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Coll 29/42 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: contribution (from Indian revenues) towards cost of a British Chaplain at Tehran; Christian cemeteries in Persia and the Persian Gulf' [‎156r] (310/704)

The record is made up of 1 file (349 folios). It was created in 8 Aug 1917-5 Sep 1939. It was written in English and French. 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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
WITH reference to my telegram No. 136 of the 8th April, I have the honour
to transmit to you herewith a translation of the note which I have received from
the Minister for Foreign Affairs in reply to my communication announcing the
decision of His Majesty’s Government to evacuate Henjam and Basidu.
2. I am sending copies of this despatch, with its enclosure, to the Foreign
Secretary to the Government of India, the Naval Commander-in-chief, East
Indies, 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. at Bushire (No. 33), and to the
Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen.
(Translation.)
M. le Ministre, April 8, 1935.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellency’s note of
the 2nd April, 1935, to the effect that His Britannic Majesty’s Government have
decided to relinquish forthwith the naval institutions in Henjam and Basidu.
I have the honour to bring it to your Excellency’s notice that the Imperial
Government view with pleasure the decision of His Majesty’s Government to
relinquish the naval institutions in Henjam and Basidu, some of which were
created in past days without the consent or agreement of the Iranian Government
and of which the existence was incompatible with the present situation of the
Imperial country and the good relations existing between the two countries.
With regard to the cemeteries in Henjam and Basidu wherein Britishers are
interred, I beg to assure your Excellency that they will remain protected and
guarded and that the Imperial Government will issue appropriate instructions
ensuring their maintenance.
Owing to the fact that in the proclamation annexed to your Excellency’s note
under reply allusions were made to Bahrein and to the relations between His
Majesty’s Government and the sheikhs of the Arab coastal territories, I deem it
necessary, without wishing at this juncture to embark upon discussion on these
two questions, to reserve the right of the Imperial Government in connexion with
Bahrein both for the present and for the future, and in connexion with the other
question to invite your Excellency’s attention to the views of the Imperial
Government, of which you have been informed on several occasions.
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PERSIA.
* A
May 7, 1935.
CONFIDENTIAL.
Section 3.
[E 2831/23/34]
No. 1.
Mr. Knatchbull-H ugessen to Sir John Simon.—(Received May 7.)
(No. 159.)
Sir,
Tehran, April 11, 1935.
I have, &c.
H. M. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN.
Enclosure in No. 1.
I avail, &c.
BAGHER KAZEMI.
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The file concerns Diplomatic and Consular expenditure towards the cost of a British Chaplain at Tehran, and the maintenance of Christian cemeteries.

The file contains:

  • proposal that Indian Revenues should contribute towards the maintenance of a British Chaplain in Tehran, 1923; includes Report of the Inter-departmental Committee on British cemeteries abroad
  • lists of members of the Indo-European Telegraph Department and their families buried in Persia
  • financial contributions to the Christian Cemetery Fund, Yezd
  • maintenance of the British cemeteries of Henjam and Basidu [Bāsa‘īdū] after the end of British occupation, in 1935
  • construction of a wall around the new Cemetery site at Kuwait, in 1936
  • list of inscriptions on memorials and gravestones in the cemeteries at Basidu and Henjam, 1936
  • removal of tombstones to the British Cemetery at Shiraz from the old Armenian Cemetery
  • replacement of damaged War Grave tablets in the British Cemetery at Shiraz.

The file is composed of correspondence between 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 Office of Works, the Foreign Office, the British Legation at Tehran, the Imperial Bank of Persia, the High Commissioner for India, the British Consulate at Kerman, the British Consulate at Shiraz, the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Admiralty, the Imperial War Graves Commission, 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. .

There is a document in French, an extract from Le Messager de Tehran.

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1 file (349 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 350; 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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Coll 29/42 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: contribution (from Indian revenues) towards cost of a British Chaplain at Tehran; Christian cemeteries in Persia and the Persian Gulf' [‎156r] (310/704), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3604, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100043084056.0x00006f> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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