Coll 27/5 ‘Passports. Passport Control on Indo-Persian Frontier.’ [10r] (19/463)
The record is made up of 1 file (226 folios). It was created in 8 May 1930-23 May 1935. It was written in English. 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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N0> 131.
COPY .. **
18 JUL 1934
TO INDIA
British Legation*
&\lh9&.
iBth June* 1954*
Sir*
With reference to prcvioua correspondence
on the subject of the export of ailrer to India in transit
via Persia* I have the honour to report that a Mr* T.V.
Vasanta, a British Indian subject* recently called at the
Goasercial Secretariat of this Legation to enquire if the
Indian Government had imposed a customs duty on diamonds
entering India via lahedan* Mr* Yasanta was informed
that no information was available on this point*
3. Mr. Vasesta stated that his firm Imported
diamonds by air mail from Antwerp to Baghdad* and that
they were forwarded by registered post to destination in
India* Mr* Yasanta is believed to be associated with
the firm of F*f* Advani* representing Nagindas Laloobhai
and Sons* wholesale diamond merchants and jewellers* with
head offices st Palanpuri Building* Lhanji street* Bombay.
5 * I am sending copies of this despatch to
Els Majesty's Principal secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs (Ho. 291)*
I have the honour to be* Sir*
Your Kxoellency's
moat obedient Servant*
(Signed) R. H. Hoare.
the Right Honourable
Sir K Stanley JacAson* P«C** G.C.S.I**
etc** etc** etc**
Foreign and political department.
SIMLA
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The file contains correspondence relating to passport control on the Indo-Persian frontier.
It includes correspondence concerning the following:
- The examination of passports by the British Vice Consulate, Duzdab, of Persian [Iranian] subjects entering India via Duzdab (also called Duzdap in the file) [Zahedan]
- Visa fees charged by the Persian Consul at Quetta for visas issued to British subjects
- The grant of visas to Afghan subjects travelling to India via Meshed and Duzdab
- The re-organisation of the passport control arrangements on the Indo-Persian frontier
- The decision of the Government of India to discontinue the British passport control system at Duzdab
- The reported ‘loss’ of British passports by Indian British subjects in Persia (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. supposition that these passports were being traded)
- Alleged deposits required from British subjects applying for visas for entry into Persia from India
- The importation of cut diamonds from Iran into India.
The main correspondents include:
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 Foreign Office; HM Consul General and Agent of the Government of India, Meshed; the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign and Political Department (and the Deputy Foreign Secretary); HM Consul for Sistan and Kain; the Agent to the Governor General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan; HM Minister at Kabul; HM Minister at Tehran.
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 (226 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 230; 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.
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- Coll 27/5 ‘Passports. Passport Control on Indo-Persian Frontier.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:22r, 22ar, 22v:91v, 93r:123v, 125r:221r, 221ar, 221v, 223r:230v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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