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Coll 29/27 'Resht: office allowance and minor charges; including establishment of a career consulate' [29r] (57/196)
The record is made up of 1 file (96 folios). It was created in 7 Jan 1922-2 Oct 1946. 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
(K 5836/539/234)
No. >99.
Confidential .
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^.British Legation,
► *
Tehran.
4th May, 1935.
Sir,
The death of Samsam-ul-Kuttub, reported
in my despatch No. 189 of the 1st May, raises as an
immediate issue the question of the future of His Majesty’s
Vice-Consulate at Resht.
The system in force for the past two years
or so, whereby the post remained temporarily unfilled and
the
Munshi
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
addressed periodical reports to His Majesty’s
Legation, worked well enough; but whereas the system was a
satisfactory one so long as the
Munshi
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
was an old and trusted
Government servant, I am of opinion that it woula not now
be possible to engage a new
munshi
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
who would be able to
perform the same services. We therefore seem to be faced
with the alternative of appointing a new Vice-Consul and
re-opening the post, or of closing the post altogether.
3. After considerable thought I have reached
the conclusion that the only sound policy is to close the f
post and dispose of the property. The only arguments that
I can think of in favour of re-appointing a Vice-Consul are,
firstly, that Resht is a convenient observation post for the
watching of Soviet activities, and secondly that, owing to
the personal interest taken in the Caspian provinces by the
Shah ana with the construction of a railway to link them
with Tehran, they are likely to assume a growing importance
economically./
The Right Honourable
Sir John Simon, G.C.S.I.,
etc., etc., etc.,
The Foreign Office.
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The file concerns the British Vice Consulate at Resht.
The file covers:
- expenditure of the Vice-Consul
- supply of maps to the Vice-Consul
- office allowance, paid jointly by Government of India and Foreign Office
- lease of Consulate buildings to the Imperial Bank of Persia from January 1934
- death of Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. acting Vice-Consul, and consequent closure of the Vice-Consulate in August 1935
- sale of the property, in 1936
- proposed establishment of a career Consulate in 1942.
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 Vice Consulate at Resht, the British Legation at Tehran, the Stationery Office, the Office of Works, and the Imperial Bank of Persia.
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- 1 file (96 folios)
- Arrangement
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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 98; 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 29/27 'Resht: office allowance and minor charges; including establishment of a career consulate'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:16v, 18r:21v, 23r:59v, 61r:97v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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