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Coll 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan' [461v] (924/956)
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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Department pensions. The ghulams will l>e required for messages
and as gate-keepers and watchmen, and two gardeners will be
indispensable if the water supply is to be properly supervised
and the property is not to lose its amenities and in consequence
such value as it possesses. It will, in addition, be necessary
to make provision for upkeep of roofs, walls etcetera and to
make the Consul at Shiraz a standing travelling allowance of
say Forty Pounds a year. The total cost, including the travel
ling allowance, should be well under Three Hundred Pounds a year
and compared to the present cost of the Consulate-General of
some Two Thousand Five Hundred Pounds a year, this figure is,
I submit, very low for the advantages to be gained.
10. I should mention here that I advocate the incorporation
of Isfahan with Shiraz rather than the incorporation of Shiraz
with,Isfahan because Shiraz is not only the more remote post,
but the centre of greater potential political activity. It has
also upon the whole the better climate and the Consular residence
io smaller and therefore more convenient for an officer below
the rank of Consul-General. Its main drawback is that the
foreign community is somewhat restricted compared to Isfahan.
11. If the amalgamation takes place it will no longer be
possible, in view of the Persian regulations, to call the
Isfahan property a ’’Consulate-General" or "Consulate”. It will
have to be regarded as a Consular rest-house and the clerk
either as a private person with no official status or else as
a clerk of the Shiraz Consulate on detached duty. The position
will be practically the same as that at Bandar Abbas as
described in my despatch No.360 of August 20th last.
12. I venture to draw your attention to paragraph 3 of
Mr.Bristow’s despatch and to request that he may be authorised
to
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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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