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Coll 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan' [459v] (920/956)
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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5. In these circumstances a suitable solution would be the
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appointment of an honorary Consul and Mr-Bristow has during the
last few weeks sounded with my approval Mr.Moir, of Ziegler
and Company, as to his willingness to accept the appointment,
perhaps on some arrangement by which he would occupy and maintain
the Consular property- Unfortunately, the affairs of Ziegler
and Company are at present in so uncertain a state that Mr.Moir
has been reluctantly forced to decline on the ground that he
cannot give any guarantee that he will continue to reside in
Isfahan even for a year or twe. As there is no other British
subject both suitable and available for the position, I have been
forced to abandon this line of enquiry.
6. The solution which I accordingly recommend is that the
Consular district of Isfahan should be incorporated in the
Consular district of Shiraz, but that the Consular property at
Isfahan should be retained on what I may call a "care and
maintenance" basis. The combined districts should afford
adequate scope for the activities of a Consul, who would be
expected to pay three or four visits to Isfahan a year, while
the cost of two separate consular establishments would not be
excessive.
7. In making this recommendation, I am to some extent
influenced by the fact that the prosoects of disposing of the
Isfahan property are very small. It stands in what has now ceased
to be a good residential quarter and there are in any case few
inhabitants of the town, whether Persian or foreign, who could
afford in the present hard times to buy or maintain a property
of this size. A further consideration is that the municipality
may wish to take a portion of the property for the purpose of
widening
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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'
- Pages
- 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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