Coll 29/6 'Mohammerah and Khorramshahr: vice consulate and consulate appointments' [177r] (356/470)
The record is made up of 1 file (232 folios). It was created in 9 Apr 1931-4 Sep 1948. 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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pol r
C opies circulatedo
J13. C J P H E a O F T E L E G R A M.
^om Govemrnftnt of India, External Affairs Dcrpt. to Tehran
repeated by former to Secretary of State for India<>
Dated Hew Delhi, 23.39 hours, 30th November, 1940.
4739o
Addressed to Tehran, 164, repeated to Secretary of State and
ner Ui Bushire, 4739. lour telegram 249, November 27th. Khoramshah?-'.
Wliile we were considering this matter we received your despatch
.238 of November 6th, in which you propose interchange of head
quarters of Consul, Ahwaz and Vice Consul, Khoram sh&hr,,on ground
that former must be in closer toudri with Abadan and Senior^
Naval Officer. Government of India think it regrettable that
decision of this kind, which could only be taken after fullest
consultation with themselves and H .M.Government should have been
taken without prior consultation with them and regret that they
are unable to accept it 0
No. 2o A telegram has Just been released from
Busbire from which it appears that King has apparently installed
hjimseli in Ahoramslialir Consu3.ate without reference to us during
period when Vice-Consul is seriously ill 0
l^agruph No,5. Government of India’s interests do ndc lie
in Ahwaz but at Khoraimshahr. They re t ard it as essential to
retain an officer of their service there and do not desire to take
over Ahwaz from Foreign Officeo They now propose to post
Daubeney to succeed Napier on definite understanding that he
remains at Khoramshahr. In view of Napier’s illness they have
no objection of course to King remaining at Khoramshahr until
Reed. 03<,46 hours, 1st December, 1940.
important.
Daubeney/
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The file concerns appointments at the Vice-Consulate (later Consulate) at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran].
The file covers:
- emoluments of H G Jakins as Vice Consul of Mohammerah in 1932
- appointment of F C L Chauncy as Vice Consul of Mohammerah in 1932
- clerical posts at the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and at the Vice-Consulate in Mohammerah
- Norwegian consular representation at Abadan
- appointment of Allen Lancelot Austin Dredge as Vice-Consul of Mohammerah in 1941
- proposed opening of a Consulate at Mohammerah and reducing of Ahwaz to a Vice-Consulate
- appointment of F C L Chauncy as Consul of Mohammerah in 1942
- appointment of R A McConaghey as Acting Consul of Mohammerah in 1943
- appointment of R H Cook as Acting Consul of Mohammerah in 1944
- relations between 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. , at Bushire, and Consulate at Khorramshahr
- appointment of V W D Willoughby as Consul of Mohammerah 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 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 Viceroy; the Secretary of State for India; the British Consulates at Ahwaz, and Mohammerah; British Petroleum; the Royal Norwegian Legation to London; the British Minister at Tehran.
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- 1 file (232 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 233; 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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- Title
- Coll 29/6 'Mohammerah and Khorramshahr: vice consulate and consulate appointments'
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- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:39v, 40ar, 40r:166v, 168r:185v, 185r:189v, 191r:232v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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