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Coll 35/2 'Persia and Persian Gulf: steamer arrangements in the Persian Gulf; including arrangements for the carriage and delivery of consular and diplomatic mails to posts in Persia' [‎256r] (516/1171)

The record is made up of 1 file (579 folios). It was created in 28 Aug 1930-13 Feb 1948. 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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BUSHIRB MAIL AHRANGEMEMPS.
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(1) Air Mail,
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po^AjLt (tx.QJt
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5he present system is that v;e send a fortnightly air mail
packet to Bushire containing confidential matter. The packet
is despatched from 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. under cover to the Consul
at Basra "who forwards it by sea mail to Bushire under the courier
system, the Legation at Bagdad obtaining from the Persian Legation
a courier’s vi£a for the Captain of the steamer. This system
is safe but it appears at present to take about three weeks from
it IS t&jaJt
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. to Bushire. -Wo era 01.1 me that^confidential matter
from Bushire addressed to 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. is similarly sent
under the courier system, a courier’s vi^a being obtained from
the Persian li k gntlwii- at Bushire. The air mail from Bushire
also appears to take about three weeks to reach this Office.
Bo one has yet explained satisfactorily the reason for the
long delay under these arrangements, especially as regards the
inward mail from Bushire. We had previously understood that the
delay in the outward service was due to the difficulty of
obtaining a Persian viya from the Persian Legation at Bagdad,
but Sir Francis Humphrys, in his despatch of 17th December,
paragraph 2, says that no undue difficulty is now encountered
over vixas. The demi official letter of 15th December from the
Tehran Legation suggests that under present arrangements our
confidential air mail to Bushire should take 8 days and in
Mr. Laithwaite's d.o.letter c^f 9th February, 1934 (P.Z.954/34)
to Colonel Fowle we suggested a period of 10 days, or at the
very most 17 days, assuming that the mail is held up for a week
owing to the difficulty of obtaining vixas.
If the present system can be speeded up it is obviously
the best and most direct and also safe for confidential matter,
but it may not be possible to obtain more than the present
fortnightly service by this route as at present.
(b)/

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The file concerns the dispatch of consular and diplomatic mails by steamer and air mail service to and from Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The file covers:

  • Transmission of sealed bags, containing official correspondence, to consular officers in Persia [Iran]
  • Negotiations with Persian Government for the transmission of consular mail to British representatives through Persian post offices
  • Bags for Tehran Legation
  • Persian diplomatic courier regulations, routes, and visas for couriers
  • Government of India willing to grant reciprocal treatment to Persian consular mails to and from India
  • Methods of forwarding secret documents to consular posts in East Persia
  • Postal service between India and Iran
  • Despatch of mails to Kuwait
  • Sketch of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. routes, 1944 (f 94).

The file is composed of correspondence between: the British Legation at Tehran; the British Embassy at Baghdad; the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the British Consuls at Meshed [Mashhad], Sistan and Kain, Kerman, Birjand; the Government of India; the Persian Legation in London; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; the Secretary of State for India; the Foreign Office; 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 General Post Office, London; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Persia; the Postmaster-General at Bombay; the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait; the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain; the Air Ministry; the Ministry of War Transport; and British India Steam Navigation Company.

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1 file (579 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate 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 580; 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 35/2 'Persia and Persian Gulf: steamer arrangements in the Persian Gulf; including arrangements for the carriage and delivery of consular and diplomatic mails to posts in Persia' [‎256r] (516/1171), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/4101, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100060649679.0x000077> [accessed 24 April 2024]

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