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Coll 28/89 ‘Persia. Reports regarding the education, etc., of the Crown Prince and proceedings of the Royal Family.’ [‎33r] (65/149)

The record is made up of 1 file (72 folios). It was created in 12 Sep 1931-18 Jan 1949. 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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jo, 364.
(606/4T/3iJ).
16th November, X 93 B*
My Lor*d #
I hftYt th« hon^r to transmit to you herewith copies of
& French tranalation of a law, introlucea before the Manila and
unanimously passed on the 5th ftoveribe*r 1-st, to interpret Article
XXXVII of the suppleaent to the umiamontnl T*aw of the Persian
ampire*
The original Fttndamental jaw, conaiating of 51 articles,
wa* promulgated on the 30th ooember, 1906* The Supplement of
10? articles followed on the 7th October, 1907, and the thirty-
seTenth article here referred to reads as follow©j-
*The succession to the Throne, in case of there being
more than on© son, passes to the eldest son of the Ming whose
mother is a princess ami of Persian race* in caoe the King
should have no male is&ue, the eldest male of the hoyal J aciily
who is next of fcin shall rank next in succeonion to the Throne*
If, however, in the case supposed above, male heirs should
subsequently be born to the King, the succession will de .Tore
revert to such heir* *
3* fhis is not the first interpretation th^t has been
decreed in connexion with the article in question* In
consequence of the replacement of the F.ajnr by the pahlavi dynasty,
the question of the succession was dealt with in the Majlis on the
l£th December, 1926, by the following modiflc tlon, which was
reported by sir p* Moraine in his despatch fo. 667 of the 16th
December, 192&$-
The -tight H,on /arable
The Viscount finlifftx,
K• ! , (j 0 • U• I• , (^C* I*i^« ,
etc*, etc*, etc*.
/ *Th©
9091X09 OFFICE

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Correspondence from the British Legation in Tehran, press cuttings, and copies of Persian Government announcements (in French) relating to the movements and activities of members of the Persian royal family, and in particular, the Crown Prince, Muḥammad Reza Pahlavi. The file covers: the Crown Prince and the Persian Minister of Court’s [Abdolhossein Khan Teymourtash] visit to Europe in 1931; reports on the education of the Crown Prince in Geneva, Switzerland, between 1935 and 1936; the Shah’s betrothal of his two daughters in 1936; the engagement and wedding of the Crown Prince to the Egyptian Princess Fowzieh [Fawzia Fuad] in 1938; constitutional changes to Persian law and the conference of Iranian nationality upon Princess Fowzieh; British officials’ desire to discourage ‘sensational newspapers and magazines’ from Britain from covering the Crown Prince’s wedding; the activities and movements after the Second World War of Ashraf Pahlavi, twin sister of Muḥammad Reza Pahlavi, and her husband Ahmed Chafik Bey, Director of Civil Aviation in Iran.

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1 file (72 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 74; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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Coll 28/89 ‘Persia. Reports regarding the education, etc., of the Crown Prince and proceedings of the Royal Family.’ [‎33r] (65/149), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3495, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100060733757.0x000044> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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