Coll 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan' [391r] (783/956)
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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form part of a single consular area. Isfahan in this
event might he absorbed in the Tehran consular area.
The Gove rnment of India, support the Resident’s view
on the grounds of economy, but suggest that if for
reasons not within their knowledge it proves impossible
to amalgamate Isfahan and Tehran the proposals of the
Foreign Office should be accepted, subject to an
arrangement being made under which the Consul-General,
Bushire will be free to recess in the consular house
at Shiraz (which is, of course, the property of the
Government of India.)
(c) Future status of Ahwaz . Colonel Fowle is
strongly opposed to the establishment of a Consulate-
General at Ahwaz. His arguments are set out in
paragraph 6 of his despatch of 21st June, No.691-3,
on P.Z.4224. As pointed out by IVir. Walton in his
note on P.Z.3206/33 below, there is probably on
general grounds a good deal to be said for the Foreign
Office proposal on this point. The Government of
India strongly support the Resident’s view and indicate
that they can see no justification for the additional
expenditure from Indian revenues involved in an
increase of the status of the post.
On the question whether Mohammerah is a more
suitable centre than Ahwaz for the headquarters of
the Khuzistan consular district, Colonel Fowle is
disposed to favour Moharrrnerah. The Government of
India’s views are not very clear, the letter of 25th
toy 1933 to which they refer in paragraph 4 of their
air mail letter of 31st July on P.Z.4822 being
irrelevant /^? Ul+j J 4
(d) The Resident makes in addition a fresh
suggestion, viz. that the Consul-General, Bushire
should be given some form of general superintendence
on/
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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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