Coll 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan' [258v] (518/956)
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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and during the spring, summer and autumn there is a steady
stream of travellers passing through, including members of
the staff of His Majesty’s legation, His Majesty’s Consuls,
official visitors from Baghdad and other guests coming to
stay in the Legation. A calculation has been made which
shows that during the past three months approximately forty
persons have spent the night at His Majesty’s Consulate at
Kermanshah, and this does not include any of the couriers
who pass straight through. Many of these persons would
also have spent a night at a Consulate rest-house at Hamadan.
Kermanshah is approximately three hundred and seventy miles
from here and, while some people cover the distance in one
day, many prefer to break the journey at Hamadan, and more
would do so were they not faced with the rather cheerless
prospect of a night at the Hotel Alvand (formerly ”de
Prance”.)
6 * There is already a certain amount of furniture
in the house and it would be possible to supply most of the
further needs of the place by bringing furniture and other
household effects from His Majesty’s Consulate-General at
Isfahan. We are hoping to dispose of the latter property at
an early date and it would be an inexpensive matter to
remove such things as would be required and send them to
Homadan. Very little, if any, furniture would need to be
purchased, though it would be necessary to equip the house
with mattresses, blankets and linen, crockery, cutlery and
kitchen utensils, etcetera.
7. Another essential would be to engage a whole
time indoor servant. The present gardener-caretaker does
his work satisfactorily, but he has neither the time nor the
training to undertake housework. It would, of course, be
necessary to engage a most reliable man, since he would not
be
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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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