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Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’ [94r] (187/313)
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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tror t of In-Uons had cleared.
/*\ g # v/a then o^lecusaod the tee control over the land
frontier, and I explain© the ayatem which had been
adapted. M#Motanedy seeded to think th; t we had rone
waa to impose an export tax on tea, I explf ined to him,
after consulting ‘'r.Stewart.Secretary, Commerce Department,
on the telephone, that this wee not the case at all* e
now require licensee for ell exporte of tea over the lend
frontier or by sea, the fee for license being only a maa
four per hundred pounds and being Intended to cover the
cost of administration of the 3!«a Kestx’ietion Scheme# I
also explained to him, :fr#Loxley translating, the system
on which the control had bean imposed and the reasons for
its imposition, on the lines of the notes which have been
recently recorded on the relevant file. He gave the
following statistics to show that over the period from
1930-51 to 1933-54 the total imports into Iran of Incian
tea had not been greatly increased, the only difference
being that most of the tea which p eviously went by sea
now went by land:
1950-51.
via zahidan. 290,160 mms.
Via other routes. 1,197,244 mans.
1933-54.
Via zahidan. 1,622,700 mans.
Via other routes. 164,^36 mans*
(1 man - 6* pounds)*
I undertook to show this to the Commerce Department*
10. He then asked whether the duty on turquoises
could not toe reduced. I pointed out that as preoioua
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3496
- Title
- Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 29r:53v, 57r:58v, 61r:118r, 118ar, 118v:119v, 121r:143r, 143ar, 143v:155v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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