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Coll 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan' [283v] (568/956)
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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(d) If Mr. Hoyland continues to hold the sum in
question and proceeds to try and dispose of the
property to anyone else, f Ishraqi could bring an
action for the recovery of the money plus his
costs and even put an estoppel on the sale until
the money was paid over to him;
(e) If the Rials 30,000 are returned to f Ishraqi,
Mr. Hoyland must obtain from him a document
formally renouncing his claims; and
(f) It would only have been possible for
Mr. Hoyland to have retained the money and concluded
a deal with another purchaser, if ’Ishraqi had
stated in v/riting that he agreed to forfeit his
deposit if he failed to conclude the transaction
by a certain definite date.
7. Mr. Hoyland has now telegraphed that he has managed
to arrange for the disposal of the balance of the one year’s
lease of Mr. Hovanessian’s house by the payment of three months’
rent, which was payable in advance as from October 1st, and
the wages of the gardener-caretaker, i.e. a total cost of
Rials 1,650 Rials one thousand six hundred and fifty. This I have
authorisied him to do, though I regret losing the opportunity of
securing such a suitable property for the future rest-house.
It was impossible, obviously, to avoid the payment for one
quarter’s rent, etc., and Mr. Hovanessian could I think quite
fairly have insisted on our continuing the tenancy for a full
year.
8. As regards the Consulate-General I have carefully
weighed the question whether it is desirable to go to law in
order to force ’Ishraqi to complete the purchase and have
reached the conclusion that we stand to gain nothing much by
doing so even if successful* The lawsuit with subsequent
appeals might well drag on for two or three years and even then
there is the risk of it going against us and involving His
Majesty’s Government in considerable costs. If a judgement
were finally obtained against Ishraqi we might have great
difficulty
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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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- Title
- 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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