Coll 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan' [393r] (787/956)
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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which the Government of India refer as stating their
views (No. F.105-A/33 of 25th IViay, on P.Z.3376/33)
merely records that they have no financial interest,
since under the provisional arrangement regarding new
capital expenditure, expenditure at Ahwaz (and the
same -sb true of(Mohamerah) would fall wholly on
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Imperial revenues. So far as the position of the
Resident is concerned, a
Levant
A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Consul-General at
Mohammerah, where he would he in direct contact with
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the Coast and the Navy, would he more of a rival than
at Ahwaz. But we cannot well take that point.
5. The question of the exercise of some general
coordination hy the Consul-General, Bushire is one of
importance to us as affecting the position of the
Resident. It will he remembered that it was agreed
I at an earlier stage (with the greatest reluctance on
the part of the Foreign Office - whose abjections are
fully shared hy the present Minister at Tehran) that
should the
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.
he moved from Persia it should he
moved only on conditions which would make it possible
for the Resident to keep in touch with the political
affairs of the South Persian coast in the capacity of
Visiting or Superintending Consul-General. Both this
office and the Government of India felt strongly at
the time that the importance of maintaining the Residen
as coordinating officer in the Gulf was in any
circunstances great, and might in the future he still
greater, in view of the uncertainty as to what would
happen in Persia in the event of the death or
disappearance of the Shah, and a* agreement to the
removal of the
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.
from Persia was strictly
contingent on the conditions in question. Jipart from
this, affairs on one side of the Gulf have an intimate
t
connection with affairs on the other, and were the
Resident to he wholly excluded from the South Persian
coast
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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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- 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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