584 £) which has
*1 ^ 136011 °' bt ' ained fronl the ShiraZ Electric Supply Corpora-
tion by His Majesty f s Consul, Shiraz, who proposes that
1 ^electricity shall be installed in the Consulate Build
ings at Shiraz.
2. The proposal was first put forward by His
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■ j Majesty*s Consul, Shiraz, in the year 1931, but was
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not then submitted to Government for sanction in view
of the financial situation and the imperative necessity,
at the time, for abstaining from all financial commit
ments except such as were of vital importance, while
the provision of electricity is not perhaps a matter
of vital importance, it must, in modern times, be
regarded as a necessity and should not be postponed
indefinitely, I have had the opportunity of seeing
the present incumbent of the post and members of my
staff know the Consulate, and I am satisfied from
what they tell me that the installation should be
provided. The cleanliness and convenience of electri
city in a^ house and in an oifice, and the comfort it
provides, especially in the hot v.eather, is clear,
ENCLOSURE IN
INDIA FOREIGN SECP rr ^
Letter No S62
Date. 2 3 'T. 1933
! Reopi MOVJ iS33
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The file concerns maintenance of the British Consulate buildings at Shiraz.
The file covers:
- descriptions and budget for works and repairs to the buildings in 1931, and 1935
- electric works
- lease of property at Shiraz for the use of 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. , in 1938
- descriptions and budget for works and repairs in 1939-40, and 1940-41
- repairs to the buildings in 1948.
The file is composed of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the 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. , the Government of India, the British Consulate at Shiraz, the British Legation at Tehran, and the 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. .
- Extent and format
- 1 file (126 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 128; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3578
- Title
- Coll 29/21 'Shiraz: consulate buildings'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:127v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence