IOR/L/PS/12/3365

The file contains correspondence relating to passport control on the Indo-Persian frontier.

It includes correspondence concerning the following:

• The examination of passports by the British Vice Consulate, Duzdab, of Persian [Iranian] subjects entering India via Duzdab (also called Duzdap in the file) [Zahedan]
• Visa fees charged by the Persian Consul at Quetta for visas issued to British subjects
• The grant of visas to Afghan subjects travelling to India via Meshed and Duzdab
• The re-organisation of the passport control arrangements on the Indo-Persian frontier
• The decision of the Government of India to discontinue the British passport control system at Duzdab
• The reported ‘loss’ of British passports by Indian British subjects in Persia (and the India Office supposition that these passports were being traded)
• Alleged deposits required from British subjects applying for visas for entry into Persia from India
• The importation of cut diamonds from Iran into India.

The main correspondents include:

The India Office; the Foreign Office; HM Consul General and Agent of the Government of India, Meshed; the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign and Political Department (and the Deputy Foreign Secretary); HM Consul for Sistan and Kain; the Agent to the Governor General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan; HM Minister at Kabul; HM Minister at Tehran.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.