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' [268r] (540/1171)
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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Extract paragraphs 6 and 7 of demi-official letter
Fo.958-S of 27th December 1932 from the Hon f ble Lieut•-
Colonel T.C.Fowle,C.B.L.
political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the Persian
Gulf, to J.C.V/alton Lsquire,C.B. ,M.C. ,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.
,
London•
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6 . The whole crux, however, of the situation is that
letters have to pass through the Persian post here - inward
and outward - no matter by what route they arrive unless
carried by courier.
Last March to obviate this difficulty, we made an
arrangement with "Mespers" (Mesopotamia Persia Corporation
Limited, a British concern), the British India Steam Naviga
tion Company Agents, who collect the mails from the ships,
which resulted in the mails not having’ to lie in the Persian
post office overnight either outward or inward. (The mails
arriving by Airways were of course quite simple as the pilots
were couriers and received and handed over mails at the
aerodrome from and to a
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.
representative, v/ith the
transfer of the route to the Arabian side this safe channel
of safe communication ceased to function).
7. Now, however, owing to the shortening of daylight
during the winter, our arrangement for the delivery of the
inward mails from Iraq has fallen through, for on two
occasions the mail steamer from Basrah arrived late in the
evening and the mails reached the shore well after dark. As
the Persian post office will not sort and deliver mails after
dark the whole mail was locked up in the post office overnight
and dealt with the next morning.
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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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- Title
- 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'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r, 2r:7v, 10r:119r, 119ar:119av, 119v:139r, 139ar:139av, 139v:250v, 252r:344v, 346r:359v, 362r:414v, 416r:485v, 489r:536v, 538r:544v, 550r:574v, 580r:582v, 582v, back
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