Coll 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan' [55r] (111/956)
The record is made up of 1 file (475 folios). It was created in 31 Dec 1932-16 Sep 1943. 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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under flying seal
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Rials 4320.
Rials 6000.
Rials 6240.
Rials 3600.
Rials 9840.
Rials 3840.
Rials 5400.
Sir,
With reference to Mr.Seymour’s despatch, No.282, of
July 28 last, regarding the expenditure on the Consulate
Office and Resthouse at Isfahan, I have the honour to
report that it will not he possible to renew the lease
of the present premises next year at the rental paid
hitherto, namely four thousand three hundred and twenty
rials per year. The adjoining premises, which were
formerly offerred to His Majesty’s Government at a rental
of six thousand rials per year are no*' occupied partly
by the Anglo Iranian Oil Company on a one and a half year
lease at a rental of six thousand two hundred and forty
rials per year and partly by Herr Schunemann on a year
lease at a rental of three thousand six hundred rials
per year, a total of nine thousand eight hundred and
forty rials per year, or over fifty per cent increase.
A small new building, *hich the landlord has constructed
on the street frontage between the Consulate Office and
the Avenue Chahar Bagh, is let for three thousand eight
hundred and forty rials per year. It consists of five
rooms only.
2. Mr.Hovanessian originally asked for much more, but
I have succeeded in securing his verbal agreement to
accept a rental of five thousand four hundred rials per
year/
His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Office
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- Content
The file concerns the reorganization of consular establishments in Persia.
The file covers:
- Foreign Office proposals to amalgamate Isfahan and Shiraz Consulates and to raise status of Consular Officer at Ahwaz to Consul-General, 1933
- acquisition of buildings for the Ahwaz Consulate, 1933
- proposal to lease consular properties at Isfahan and Hamadan, 1933
- proposed sale of consular property at Isfahan and disposal of the furniture therein 1934-35
- summer recess of 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. and his staff at the Consular House at Shiraz, 1934-35. A sketch of the Consular House is on f 219
- proposed sale of consular property at Hamadan, 1935
- Foreign Office proposal that HM Consul at Shiraz should rent accommodation at Isfahan during his visits on duty, 1936
- proposed transfer of the Shiraz 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. buildings from the Government of India to HM Government, 1936
- lease of property in Shiraz for use as summer headquarters for 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. , 1937-43
- Consular Office and Rest House at Isfahan, includes inventory of furniture (ff 33-44), 1936-39.
The file is composed of correspondence between the 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. , the British Legation at Tehran, the British Consulate at Isfahan, the British Consulate at Ahwaz, the British Consulate at Shiraz, 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 HM Office of Works, and the Secretary of State for India.
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- 1 file (475 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 477; 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 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan'
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- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:477v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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