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Coll 29/19 'Procedure for appointment and recognition of consular officers in Persia: Persian rule of one consul only per post; passports for military officers posted to Persia' [‎49r] (97/643)

The record is made up of 1 file (320 folios). It was created in 12 Jul 1929-21 Sep 1938. 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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Copy to: Sir Lancelot Oliphant:
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No. 55/2/27
PERSONAL.
9th January, 1937
You will doubtless remember that among the subjects
discussed when Knatchbull-Hugessen and Loxley were in lifelhi
was the question of the military rank of Foreign and Political
Department officers serving as Consuls in Iran# A summary of
the discussion is given in the last paragraph of the record of
the discussions on the whole subject of the employment of
officers of the Foreign and Political Department at Consular
posts in Iran. I see that you were going to look further into
the possibility of dropping the military titles of these
officers.
We do not seem to have heard any more about this
suggestion until quite recently a member of the Protocole
Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (which is the
Department concerned) asked one of my staff whether it would
be possible for us when asking the Iranian Government for
their agrement to the appointment of a Consul who has military
rank, to omit any mention of the military rank in our note.
He said that the Head of his Department didn r t want to raise
any difficulty over this point, but that our practice in
writing "Major X" etc., did make it a little awkward for the
Department as there was the risk that the Minister for Foreign
Affairs might raise objections if he caught sight of the
military titles. Therefore in their replies the Protocole
Department always wrote plain "Mr. X". It was suggested that
we might do likewise.
I don’t think there is any reason to see in these
remarks the first sign of a new offensive against Foreign
and/
.F. Metcalfe, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., M.V.O.,
New Delhi.

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The file concerns the appointment and recognition of British Consular officers in Persia by the Persian Government, who were not willing to recognise by the grant of an exequatur more than one Consular Officer at any one post.

The file contains internal correspondence about and with subjects appointed. The correspondence regards suitability of the candidates, terms of employment, discussions on pay and starting dates.

The file covers:

  • appointment of acting Vice-Consul at Duzdap, in 1929
  • Persian proposal for appointment of British Consular officers in Persia
  • procedure for the appointment of honorary Vice-Consuls in Persia
  • appointment of G A Jacob as Vice-Consul at Yezd [Yazd]
  • appointment of a military officer, Military Attaché Stefeni, with rank of Vice Consul in Meshed, in 1930
  • appointment of Trenchard Craven William Fowle as Consul at Bushire, in 1930
  • officers' recognition by the Persian Ministry for Foreign Affairs
  • Persian initial refusal to grant exequatur to Consuls Daly and Pyper, and request that officers of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India should not be employed in Persia
  • appointment of Woods Ballard as Consul at Bushire, in 1935
  • employment of officers of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India in Iran
  • designations to be shown on passports of military doctors and military officers, when posted to Iran.

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 Viceroy, the Government of India, 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. .

The file also contains documents in French, correspondence between the British Legation at Tehran and the Persian Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

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1 file (320 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 321; 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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English and French in Latin script
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Coll 29/19 'Procedure for appointment and recognition of consular officers in Persia: Persian rule of one consul only per post; passports for military officers posted to Persia' [‎49r] (97/643), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3576, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100043786744.0x000064> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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