Coll 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan' [177v] (356/956)
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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P.Z.2669/36.
Department.
Minute Paper.
4424 5000 1/36
capital/
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 were originally
constructed for the use 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.
in the .
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
during his recess from Bushire in the summer
months. The capital cost involved was Rs.43,305 (vide
H.M.Consul and staffj and various temporary expedients have
been resorted to when the Resident came up from Bushire to
recess. The present position is that a property has been
hired at a joint cost to Imperial and Indian revenues in
undisturbed (P.Z.704/36). Prom the Foreign Office point
of view, Shiraz now being regarded as a permanent post,
any other drroiaion would be inconvenient. Accordingly a
d.o. enquiry was made^ D.Scott of the Foreign Office last
June as to the terns on which the G*of I. would be ready
to hand over the house to H.M.G.(P.Z.4327/35), reference
therein being made to the possible removal of the Bushire
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.
to the other side of the Gulf, in which event
Shiraz would become useless to the G.of 1.
The G.of 1., in their reply dated 12th January, quite
naturally stipulate that the question of transfer to the
Shiraz post and the future of the
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.
should be kept
distinct. For the rest, the price of Rs.31,234 which they
ask is based on the statement of capital expenditure at
Shiraz Consulate buildings enclosed with the Political
Residents express letter to the G.of I. dated 3rd November
i 1935 (P.Z.9015/35). In 1930 the G.of I. decided (vide
Foreign Secretary^ letter of the 13th March, No.F.36 a/ 30
at P.2104/30) not to charge H.M.G. with any part of the
G.of I.»s letter of the 3rd September 1903 No.136). This
cost was borne jointly by Imperial and Indian revenues
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The buildings have subsequently been used to house
order to accommodate the Resident while leaving the Consul
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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