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Coll 29/64 'Isfahan: consulate appointments' [‎37r] (73/116)

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The record is made up of 1 file (54 folios). It was created in 29 May 1930-8 May 1944. 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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Sir,
British Consulate Office
Isfahan.
1st October, 1941.
3T)
of your despatch No. 1 (5 8/58/41^ of the 19th September last
on the subject of Consular representation at Isfahan and
Shiraz, to submit a report on the extra expenditure likely
to be incurred in the reojoening of Isfahan as a permanent
Vice-Consulate.
small office some fifteen feet by twelve. It is rented at
450 rjaLs a month, on a three years lease dating from the 18th
August, 1940. , The office is inadequate for a consular officer
and his staff as well, there is no waiting room and there is
no other room to expand into. I consider further accommodation
necessary therefore, and suggest that a dwelling-house be
leased in the vicinity for_the officer’s residence. The rent
of a house of five or six rooms would be 600-1000 rials a month.
If the present office lease could be broken by agreement with
the landlord, a new combined office and residence could perhaps
be taken, and in many ways this course would be preferable.
The extra expenditure in the second eventuality would be about
the same, and it might be less.
3. The present rest-house would then be turned into a
consular office. The office furniture is of poor quality, but
it would suffice for the present if, say, £20 were allowed for
local purchases as need became apparent. A ’’British Consulate
Isfahan” shield is available, as are also a ’’British Consulate
Isiahan” wax seal and ink seal. There is no corresponding
date-stamp, but something could be improvised locally. A steel
press in which to keep confidential files is really necessary,
although I do not know whether this can be supplied. A second
typewriter would be very useful although, knowing the present
scarcity of machines, I hesitate to say that it is strictly
indispensable.
4. A telephone should be installed. The receiver costs
800^rials, two’batteries'50 rials, say 1000 rials with the cost
of installation. The telephone department does not supply these
articles, but only brings the wire up to the house. Telephone
services cost 25 rials a month.
5. The safe is a good Hobbs bolted steel safe with a
key lock, the key being at present kept in a small combination-
lock cashbox borrowed from Shiraz. It is large enough to hold a
set of cyphers, but cannot take much more. I imagine that in
present war conditions it will not be possible to supply a
combination-lock safe for Isfahan, and that therefore the
present safe will have to suffice for the cyphers.
6. With regard to additional staff, you have already
kindly sanctioned the engagement of an interpreter, in your
telegram Ho. T/12 of the 15th September. I have found a
suitable/
His Majesty’s Minister,
etc., etc ., etc .,
British Legation,
Tehran.

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The file concerns appointments at the British Consulate at Isfahan.

The file contains correspondence related to:

  • appointment of Lancaster, as Acting British Vice-Consul, 1930
  • 1940 reopening of Consular Post at Isfahan, after closure in 1933
  • appointment of Mayers as Vice-Consul, 1941
  • purchase of a new bicycle for the use of Isfahan Consulate, 1941
  • increase of salaries of staff at Isfahan Consulate, 1941
  • appointment of J R Robbins as Vice-Consul, 1944.

The file is composed of correspondence between Foreign Office; 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. ; Government of India; British Consulate at Isfahan; British Consulate at Shiraz; and the British Legation at Tehran.

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1 file (54 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 58; these numbers are written in pencil 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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