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Coll 28/35 ‘Flying of Flags in; Persian Regulations re. flying of flags by foreigners in Persia. In. of Consular buildings’ [‎86r] (171/579)

The record is made up of 1 file (288 folios). It was created in 10 Oct 1931-31 Oct 1937. 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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Bxtract from Persian Government note No. 11208
of 31-5-34.
With regard to your statement that the Consul
will reside in Kerman hut that for a few months each
year he will visit Bandar Ahhas and will then occupy
what has hitherto been the British Consulate in the
sense that the Consul will have a second post 9 and
that it is desired to maintain in this building a
small office, similar to the passport office main
tained by the Imperial Government at Quetta, and for
convenience of British seamen and other British
subjects to fly the flag there on appropriate
occasions as is done at Quetta, even when the Consul
is not present, I beg to state that there is no
objection to putting the first part of this proposal
into effect, but your proposal that the flag be flown
there even when the Consul is not present is against
the regulations of the country. Of course, at times
when the Consul occupies the building, it will he
possible in accordance with the regulations which I
have formerly communicated to four Excellency, to fly
the flag over the gate of the building on British
National holidays and on Sundays as practised by the
other foreign Consulates in Persia, but there will be
no question of flying the flag when the Consul is not
present at Bandar Abbas.

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Correspondence concerning the flying of flags and the positioning of flag staffs at British consular buildings in Persia [Iran], including at Britain’s naval base on the island of Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], and the British Consulate at Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The file begins in 1931 with an objection from the Persian Government of the flying of a British flag (the Red Ensign) at buildings in Persian territory, operated by the Imperial and International Communications Company. Subsequent correspondence discusses:

  • The question of whether the Imperial and International Communications Company is entitled, as a private concern, to fly the national flag.
  • The significance to the Persian authorities of flag staffs as claims of territorial sovereignty.
  • Instructions issued to British consular properties in Persia in 1932 to remove flag staffs from their grounds, and to instead fly their flags from the roof of consular buildings.
  • National holidays on which foreign missions and consulates might fly their flags in Persia, with a list of dates on folio 78.
  • Reciprocal measures, imposed by the Government of India, limiting the flying of flags by Persian officials in India.

The file’s principal correspondents are: the British Legation at Tehran (Major Percy Charles Russell Dodd, Reginald Hervey Hoare; Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull Hugesson); the Foreign Office (George William Rendel, Lacy Baggallay); 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. (Charles William Baxter); 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe; Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard William Craven Fowle).

The file contains a small number of items written in French.

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1 file (288 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 289; 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 28/35 ‘Flying of Flags in; Persian Regulations re. flying of flags by foreigners in Persia. In. of Consular buildings’ [‎86r] (171/579), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3431, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100065004423.0x0000ae> [accessed 27 April 2024]

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