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Coll 28/39 ‘Persia: Printed Correspondence 1929-1936’ [‎2r] (14/1174)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (583 folios). It was created in 10 Mar 1930-1 Feb 1937. It was written in English, French and Persian. 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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Despatch from British J ft 1 a TTrpvr .
Anthony Eden, M-C M P ’ etc “ p T ° THE RlGHT Hon ootabi. e
No. 303/37-6-36, date^ the 13th June 1936 TC '’ THE 0REIGN ° FFICE ’
^Vith reference to Sir Hu^he KnpfptiLnii tt ?
o the 7th January, I have theVnour ' E eSpatC !! No ' 5
of two notes-verbales from the Ministrv n+ S 1 A I herewitl1 copies
trr. - "»■«- ty i^a?*3K %s ‘sTys-
Majesty s Legation and Consulates. It will he observed tW in f HlS
bale No. 9875 of the 21st May is a renlv in ill ^ the note - v er-
copy was enclosed in Sir Hughe KnatehLll w alde ; m emoire of which a
ference. .Mb , h „ £f 0 E'!,f‘" ’ J <1 * ,p ‘“ h u “ 1 ” '*■
addressed to all foreign misMons^ 0 ' ,81 ® o'* h « >■«« ■< a cironla,
abrbal a, Hi, Maje,.,-, £^S7i2SiS»KSr £
r. srxi," ss w Ez
stnte that the Iranian Government cannot grant exemption to servants. h
. is reply is satisfactory in so far as exemption is granted to British
members of clerical staffs. But it falls short of the desfde^
Uon^nTCTanted^h 1011 r f erence . has been mad e above, in that exemp-
tmn is not granted to three classes of persons for whom it was reouested
membe r s of clerical staff s who are not British Sub-
the T t Britlsb S p bject f and other non-Iranians on the menial staffs of
Minister^ 011 and Consulates ’ ( ni ) the P ri ™te servants of His Majesty’s
4. There are no persons in class (i) above on the staff of His Majesty’s
negation, and it seems unlikely that there can be many on the staffs of Con-
suiates. In class ( 11 ) there are on the staff of His Majesty’s Legation three
Biitish Indian sowars and one other British subject, a Hazara ferash.
The amount of income-tax payable by these men is extremely small, since
the rate is only 1 per cent, on incomes under Rials 5,000 per annum. The
ferash for instance would pay only Rials 29 (7/Qd.) per annum, and the
sowais about Rials 40 (10). With regard to the private servants of His
Majesty s Minister, I understand that Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen
was not sanguine about the chances of obtaining exemption for them In
the circumstances you may consider that it is scarcely worth while to press
tor exemption for the official servants and other persons affected. I should
be grateful for your instructions on this point.
5. I am sending copies of this despatch to the Foreign Secretary to the
Government of India No. 149 and to all His Majesty’s Consular Officers in
Iran, Circular Despatch No. 26.
Enclo. I to S. No. (62).
Translation of a Note-Verbale from the Protocol Department of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to His Majesty’s Legation, dated
Ordibehesht 31st, 1315 (21st May, 1936), No. 9869.
Circular Memorandum,
The Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs present
their compliments (to the honourable Legation) and have the honour to state,
in connection with the income-tax payable by members of Legations that if
the members of the honourable Legation satisfy the conditions laid down in
438(C) f&pd
INDIA Fom "ARY'S
Lette* ?j M.
Dato G ijMi
Recti ] Itb.1937

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Printed correspondence from the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department (later referred to as the External Affairs Department) relating to Persia [Iran]. The original correspondence was exchanged between British representatives in Persia (chiefly the British Legation in Tehran), the Foreign Office, and 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 correspondence concerns: the announcement by the Persian Government of laws, decrees, regulations, budgets, and other governmental communiqués, the texts of which were usually published in Persian newspapers (including Le Journal de Tehran , Shafaq-e-Surkh , Le Messenger de Teheran and Iran ); reports on provincial affairs in Persia, chiefly in the form of reports submitted by British Consuls; Persia’s foreign relations, particularly those with Soviet Russia [Soviet Union, USSR]; correspondence dated 1929 and 1930 reporting on events in northern Persia (Azerbaijan and Khorasan) where large numbers of Russian refugees settled in the wake of the October Revolution; copies of diplomatic exchanges between the British Legation in Tehran and the Persian Government, the latter represented by figures including the Persian Prime Minister Mirza Mohamed Ali Khan Feroughi, the Minister of the Court of Iran Abdolhossein Teymourtash, and Hassan Ali Ghaffari of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the activities of the Shah, with a particular focus on his modernisation policies that were implemented across Persia during the 1930s.

A large number of items in the file are in French. These include the texts of Persian Government laws, Persian newspaper articles, and correspondence from Persian politicians. The file also includes a memorandum on the Persian renderings of ‘imperial’ that contains Persian text (ff 305-306).

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (583 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 579; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English, French and Persian in Latin and Arabic script
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