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IOR/L/PS/12/3576
- Record Id:
- 040-000558643
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558616
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00008a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100043782086.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3576
- Title:
- Coll 29/19 'Procedure for appointment and recognition of consular officers in Persia: Persian rule of one consul only per post; passports for military officers posted to Persia'
- Scope & Content:
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The file concerns the appointment and recognition of British Consular officers in Persia by the Persian Government, who were not willing to recognise by the grant of an exequatur more than one Consular Officer at any one post.
The file contains internal correspondence about and with subjects appointed. The correspondence regards suitability of the candidates, terms of employment, discussions on pay and starting dates.
The file covers:
- appointment of acting Vice-Consul at Duzdap, in 1929
- Persian proposal for appointment of British Consular officers in Persia
- procedure for the appointment of honorary Vice-Consuls in Persia
- appointment of G A Jacob as Vice-Consul at Yezd [Yazd]
- appointment of a military officer, Military Attaché Stefeni, with rank of Vice Consul in Meshed, in 1930
- appointment of Trenchard Craven William Fowle as Consul at Bushire, in 1930
- officers' recognition by the Persian Ministry for Foreign Affairs
- Persian initial refusal to grant exequatur to Consuls Daly and Pyper, and request that officers of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India should not be employed in Persia
- appointment of Woods Ballard as Consul at Bushire, in 1935
- employment of officers of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India in Iran
- designations to be shown on passports of military doctors and military officers, when posted to Iran.
The file is composed of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Viceroy, the Government of India, the British Legation at Tehran, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
The file also contains documents in French, correspondence between the British Legation at Tehran and the Persian Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000558616
040-000558643 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/3551-3708 : Political (External) Collection 29: Persia and Persian Gulf; British Representation and Representatives in Persia and the Gulf
IOR/L/PS/12/3576 : Coll 29/19 'Procedure for appointment and recognition of consular officers in Persia: Persian rule of one consul only per… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0030]/037-000558616[0027]/040-000558643
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (320 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00008a
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1929
- End Date:
- 1938
- Date Range:
- 12 Jul 1929-21 Sep 1938
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 321; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Coll 29/19
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- British Legation, Tehran, c 1836-1944
Foreign Office, 1782-1968
Government of India, 1834-1947
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran, 1821-
Persian Gulf Political Residency, 1822-1971
Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, 1773-1947 - Subjects:
- British
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