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Coll 29/53 'Khorramshahr (Mohammerah): house, launch, motor car, office accommodation' [276r] (553/747)
The record is made up of 1 file (372 folios). It was created in 4 Feb 1912-9 Sep 1947. 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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Re Khorramshahr Vice'"Consular Launclio
Dear 3ir p
vie thanic you ilor your Form of Tender Ba/15223/37
dated the 30th April and we have pleasure in enclosing
8pecificat5.on and pric© 0
Vie have the greatest confidence in this type of
boat, a round^hottom planing hull# and ©leo in the engine
we offer. It is as you will sea* an American conversion
of the Ford Vob, which means that it is reliable* economical
and light in weight and what is more important, spare parts
and eitilied attention can he obtained in any part oi th©
worldo
. @ have two boats of the same type bizt different
dimensions in daily work at Baghdad* both fitted with Ford
engines* Prom our experience with these boats we find it
necessary to employ a system of cooling the engine wnich
does not depend upon the pumping in very sandy water So Jfhe
cooling system we propose .is quite simple and fool prool and
is much used in certain parts of Americao
Yours faithfully*
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Directoro
Fo.lo Blue sprint of drawing to follow by next post*
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- Content
The file concerns the Vice-Consulate at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran].
The file contains correspondence related to:
- donation of land for sixty years from Shaikh of Mohammerah to build a consulate, 1912
- provision of accommodation, office, and car for Vice-Consul, 1929
- costs of alterations and repairs, and installation of electric lights and fans to the Vice-Consulate building, 1930
- provision of motor launches for Vice-Consul, 1931 and 1937
- temporary evacuation of Vice-Consulate for fire, 1935
- lease of Vice-Consulate premises at Khorramshahr, 1936
- repairs to Vice-Consulate building damaged by 1937 floods, and lease of living quarters from Anglo-Persian Oil Company, 1938
- removal of Vice-Consul, Reginald Lewis Bazalgette, for contrasting views related to his accommodation, 1938
- proposals to rebuild the Vice-Consulate and the residential accommodation for Vice-Consul, 1939-42
- decision to purchase two houses from Anglo-Persian Oil Company, 1945
- purchase of a new motor launch, 1947.
The file is composed of correspondence between the British Vice-Consulate at Mohammerah, the British Legation at Tehran; the Viceroy; 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 British Consulate at Ahwaz; the Government of India; the Office for the High Commissioner for India; the Foreign Office; and 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. .
- Extent and format
- 1 file (372 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 374; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3628
- Title
- Coll 29/53 'Khorramshahr (Mohammerah): house, launch, motor car, office accommodation'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:373r
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence