Pol. External Dept 16640/48 'Transfer of the Church of the Epiphany at Bushire' [25r] (49/62)
The record is made up of 1 file (29 folios). It was created in 15 Jul 1948-11 Feb 1949. 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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in the town' of Bushire nay he sold MINUS rKE
CHURCH, and we he permitted to purchase j rom he
present owners the ground on which the church
r^ands at an agreed figure. iTo ^ fD
^Tould he incurred hy this procedu: e. But to
close and sell up this little church, whica is in
regular jse in a country where church s are so te
and ^ar between, would not only impose a serious
loss on the local Christian cormnunity, hut would
o-i ve a verv had eneral impression. >'S already
stated we shall he ready to pay any reasonable
figure in order to keep our church, and we her
that this small section, less than one twentieth
of the whole, may he excluded from the general
sale.
Yours faithfully.
(Signed) REV. R.N. SHARP,
C.l.S. Chaplain
at Shiraz.
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This file contains correspondence relating to the intended de-consecration and sale of the Church of the Epiphany at Bushire in 1948. The majority of the papers discuss the need to dispose of the building as the rest of the 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. compound is put up for sale. Some papers discuss means of preserving the church despite the sale of the other buildings in the compound by transferring its buildings to the ownership of the Church in Iran.
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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 inside back cover with 31; 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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- 24r:25v
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- Church Missionary Society
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