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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [‎175v] (350/644)

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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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the terminus of the railway to Dalbandin in order to reduce the heavy loss at
which the line was now worked. His Majesty’s Minister, whose comments were
invited, suggested in reply that the withdrawal of the railhead, following so
closely on the imposition of a land customs regime, might create an unfavourable
atmosphere for the forthcoming negotiations for a new Indo-lranian Commercial
Treaty. He was therefore inclined to advocate that the railhead should be allowed
to remain where it was pending commercial negotiations, in which the question
of the railway might perhaps be used as a valuable bargaining counter.
(i) Zahidan Vice-Consulate.
85. His Majesty’s consul-general for Khorassan suggested officially at the
beginning of the year that His Majesty’s vice-consulate at Zahidan should be
established on a permanent basis. It had been established at the end of the war
on a temporary footing only, and sanction for its continued existence had to be
obtained annually from His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and
the Government of India. His Majesty’s Legation supported this proposal both
because it was felt that Zahidan was becoming an increasingly important centre
and because British interests there were considerable.
86. These views were accepted by the Government of India and by His
Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, and it was accordingly definitely
decided during the course of the year to establish the vice-consulate on a
permanent basis.
(j) Consulate Doctors.
87. At the end of 1935, after an objection from the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs that it was wrong in principle for a consular officer to exercise a second
profession, the Iranian Government were informed that it was proposed
henceforth to appoint both a vice-consul and a doctor to Zabul, where hitherto
one man had combined both jobs. In return, the Iranian Government agreed
that, as the necessary new arrangements could not be made immediately, the
existing system should be allowed to continue in force for another three months
(see paragraph 368 of the annual report for 1935).
88. When this three-months period was about to expire, His Majesty’s
Legation, on the instructions of the Government of India, informed the Ministry
for Foreign Affairs that, while the matter was under urgent consideration, it had
not yet proved possible to make definite arrangements for the future. The
Iranian Government were accordingly asked to prolong the period of grace
during which the doctor could still be allowed to perform the functions of vice-
consul. During the previous months, however, the Department of Health had
taken urgent steps to establish an Iranian-run hospital in Zabul, and they
accordingly now refused their consent to the prolongation of the existing dual
arrangement, which they had only sanctioned in the first instance for the reason
that the sudden closure of the consulate hospital would have caused great hardship
in Zabul in the absence of other medical facilities.
89. In these circumstances, it was accordingly decided to terminate Colonel
Pyper’s appointment as vice-consul and to renew his application for a medical
licence, it being felt that it was important to establish his status as a doctor, and
that the withdrawal of his consular rank would not seriously impede his ability
to supervise the work of the vice-consulate, pending other arrangements. The
Iranian Government at once took note of the termination of his consular appoint
ment, but did not reply until the middle of July, four months later, with regard
to his medical licence. They then stated that, as three Government physicians
were now established in Zabul, and as a surgeon would shortly be proceeding
there, there was no need for any other doctor there, and the Department of
Health accordingly regretted that Colonel Pyper could not be given a licence.
90. This note caused a most unfortunate impression. It was then eight
months since the Iranian Government had been informed that it was proposed
to appoint both a vice-consul and a doctor to Zabul in future, and during that
period they had not merely never demurred to the proposed arrangement, but had
repeatedly explained that their sole objection was to the exercise of a second
profession by an officer enjoying consular privileges. They had thus tacitly
allowed the Government of India and His Majesty’s Government in the United

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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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