Coll 29/49 'Exchange of visits between officials of British Legation Tehran and naval and political officers in the Persian Gulf' [45r] (91/161)
The record is made up of 1 file (78 folios). It was created in 1 Jul 1930-6 Dec 1938. 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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Telegram
Prom
To
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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.
,H.M.3.Shoreham.
Government of India,Poreign and
Political Department ,Simla.
Ho.T/53.
Dated the 18th September 1933.
I MPOKTM T.
LOOK to EEA.SJD.K-TiTLiiK*
Basidu incident.
Firstly. I request that if there is
no objection Teliran telegram of the 17th September
69 to Government of India may be brought to the personal
notice of His Excellency the Viceroy without delay.
that there is no question of official leakage, thougr
all my telegrams have to be handed in to Persian
Telegraph Office so volume and destination are no doubt
common knowledge. Indeed the bazaar has assessed
though somewhat inaccurately my telegraph bill over this
incident. Charge d*Affaires does not appear fully to
appreciate that Arabs attach peculiar significance tc a
glag and that deliberate haulding down of British flag
(and tearing which all believe) is subject of burning
interest and wide discussion in all its bearings.
They quite appreciate implications tc themselves.
Tc suppose that communications are passing between
comment.
help in refuting this serious and entirely unfounded
allegation against Bushire
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.
which has always
Secondly. I can assure His Excellency
Thirdly. 1 earnestly beg His Excellency’s
prided itself on its arrangements for securing secrecy.
Resident-
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The file concerns exchange of visits between officials of British Legation at Tehran, and naval and political officers in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The file includes:
- arrangements for visits of British Legation at Tehran to the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1932 and 1935
- arrangements for visit of Commander-in-Chief for the East Indies to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. following up to the hauling down of the British flag by the Iranian navy at Basidu (known as Basidu incident, 1933), 1935
- proposed visits of British Legation at Baghdad to the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1935 and 1938.
The file is composed of correspondence between the British Legation at Tehran; the British Legation at Baghdad; 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 Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Commander-in-Chief for the East Indies.
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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 80; 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 29/49 'Exchange of visits between officials of British Legation Tehran and naval and political officers in the Persian Gulf'
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- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:80r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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