Coll 29/52 'Seistan and Kerman consular districts: Duzdap vice-consular area; consular agent at Bam' [‎82r] (164/168)

Memorandum on the history of the appointment of British
representatives at ham and hampur.
Note . The records of this office are incomplete as many files
were destroyed when the Merman Consulate was evacuated in 1915»
Vide letter uo.
59 Political
dated 10th June
1Q04 from 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. to
the Governor-
General of India
in Council, and
enclo sures
copy of v/hich was
forwarded to hushire
by Foreign Dept.
Simla endorsement
uo. 2183 E.A.>
dated 8.7.04 and
to this office
by hushire endorse
ment uo• 324 dated
30th July 1904;
see also similar
letter from
Minister Tehran
to Consul Kerman
dated 15./.04.
Some time prior to 1904 Khan Bahadur Asghar
Ali was British Agent at Bampur though the
circumstances under which the appointment was
created and abolished are not mown in this
office.
in June 1904 K.3. Asghar Ali was appointed
Vice Consul Bam and the appointment was recognised
by the Persian Government (vide letter dated
June 16th 1904 from Minister Tehran to Consul
Kermanj•
In his letter no. 136 dated 7th June
1904 Major Sykes proposed that K.B. Asghar Ali
should be Consular Agent and not Vice-Consul
and though no orders on this proposal were
received, it was evidently carried into effect,
though there is notning to show whether the
Persian Government were informed of the change.
On the death of K.B. Asghar Ali, Lieut.
Ggilivie was in 1906 appointed /ice-Consul at
Bam for a period of 6 months (despatch no. 1176-E.a* >
dated 15.3.06 from Secretary to the Government
of India in the Foreign Bepartment to the Political
Resident in the Persian GulfJ•
The object of his appointment was:-
(a) To induce the Persian authorities to
improve security on tne trade routes;
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