Coll 35/14 'Persia and Persian Gulf: postal administration' [‎18r] (35/411)

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The file concerns the postal service in Persia and in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The file contains:

• Review of postal service in Persia [Iran] and in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , with complaints of inefficiencies since their transfer under Persian administration, 1923
• Bushire - Shiraz mail service, 1923
• Proposed appointment of a Persian Director-General of Posts in Persia, whilst the Foreign Office was suggesting a Belgian to be appointed instead, 1924
• Appointment of Prince Moazed-ed-Dowleh as Director General of Posts, 1924
• Refusal of Persian Government to pay claims for loss of registered postal parcels, 1924
• Transfer of the Indian Post Office of exchange from Duzdap [Zahedan] to Mirjawa [Mirjaveh], 1925
• Transmission of parcels between Europe and Persia via Iraq, 1925
• Additional parcel post service via Lebanon, Syria and Iraq to Tehran, 1926
• Relations between Duzdap Railway authorities and Persian Customs administration, 1926
• Proposal for establishing insured parcel service between Persia and India via Duzdap, 1928
• Indian Exchange Post Office at Mirjawa, 1932; proposed closure of, 1939.

The file is composed of correspondence between: HM Legation at Tehran; HM Consulate for Sistan and Kain; 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 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 The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Persian Ministry for Foreign Affairs; the Secretary of State for India; Anglo-Persian Oil Company; the Superintendent of Post Offices for Baluchistan; and the General Post Office.

There are letters in French in the file, from the Universal Postal Union, from the Foreign Office to the Persian Government, and from the Director-General of the Persian Postal Service.

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1 file (204 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 205; 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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English and French in Latin script

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