Coll 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan' [105r] (211/956)
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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was available rrom the sale of furniture etcetera left behind
by forn>'r Consuls-Oeneral. Payments to public funds by
visitors totalled Rials 970. In addition, a saving of Rials
200 a month to public funds will be effected during the period
of about four months when the two Probationer Vice-Consuls
stationed at Shirax are in residence at Isfahan, and therefore
require no rent allowance.
3. As I had anticipated, Mr. V/atkinson has found it
necessary to recommend increased expenditure in certain items
during the current year. As you are aware, the cost of living
Is rising rapidly in Iran, and it will be remembered that an
increase of 15 in the bonus payable to the Iranian staff of His
Majesty’s Legation has recently been sanctioned. I consider that
the cost of living fully justified an increase in the salaries
paid at Isfahan, and I should be grateful if sanction could be
obtained for the payment of the increases proposed by Mr.
Watkinson in paragraph 5 of his despatch, with effect from the
1st April Ixst.
4. Provision should be made in the authorised
expenditure for the present year for the general maintenance
of the house and its contents. The Representative of His
Majesty’s Office of Works, who visited Isfahan in October,1936,
has estimated the cost of maintenance at Rials 750 during the
present year. This includes expenditure on the furniture and
kitchen utensils. It will be remembered that in paragraph 4 of
his despatch No * 263 , Qf the 25th May 1936, Mr. Butler suggested
that the maintenance of the furniture should be undertaken by the
Office of Works, but the proposal was not pursued in view of the
objections raised by that Department (see the enclosure to your
despatch No. 362 (K 9722/1242/234) of the 7th September, 1936* )
In the circumstances it appears that payment for the maintenance
of furniture etcetera out of Foreign Office funds is the only
practicable/
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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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- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:477v
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