File 7747/1920 Pt 2 'Persia: – Ahwaz Consulate. (Consul for Arabistan)'

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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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1 item (100 folios)

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File 7747/1920 Pt 1-2 ‘Arabistan: Consular Arrangements’

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/942

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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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Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/942/2

Former external reference(s)

P 7747/1920 Pt 2

History of this record

Date(s)

Mar 1921-17 Feb 1930 (CE, Gregorian)

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