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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [108v] (216/644)
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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168. In reply to this note, the Minister for Foreign Affairs repeated that the
building searched was not considered part of the vice-consulate and that there
was, therefore, no discourtesy. He added that the circumstances were such that,
even if the building had been part of the vice-consulate, there was no call for any
courtesy to be extended. Finally, he drew attention to the fact that a “ courtesy
was not to be confused with a “ right.”
169. His Majesty’s Minister expressed his surprise at the second statement,
and, in reply to the third, pointed out that he had made no mention of “ rights.”
He followed up this note by transmitting a plan of the vice-consulate, showing
conclusively that the building searched, while 250 yards from the vice-consul’s
house, was within the enceinte and close to the office.
170. After several reminders, the Minister for Foreign Affairs replied that
renewed enquiries established that there had been no breach of international law.
To this His Majesty’s Minister answered that he had never relied on international
law, but rather on the courtesy common between nations. He added that the
house searched was indisputably part of the vice-consulate and that there was no
case of hot pursuit. In England, even in a case of hot pursuit, the police would
first have sought permission for a search.
(g) Tribal Unrest.
171. During the year tribal unrest in Fast and South-East Persia assumed
serious proportions. There was also trouble on the Afghan frontier in the north;
this is dealt with in section II (C) (1). Owing, however, to the lack of reliable
information in the area, it was not easy for the Legation to obtain details.
172. In February His Majesty’s Minister received a note containing the
accusation that two British “ secret agents ” had crossed the frontier and con
ducted intrigues with a leading Baluchi chief. It was implied that their object
had been to seduce Persian subjects from their allegiance.
173 His Majesty’s Minister did his best to persuade the Minister for
Foreign Affairs that this note was not one which could be presented to a friendly
Power, but he was unable to get Kazemi to withdraw it. Needless to say,
enquiries on the spot confirmed that there was no truth in this story. His
Majesty’s Minister was instructed so to inform the Persian Government in a
curtly-worded note, and to add that His Majesty’s Government in the United
Kingdom were surprised that any such report should have been taken seriously.
174. Rumours of persistent trouble continued to reach the Legation,
culminating in a report from a well-informed and reliable source that the Khan
of Remishk, who was one of the ringleaders, had run 2,000 German-made rifles.
The senior naval officer failed by the end of the year to find any evidence substan
tiating this report, but from remarks made by a Persian official it may be taken as
certain that gun-running on a considerable scale had in fact taken place.
175. At the close of the year, it was evident that the Persian Government
were becoming seriously alarmed at the inability of the forces in East and South-
East Persia to cope with the tribesmen (see also section II (A) (2) (o)).
(4) Special Indian Relations.
(a) Consuls from the
Indian Political Service
The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47.
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176. In September a minor official of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
brought to the oriental secretary an official note in reply to one from the Legation
iequesting exequaturs for Colonel Daly in his new position as consul-general at
Meshed and foi Major 1 yper as vice-consul at .Zabul. This note itself merelv
requested that other persons be selected for the posts; the official, however,
explained that the I oisian Government had decided to request that in future no
officers from the
Indian Political Service
The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47.
be chosen as consuls in Persia. He
stated that these officers were accustomed to deal with a subject race and brought
these methods with them to Persia. He did not wish to make any personal com
plaints; it was the traditional outlook of the “ Indian ” consuls to which the
Persian Government took exception. The oriental secretary was unable to
persuade the official not to deliver the note.
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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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- 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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