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File 7747/1920 Pt 2 'Persia: – Ahwaz Consulate. (Consul for Arabistan)' [436r] (177/204)
The record is made up of 1 item (100 folios). It was created in Mar 1921-17 Feb 1930. 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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[This Document i 3 the Property of His Britannic Majesty's government, and should be
returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]
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NO DISTRIBUTIO N.
Decode. Sir P. Loraine (Tehran)
January 9th, 1922.
D 4.00 p.m. January 9th, 1922.
R. 8.30 a.m. January 10th, 1922.
NO. 17 (R)
Addressed to India No. 6 . Repeated to Foreign
Office, NO. 17, and Bushire 5.
Your telegram No. 12 S.
I am strongly in favour of captain Peel’s return
to Ahwaz after 8 months leave. He is himself willing
and anxious to return, and I am supported in my view
hy colonel Trevor, A.P.O. C., and Foreign Office, which
has already addressed
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.
in that sense.
peel is thoroughly conversant with pakhtiari
affairs, he enjoys the confidence of Khans and also
of Sheikh Mohammerah, who pleaded with me person--. ^
for his retention, and he is persona grata to A.?,
0. C. This combination of qualities is rare and I should
vie. «m concern nis definite removal. Trial of strength
between central government and EaKhtlarl, which le
apparently Impending (eee my telegram No. 719 to Foreign
Office) will want most carefnl handling, especially If
wakhtlarl are to be need as bnlwarx to prevent cossacke
from permeating to the oil fields, an eventuality whlc.
His Majesty's Government view with grave apprehension. ■
If events develop (1 grp. undec.) our agent et Ahwas
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This part contains correspondence, memorandum, reports, telegrams and minutes. It mainly covers discussion between British officials regarding affairs at the Ahwaz Consulate, Arabistan [Khuzestan].
Related matters of discussion include the following: the appointment of Captain Eardley Garforth Bryan Peel as Consul at Ahwaz, his annual leave, and the covering of his position by Reginald Gybbon-Monypenny; judicial powers in Arabistan and the appointment of a Judicial Assistant under the Persian Coast and Islands Orders-in-Council; the financial accounts of the Consulate; details of staff at the Consulate; salaries and wages; lighting and fans; conveyance; sundry expenses; uniforms; a change in the procedure for the submission of the accounts of the Ahwaz Consular Escort.
Also included is a salary report, with details of prices of necessities, covering the years 1925 and 1929.
The principal correspondents are: Foreign Secretary for the Government in India; Under-Secretary of State for India; Foreign Office; Sir Robert Henry Clive, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. to Persia [Iran]; 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. ; British Legation, Tehran.
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