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Coll 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan' [‎331v] (664/956)

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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Ho. 34 .
SBCHSTs
cm
British Legation,
Tehran.
13th January, 1934.
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of your despatch No. 528 (K 11336/11/234) of Oecember 22nd
last, enclosing correspondence on the subject of Consular
jurisdiction in South Persia.
2 . I hare a vague recollection that while X was
in 5ingland some mention was made to me of the possibility
of His Majesty^ Consul at Shiraz visiting his sub-post at
Isfahan during the summer to allow the Consul-General at
3ushire a few weeks in the relative coolness of iihiraz, and
X think that I agreed that with tactful friendliness on both
sides some such arrangement might work - But from the
enclosed correspondence I form a quite different impression
which is that Hie Majesty’s Consul will be retired to
vacate Shiraz rt during the periods when 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.
at Bushire wishes to spend his summer recess at Shiraz*.
During that time His Majesty’s Consul will enjoy the
amenities of a ’’small rest house'’ at Isfahan.
2. Now I bell eve’’summer recess* to be on a rough
average three months. If I am right, I cannot possibly
concur in a proposal under which His Majesty’s Consul, a
man of forty nine years of age, saay be required to leave
his home for three months on end at dates to be fixed by a
third party. And what would the Persians think?
Moreover, I take it that *recess* implies
the conduct of official correspondence and the presence
of typists, cypher officers and some small percentage of the 33
souls who compose the total strength of 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. .
The Right Honourable
Sir John Simon, G.C.S.I.,
etc., etc., etc.,
The Foreign Office.

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The file concerns the reorganization of consular establishments in Persia.

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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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