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File 2908/1907 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf:- Quarantine; German complaint’ [‎23r] (45/250)

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The record is made up of 1 item (125 folios). It was created in 26 Feb 1903-1 Dec 1908. It was written in English. 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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so that they may know «h»t la pemioaihle ana what la forbld-
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troublo of giving notioea to the donaulatoB after any of the
ships' aganta or any one alas haa taken an action afcioi'i ho
aid not katm to b© forbidden and against the law.
it would thorofcra bo a natter of gratification to me if
you will kindly lot no know as to wfcars. An what date, and by
wiioee ocaawnda the rul*e to which you refer wore brought into
fores and wore notified, and by what noana a copy thereof cm
oc. obtained, eo that I aay notify its contents to the parties
who mmt hm® inforoatim*
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or; hom'd the stoaaor "^aliGla”, I Umvo Um honour to intom
$ou when he hom*d&d the ot#aisor wu& in the
port nor* in tlio •Buolriro (Hoto* Olio BtemwT ron
agromd opposit® Pesliira, whore lionmiem* ian.mipator her )
or a latter Jo#S/^)6 # dated ti,i® 80th Jim© 1908, frm
sHt'lrrr Officer In tiio i'eraiaai, QuiX, .UEhir#, to
f Consul# Buahlr®*
£ hmo ilm ftdecte* to aoimowle^;;# receipt of your letter
bo#317, dated leto June 1908, in reply to rija$o#s/303 # dated
Hth Jui'i# 1908*
ihe rule that no om should board a alaip until she .has
teem dealt witli by the AuUioriti&o ia such a fumia-
cental me tiiat it io obviously unnecessary to mention It in
ouch a dooiesent as tiie Paris Conventions to fact it forris the
basis m whlcli the whole quarantine system hinges* The rule
is so wall imcrnn that it has not boon found nooemmy in other
specially
&mm to/draw attention to it* however# to obviate any fu
ture airriciaties I tame tots opport-unity of toforming you
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The item consists of part three of the subject file 2908/1907 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Quarantine. This part broadly covers two topics: the proceedings of the International Sanitary Conference at Paris (1903) and complaints made by German consular staff at Bushire against the conduct of Captain Thomas Beauchamp Williams whilst undertaking his duties as Chief Quarantine Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

Correspondence outlining the details of three quarantine incidents has been included:

Complaints against Captain Williams over his conduct during the latter two incidents were lodged by Count Quadt, German Minister at Tehran, at the Tehran Sanitary Council: see folios 4-6 for related papers. A copy – in French – of a report of the proceedings of the fifty-third session of the Tehran Sanitary Council can be found on folios 11-14.

A copy – in French with English translation – of the International Sanitary Convention, signed at Paris 3 December 1903, can be found on folios 43-108. For supplementary correspondence outlining the proceedings of the British delegation at the Conference, see folios 109-125.

The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Tehran (Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice), HM Chargé d'affaires at Tehran (Charles Murray Marling), 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. (Major Percy Zachariah Cox), the Chief Quarantine Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the German Consul at Bushire (Dr Franz Listermann), officials of the Foreign Office, and officials of 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. .

No papers have been filed for the years 1905-1906.

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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear (folio 125) to the front of the part (folio 1).

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