IOR/L/PS/10/634/2

This part contains papers relating to the British Consulate at Kermanshah in Persia [Iran]. These papers largely relate to the Kermanshah Consulate accounts. The part also includes papers relating to: the postponement of Lieutenant Colonel Roger Lloyd Kennion assuming his appointment as HM Consul at Kermanshah; the remuneration of Kennion while on temporary duty at Kasvin; the emoluments of Kennion since assuming charge of Kermanshah affairs; the desirability of suspending Kennion’s departure for Kermanshah; the terms of the appointment of Major James Leslie Rose Weir as successor to Kennion as Consul at Kermanshah; the appointment of N P Cowan of the Levant Consular Service as Consul at Kermanshah, and the Foreign Office resuming financial control of the Consulate; and estimates of expenditure, budget estimates, and proposition statements for the Consulate.

The papers mainly consist of India Office minute papers and internal notes, and correspondence between the India Office and the following:

• The Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India (and copies of correspondence of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India with Major F S Greenhouse, HBM’s Consul and Political Officer, Kermanshah, with enclosures from the latter including budget estimates of the Kermanshah Consulate for 1921-22, and a proposition statement showing existing and proposed Establishments for 1 April 1921).
• The Foreign Office (and copies of correspondence of the Foreign Office with Charles Murray Marling, HM Minister, Tehran, and with the Treasury).
• The Treasury.
• The Accountant General, Central Revenues, Calcutta.
• The Colonial Office.