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Coll 29/74 'Reorganisation of the Consular Service in Persia: establishment of a rest house at Shiraz; arrangements at Isfahan' [468v] (938/956)
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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The Persian aspirations in regard to this waterway are
well-known and so long as these aspirations remain
unsatisfied the possibility of trouble must always be
envisaged. I do not myself think that this trouble is
likely to be of a physical kind, except for relatively
trivial incidents, but in other ways, political and
administrative, the Persian Government can keep their
claim alive. If on the other hand these aspirations are
partially met by the suggested Conservancy Board, I
anticipate recourse to the local authorities will
constantly be necessary in order to ensure that its work
proceeds unhampered and that the British member and his
assistants receive the assistance and. privileges to which
the wording of the Convention will presumably entitle them.
Prom my knowledge of Persian officials I think it unlikely
that the Persian member will prove an effective intermediary
with his own countrymen and the duty will fall upon the
Consular officer. In short, the Shatt-el-Arab is and is
likely to remain the most important politico-geographical
problem in Anglo-Persian relations and constant vigilance
will be necessary to ensure that our rights, or to be more
precise those of ’Iraq, are not whittled away and that
Persian encroachments are dealt with as speedily and
effectively as possible. For this reason again it is
desirable that His Majesty’s Minister should have a local
representative of considerable experience and seniority.
8. A third duty of the Consul at Ahwaz is to
watch the politics of the Bakhtiari, Lur and Arab tribesmen
of his district. This duty is admittedly not so important
as it was, but may at any time become so again. In
particular I am of the opinion that the Bakhtiari tour
should be kept up as far as circumstances, vidilicet the
suspicions
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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'
- 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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