Coll 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan' [188v] (378/956)
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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6.
justification of the maintenance of the present Consular
establishment in this country is the fact that it is yet
too early to he sure that the existing strong centralised
regime will survive the death of the present Shah.
I consider that it is important that His Majesty’s Consul
at Shiraz should he in close touch with the local authorities
at Isfahan, and that he should he in a position to furnish
this Legation: with regular and full reports on economic
and political conditions in the Isfahan area.
4 . I am therefore of the opinion that it should
he definitely considered to he part of the duties of His
Majesty’s Consul at Shiraz to pay regular visits to Isfahan,
and not merely to visit Isfahan when some particular
business demands his presence there. While it is difficult
to lay down any fixed rule, I would suggest that these visits
should amount in the aggregate to not much less than two
months in each year. But if this is to be arranged, it will
he necessary to provide a rest-house and a sxeleton office
for the use of His Majesty’s Consul.
5. It will he remembered that the leasing of a
rest-house was authorised in paragraph 3 of Sir John Simon s
despatch No.48 (K 1096/5/234) of the 24th January, 1934.
A house was in fact leased in August of that year, hut when the
negotiations then in progress for the sale of the Consulate
property failed, the lease was disposed of (see Sir R.
Hoare’s despatch No.508 of the 17th November, 1934). The
house in Question is now let, hut only on a short lease and
to a tenant who is notoriously had at paying his rent, and
the Manager of the Imperial Bank of Iran s Isiahan branch
considers that there should he no difficulty in ootaining
possession of the house.
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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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