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Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’ [‎29r] (57/313)

The record is made up of 1 file (154 folios). It was created in 14 Aug 1935-16 Apr 1936. 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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■ion§leur Kazetni* e Journey to yvfmianlstan and Inula
Translation of article published in the Koushesh of
the 7th Bohman (28th January, 1936) •
Banquet at Viceroy House, Delhi,
On the 1st Azar (23rci Hovenber) a full official
banquet in honour of the arrival In India of the Uinlster for
foreign Affairs and his companions v/as given in the beautiful
buildings of Viceroy House* Two days previoeuly invitation
cards had been sent to some fifty two distinguished men,
Ministers and high Indian officials and their wives, to Monsieur
Nurzad, i ersian Consul-General at Delhi and his wife and to the
companions of the Minister for Foreign Affairs* Mr* Knatchbull-
Kugessen, British Minister at Tehran and his wife were also
present at the reception* Some important Indians and Mahrajas
such as the Mahrajah of Patiala, who was in Delhi at the time.
were also invited*
At a quarter past one on the 23rd November, the
guests assembled and, after they had been Introduced to the
special aides-de-camp of the Viceroy, they lined up on either
side of the rectangular drawingroom and payed their respects
to the Viceroy (an elderly and experienced man,) and his wife
as they entered. All the guests were then introduced by the
aides-de-camp to the; Viceroy and his wife. ’ he n these form
alities were completed the guests were invited to taiee lunch
and took their places in the great dining hall in the seats
which had been allotted to them* All the servants were Indians
and most of them GiAhs* They xffore long red clothes with cummer
bund and red turban and in accordonqe with custom performed their
duties barefooted. One servant waited on three guests and
attended them with the utmost care.
After lunch a small bell which had be?en placed on
the table near the Viceroy was rung and complete silence
/prevailed

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Correspondence, memoranda and newspaper cuttings relating to an official visit made by the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bagher Kazemi, to Kabul, Afghanistan, and New Delhi, India. The file’s principal correspondents include: HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran, Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India. Aside from general commercial matters, specific subjects discussed by Kazemi and Government of India officials, as recorded in memoranda and notes in the file, include: the Duzdap [Zahedan] railway; the status of 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. at Bushire, Iran, and questions over its transfer to Bahrain; the demarcation of the Iran-Baluchistan frontier; the employment of officers of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India at consular posts in Iran; lorry traffic on the Nok Kundi to Zahidan [Zahedan] road. The file also contains a sequence of newspaper articles dated 2-27 February 1936, appearing in the French-language newspaper Le Journal de Teheran , and reporting at length on Kazemi’s visit (ff 6-28).

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1 file (154 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 155; 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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