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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [49r] (97/644)
The record is made up of 1 file (320 folios). It was created in 6 Dec 1933-27 Mar 1947. It was written in English and French. 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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551. On the closing down of Imperial Airways it became necessary'to
consider what arrangements could be made for bags to Bushire, and the consul-
general proposed that the previous system, by which the Persian post was used,
with certain precautions, should be adopted. It was not, however, considered wise
to entrust secret matter to this route, and the Legation proposed that the captains
of British India steamers might, in case of need, be used as couriers.
(B) Judicial Proceedings.
His Majesty's Consxd at Kermanshah.
552. As foreshadowed in paragraph 539 of the annual report for 1931,
Reuben Lalehzar did, in fact, appeal against the finding of the local court, and
a notice was served on Mr. Hoyland, stating that the appeal would be heard at
Ramadan on the 22nd September. Sanction was thereupon obtained from the
Foreign Office for the engagement of a prominent Tehran lawyer to watch the
proceedings on behalf of His Majesty’s consul on the lines laid down in
paragraph 536 of the last annual report. This lawyer, Dr. Naficy, left for
Ramadan as arranged on the 18th September, only to find that the Court of
Appeal was in process of being moved to Kermanshah, and that it was therefore
impossible for the hearing to be held. It having been ascertained from
Mr. Hoyland that he had received no warning of this move, a protest against this
discourtesy was addressed by His Majesty’s Minister to the Persian Government.
By the end of the year no notice had been received of the date on which the post
poned hearing of the appeal would be held.
Sir Percy Sykes.
553. Nothing more was heard of the suit against Sir Percy Sykes (see
paragraphs 540-541 of the annual report for 1931).
(C) Flags.
554. Unfortunately, the policy of inactivity alluded to in paragraph 549 of
last year’s report could not be continued, as early in February news was received
from Zabul that the police there and at Zahedan had received instructions to
remove the consular flags by force. A similar report was received from Bandar
Abbas, and at Bushire the Governor asked, quite courteously, that the flagstaffs
should not be used. His Majesty’s Minister at once protested strongly against
the use of threats of this kind, but, in accordance with the Foreign Office ruling,
it was decided to yield if the Persian Government insisted, and all consuls were
instructed to make the necessary arrangements, the Minister for Foreign Affairs
agreeing to give a period of grace in which poles could be erected on roofs, gate
houses, &c., and no interference would take place. The only other posts affected
were Ramadan and Kermanshah. When His Majesty’s Minister explained that
the necessary alterations at some posts might take longer, the Minister for
Foreign Affairs, who throughout showed a most unfriendly spirit, declined to
accept the consequences if they did. No incidents took place, however.
555. Various interesting details emerge from this brief history of events.
556. The original Persian demand appears to have been made at the
instigation of the head of the Protocol Department of the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs, who based his theories on two notoriously unsund treatises on inter
national law by French authors.
557. The Persian Government had up to the end of the year refrained from
insisting that their original demand, that flags should only be flown on days of
ceremony, be rigidly enforced, the only hint of interest being shown in Birjand.
The Governor’s request was not, however, followed up.
558. In the course of the discussions it transpired that the Persian passport
officer at Quetta flew a flag daily from a pole erected in his garden. It was
decided not to press for the removal of this pole unless the Persian Government
reverted to the question alluded to in the previous paragraph.
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Annual reports for Persia [Iran] produced by staff at the British Legation in Tehran. The reports were sent to the Foreign Office by HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran (from 1943, Ambassador to Iran). The reports cover the following years: 1932 (ff 2-50); 1933 (ff 51-98); 1934 (ff 99-128); 1935 (ff 129-165); 1936 (ff 166-195); 1937 (ff 196-227); 1938 (ff 228-249); 1939 (ff 250-251); 1940 (ff 252-257); 1941 (ff 258-266); 1942 (ff 267-277); 1943 (ff 278-289); 1944 (ff 290-306); 1945 (ff 307-317); 1946 (ff 318-320).
The reports for 1932 to 1938 are comprehensive in nature (each containing their own table of contents), and cover: an introductory statement on affairs in Persia, with a focus on the Shah’s programme of modernisation across the country; an overview of foreign relations between Persia and other nations, including with the United Kingdom, British India, and Iraq; Persia’s involvement in international conventions and agreements, for example the League of Nations and the Slave Traffic Convention; British interests in or associated with Persia, including Bahrain and Bahrainis resident in Persia, the 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. at Bushire, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Imperial Bank of Persia, and the Imperial and International Communications Company; political affairs in Persia, including court and officials, majlis, tribes and security; economic affairs in Persia (government finances and budgets, trade, industry, agriculture, opium production); communications (aviation, railways, roads); consular matters; military matters (army, navy, air force).
Reports from 1939 to 1946 are briefer in nature, Reports from 1941 onwards focusing on the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Persia, and the role of United States advisors in the Persian Government’s administration.
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (320 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s reports are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Each report for the years 1932-1938 begins with a table of contents referring to that report’s own printed pagination sequence.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 321; 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 file contains one foliation anomaly, f 308A
Pagination: Each of the reports included in the file has its own printed pagination system, commencing at 1 on the first page of the report.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’
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- front, front-i, 2r:91r, 92r:308v, 308ar:308av, 309r:320v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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