Coll 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan' [466v] (934/956)
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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necessary to ensure that whatever authority controlled the
province allowed their work to continue would have to be
taken by the Consul. In that event it would be essential,
for the sake of the company as well as for the sake of His
Majesty’s Government (whose interests, superficially at any
rate, might not be exactly identical) that the local
representative of His Majesty’s Minister should possess, in
addition to the personal qualifications which may be looked
for in all members of a selected body like the
Levant
A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Service, considerable experience and the authority that only
years and senior rank can bestow.
5. Apart, however, from the possibilities of
trouble, I consider that it is desirable that His Majesty’s
Minister should have in the Consular Officer at Ahwaz a
representative of sufficient standing, not only to provide
him with an independent view of the day to day policy
pursued by the company, but also to intervene effectively if
this policy seems at any point to be open to objection.
I do not mean by thio that the company have not a perfect
right to manage their own affairs or that the Consul should
exercise more than the moral suasion that Consuls exercise
elsewhere in regard to their compatriots. But the General
Manager of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (though the present
one is a youngish man) is an official wielding a great deal
of power and authority, and generally speaking a Consular
Officer must be a Consul-General to deal with him on equal
terms. The Resident Director can of course sometimes help,
but his position vis-a-vis the General Manager is somewhat
delicate and the Legation should always be chary of asking
him to intervene.
6. In another and more personal way the presence
of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company makes it desirable that the
senior
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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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