Coll 29/42 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: contribution (from Indian revenues) towards cost of a British Chaplain at Tehran; Christian cemeteries in Persia and the Persian Gulf' [38r] (74/704)
The record is made up of 1 file (349 folios). It was created in 8 Aug 1917-5 Sep 1939. It was written in English and French. 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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Ho. 7/31/15
..tiated the 12th February, 1938.
Mr * '
Sir,
With reference to your despatch No.4 (111/1/36) of
the 13th January, 1938, I have the honour to state that no
registration office has been opened in Bushire and from local
enquiries it would appear that there is still no registration
office in Bandar Abbas.
2. Since the evacuation of Henjam in 1935 no funds have
been allotted by the Government of India for the maintenance
of these cemeteries and as far as I know no inspections have
been carried out by His Majesty’s Ships other than H.M.S.
"Bideford’s'* visit in 1936.
3. The work of inspection and maintenance of these
cemeteries can be undertaken by the Assistant Engineer, Public
Works Department, attached to this Consulate-General, and the
accounting can be arranged as suggested in paragraph 4 of
your despatch under reference.
I have etc.,
(Signed)
for
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.
.
His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary,
and Minister Plenipotentiary
at the Court of Iran,
TEHRAN.
This letter has been approved
by the Honble the
Political Resident
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who instructed me to sign it as he
was leaving on tour.
(Signed)
Secretary to the
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.
.
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The file concerns Diplomatic and Consular expenditure towards the cost of a British Chaplain at Tehran, and the maintenance of Christian cemeteries.
The file contains:
- proposal that Indian Revenues should contribute towards the maintenance of a British Chaplain in Tehran, 1923; includes Report of the Inter-departmental Committee on British cemeteries abroad
- lists of members of the Indo-European Telegraph Department and their families buried in Persia
- financial contributions to the Christian Cemetery Fund, Yezd
- maintenance of the British cemeteries of Henjam and Basidu [Bāsa‘īdū] after the end of British occupation, in 1935
- construction of a wall around the new Cemetery site at Kuwait, in 1936
- list of inscriptions on memorials and gravestones in the cemeteries at Basidu and Henjam, 1936
- removal of tombstones to the British Cemetery at Shiraz from the old Armenian Cemetery
- replacement of damaged War Grave tablets in the British Cemetery at Shiraz.
The file is composed of correspondence between the 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. , the Office of Works, the Foreign Office, the British Legation at Tehran, the Imperial Bank of Persia, the High Commissioner for India, the British Consulate at Kerman, the British Consulate at Shiraz, the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Admiralty, the Imperial War Graves Commission, the 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. .
There is a document in French, an extract from Le Messager de Tehran.
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- 1 file (349 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 350; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Coll 29/42 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: contribution (from Indian revenues) towards cost of a British Chaplain at Tehran; Christian cemeteries in Persia and the Persian Gulf'
- Pages
- front, back, front-i, 3r:5v, 8r:51v, 54r:54v, 58r:62v, 64r:78v, 81r:153v, 154v:156v, 158r:222v, 224r:230v, 247v, 250r:255v, 256v:293v, 296r:303v, 306r:306v, 308r:352v, back-i
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