Coll 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan' [115r] (231/956)
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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bathrooms* Cold water tanks could be supplied for about
one hundred and twenty rials* I should therefore prefer
to economise on the bathrooms and spend a little on
replacing the unutterably shabby collection of floor
coverings.
17* A new agreement has been signed with effect from
April l t providing for the lease of the premises which we
now occupy for one year at a monthly rental of three hundred
and sixty rials, with first refusal for a similar period
subsequently* The lease rent includes use of garage, for
which we have hitherto paid separately, and supply of
water for the garden* The landlord has recently replastered
the exterior of the buildings where necessary and whitewashing
is at present in progress* Provision is made for two new
bathrooms to be available, with tiled floors and the
necessary drainage, in the event of the landlord taking
away the present bathrooms which he states to have been
sold along with the adjoining property*
18* The landlord declines to agree to an option of
renewal of the lease on similar conditions in respect of
rent for a third year* No such provision was made in the
previous lease* It is not without difficulty that he has
been persuaded to accept the same rent for this year* The
new agreement has been registered in the Sabt-i-Asnad office
and it thus gives complete security of tenure, so that
Mr. Aratoon’s periodical scares may now be safely ignored*
19* I have also looked into the question of resthouse
charges to visitors as laid down in the Rules forwarded to
His Majesty’s Consulate at Shiraz along with Mr. Butler’s
despatch No* 15 of May 25, 1936.
20. The contribution by visitors to public funds
appear to be adequate and, as mentioned above, it would
suffice
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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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- 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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