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Coll 35/14 'Persia and Persian Gulf: postal administration' [‎41r] (81/411)

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The record is made up of 1 file (204 folios). It was created in 26 Jun 1923-13 Mar 1939. 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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Indian Office away from Duzdap at all costs. It is not
necessary to have Indian exchange at Mirjawa and it should be
moved to British territory if at all.
At any rate secret and confidential mails should on no
account go through Persian inland post but should be delivered
to and despatched by the Consular Trade Agent, Duzdap.
Persian authorities have not objected to existing arrangements
for Consular mail inside Persia and I do not think they
are likely to do so.
This refers to your telegram 1018-S.
Telegram P. Ho. 49-C., dated 10th (received 11th) March 1929.
Prom.••••.Consul-General, Meshed.
To ........Foreign, Hew Delhi.
(Repeated to Tehran Ho. 21 and Sistan).
So far as I know Consular couriers are not recognised
by Customs regulations.
All Consular mails including secret and confidential
documents should I suggest go in special bag to Duzdap
addressed to Vice-Consul and that we should give undertaking
that no dutiable articles would be included. Bag might be
made up in Quetta.
Bag should be handed to the Persian Post Office at
Duzdap and immediately delivered by them with seals intact to
the Vice-Consul who would distribute to Sistan and Meshed
sending letters up by private car as at present. In
return Persians would on giving a reciprocal undertaking
regarding dutiable articles be permitted to send a special
bag from Tehran to Consul Bombay or Calcutta.
This refers to your telegram Ho. 1018-S.

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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)
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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 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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