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File 4535/1928 Pt 10 ‘Persian Gulf: Anglo-Persian Negotiations 1928-30. Question of removal of Residency from Bushire.’ [‎110r] (215/460)

The record is made up of 1 item (228 folios). It was created in 16 Oct 1928-28 Nov 1929. 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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precis of correspondence on the splitting of the
functions of Consul-General and 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.
m the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and removal of the 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 from Persian soil.
± 3le_x^^dated_.2 t th October, 1928. fra, th - -oli fic .1
Residenu i r Inonelflawortil - ? . 59 ^ 5 /^S
^^3/2b. - sir Lionel
Haworth was strongly opposed to division of the posts. As
regards the location of the 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. he remarked that "if
the Persians object to the Resident residing on Persian
t
soil - and I hardly see how they can lake this objection -
* s
we should lease or purchase from Iraq land off Mohammerah
on the island marked Ddbba, facing the entrance to the
Karon, obtaining permission from the Iraq Government for
the Resident to live there". . , ,
Viceroy to -secretary of state for India. 2ist Pove..mer. 1926 ,
,r :e agree generally with Haworth as regards removal, of t
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. from Persian soil. my- attack on present long
standing arrangement should be resisted', but if pressed
strongly, and if compliance would help materially towards
satisfactory general settlement, we might yield this point
to Persian susceptibilities. In that event, possibility of
Hac/orth 1 s suggestion to establish 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. on Iraq soil
near khhammerah would be worth examining.
Sir Denvs Bray (Foreign Secretary to the .mvernment ,of
^ jpia^iiri r in ^ m v'r a. r xj jjiyTiiw* ■■rW-trv t i w ri ur -- n i»i i- rri.i-Ti--T -n^ - ^
India) , 'at "tne 8 th meeting of the Persian aulf Sub-
Committee', rs^fhHgly opposed the separation of Political
Resident and Consul-General; was equally opposed ao removal
of 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. from Bushire; thought Sir Lionex Haworth’s
suggestion of Cibba quite impracticable; would oe pieparoo
to consider removal of 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. only in the evenu of very
strong pressure from Persia.
ford Peel’s memorandum dated po
? T am tlie^lDaiance o7
advantage is definitely on the side* of* the retention of one
■oresent arran.-ement, which has its oasis in the ireaty wioh
Persia of 1841. Should we be subjected to strong: -pressure

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This part contains papers relating to the question of whether the British 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 should be removed from Persian [Iranian] territory, and whether the functions of 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. should be separated from those of the Consul-General at Bushire. These questions were under discussion by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sub-Committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence.

This part includes papers concerning the following issues: the view of the former 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. Sir Frederick William Johnston, and HM Minister at Tehran, that conditions at Bushire were unsatisfactory and that the Persian Government would create difficulties for the Resident if the 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. remained at Bushire; the possibility of the removal of the 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. serving as a useful bargaining counter for the British Government in the treaty negotiations which were taking place with the Persian Government; the possibility of 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. being transferred to Basra, Karachi, Bahrein [Bahrain] or Koweit [Kuwait]; and objections of the Government of India to the removal of the 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. from Bushire. The papers include correspondence, 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. Political Department minute papers, internal 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. correspondence, and the following documents:

The main correspondents are as follows: 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 Government of India Foreign and Political Department; 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. ; HM Minister, Tehran; the Colonial Office; and the Foreign Office.

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