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Coll 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan' [‎442v] (886/956)

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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that if Hia Majesty^ Oorevxment could not aequlro the aita
hy March 31 at they would probably bo unabla to accja iro it at
all.
With an hour in which to aake up hi a aind f Hi a
Majesty* a Minister, talcing into consideration the increase in
price, the uncertainty aa to the aaount of land which sight
be offered, the possibility that this amount might be far too
ssall and the whole transaction therefore nullified, the
undesirability of allowing the Persian aovemment to dictate
how large the Consulate should be, or of reducing still further
a site the size of which, aa sanctioned by Hia Majesty*a
Government, was already smaller than he had recommended and
than was in hie Judgement required by local conditions, the
fact that he had nothing in writing and no assurance that the
Majl really consented, ana finally the fact that the possible
claim of the Sheikh of Mohammerah had not been dia osed of,
decided that the deposit of £4,000 in the Persian rreaaury in
such circumstances would not constitute a sufficiently definite
payment for budgetary purposes in the United Kingdom.
The position at the present time (April 1933) la
therefore that no provision exists in the budget of the current
financial year (1933-34) for the purchase or construction of
a residence for His Majesty's Consul at Ahwa* and that during
the current year no arrangement can be made, or at any rate
carried t rough, for the provision of auch a reaidenoa. In the
meanwhile His Majesty’s Consul, whose predecessors have in the
past occupied various unsuitable buildings in the town of Ahwaa,
is housed by the courtesy and hospitality of the Anglo-Per elan
Oil Company, in a part of the hospital In their compound out
side the town. He ia unmarried.
In

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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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Coll 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan' [‎442v] (886/956), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3650, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100046974912.0x000057> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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