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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [145r] (289/644)
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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216. Later, the Minister for Foreign Affairs informed Mr. Knatehbull-
Hugessen that he was going to visit Kabul in November and would return via
India. The Government of India at once offered to provide him with all possible
facilities for his journey and his Excellency the Viceroy invited him to stay,
should he be able to extend his journey, and pay a visit to Delhi. This invitation
^ he promptly accepted.
217. M. Kazemi then stated that he was anxious to bring experts with him
to discuss commercial matters, but it was agreed that it would not be possib e to
hold more than preliminary conversations on general lines. M. Motamedy, head
of the department in the Ministry which deals with British affairs, later ampli ed
M. Kazemi’s remarks and said that the questions which he particularly wished
to discuss were the Zahidan Railway, Indian tea exports via Zahidan visas tor
Iranian drivers to operate on the Zahidan—Nok Kundi road, and the impoi
duties on Iranian wines and turquoises.
218. His Majesty’s Minister arrived in Delhi on the 16th November, and
on the following days held a number of discussions with members of the Govern
ment of India. Decisions were taken on the attitude to be adopted on all questions
likely to come under review during M. Kazemi’s visit and numerous
questions of mutual interest were also discussed. Great benefit should
undoubtedly result from the direct liaison established between His Majesty s
Legation and the Government of India.
219 M. Kazemi himself arrived on the 21st November, and it was then
learnt with some surprise that he desired that his visit should be treated as one of
courtesy only. But, while it thus became impossible to hold any detailed
discussions with him, a meeting was arranged between M. Motamedy, M - No ^ r ^’
the Iranian consul-general in Delhi, Mr. Caroe, the Deputy Foreign Secretaiy,
and Mr Loxley. At this meeting M. Motamedy raised the questions enumerated
above, and Mr. Caroe, on the British side, spoke of the serious view which the
Government of India took of the manner m which British Indian subjects weie
treated by the Iranian authorities. Further details of the conversation are given
in the relevant sections of this report.
220 In general it may be said that M. Kazemi appeared greatly pleased
with the reception accorded'to him in Delhi. Very little publicity was however
given to his visit in the Iranian press, in contrast to his visit to Kabul, which
obtained considerable prominence in all the papers.
(c) Consuls from the Foreign and Political Department.
221. It remained uncertain at the end of 1934 Whether the Iranian Govern-
ment had or had not withdrawn their objections to consular °fheers fr °“ the
Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India. The appc
ment In the spring of Captain Woods Ballard as consul at Bushire therefore
seemed likely to prove somewhat of a test case.
222 After consideration had been given to the various alternative methods
of raising the question afresh with the Iranian Government it was decidedthat
the best course would be to apply for Captain Woods Ballar T d u S “ Zved
ordinary way without giving any further explanations. These tactics proved
Successful for, though tie head of the Protocol Department was-nt -und by
the Minister for Foreign Affairs to enquire unofficially of His Majesty s Minute
whether* no means coSld be found of meeting the Iranian point of view his
approach was made very half-heartedly and no serious attempt was made to
press the old objections. This appointment having been agreed to, no difficult es
arose in obtaining the consent of the Iranian Government to the various other
appointments of consuls from India that were made later m the year and the
Iranian Government even agreed without demur to the appointment to Zahida
of an officer on the active list of the Indian aimy.
(d) Confiscation of an Indian Newspaper. .
223 In response to a complaint made by the Iranian consul-general m Delhi,
the Governmen^of India confiscated two issues of an Indian - wspap- publmhed
in Lucknow which contained poems defamatory of the Shah, t he Iranians wnne
expressing considerable gratitude for this action, were at first anxious that the
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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.
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- 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.
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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 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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- 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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