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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [25v] (50/320)
The record is made up of 1 file (158 folios). It was created in 11 Oct 1937-25 Nov 1942. 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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48
( 41 )
Despatch from His Majesty’s Minister, Teheran, to His Majesty’s
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London, No. 202 (72/48
/37), dated the 5th June 1937.
I have the honour to inform you that on the 12th May the Coronation
of Their Majesties was duly celebrated in Tehran and by His Majesty’s Con
sular Officers throughout Iran.
2. At Tehran the Bishop in Persia, who had come from Isfahan for the
purpose, took the special Order of Service in the Church lent for the occasion
by the American Mission. My Staff and I attended in uniform. For rea
sons of space and to enable as many as possible of the British and British-
Indian community to be present, invitations were not sent either to Iranians,
the Diplomatic Body or other non-British persons. This was ex
plained in advance to the head of the Protocol Department ; the Church
was well filled, no British subjects had to be turned away, and some of the
American community also attended the Service.
3. In the early afternoon many were able to listen on the Wireless to
the Coronation Service in Westminister Abbey, held by the Souvenir pro
gramme some 200 copies of which had been sold at one
toman
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
(2/6d) a copy.
Reception was good by Tehran standards, the presentation of His Majesty
by the Archbishop, and His Majesty’s responses being clearly audible. Sub
sequently I gave a Garden Party in the Legation garden in Tehran, to which
British and British Indian Subjects and a few other persons were invited.
4. In the evening, I invited a large number of Iranians, both official and
unofficial, the whole of the Diplomatic Body and many British and other
leading residents to a Ball. Out of some 250 Iranians invited approximately
140 were present, including ladies in what appeared to be the normal Euro
pean proportion. After discreet sounding invitations were not issued to any
member of the Imperial family. The members of the Italian Legation as
I have reported elsewhere, received instructions on the morning not to take
part in the Coronation celebrations and consequently absented themselves
sending no explanation. But they were almost effusively friendly at a
Roumanian function on the following day. The Ball guests, and not least
the Iraninians, demonstrated great friendliness and desire to share in our
day of national pride and rejoicing.
5. His Majesty’s Consular Officers gave similar entertainment. Mr.
Squire at Meshed received some 250 guests at a Garden Party, namely Bri
tish and British Indians, and a fifth of this number at a subsequent Ball.
In Khuzistan, where the British Communities are much larger, programmes
were ambitious and carried out with uniform success. Notable features were
the presence of the General Officer Commanding, General Muini, to whom I
have referred in previous despatches, and his wife at an aftc rnoon Gymkhi na.
The General, in spite of illness in his family, stayed for a considerable tin e,
enabling Mr. Gardener to have a very friendly conversation with him. At
Khorramshahr the British and Indian communities vied in athletic loyalty
and in generosity. No less than £400 were collected for the King George
V Fund and Viceregal Charities. I have reason to know how much the fore
sight and energy of Captain Bazalgette was responsible for this satisfactory
showing.
6. Apart from loyalty and grateful satisfaction among His Majesty’s
Subjects, undoubtedly and inevitably in Iran as it is to-day the other princi
pal feature of the Coronation celebrations was the participation or non
participation of Iranian nationals ; and indeed the occasion threw a good
deal of further light on what may be termed the boycott.
7. Several of His Majesty’s Consular Officers had consulted me in
advance as to how widely they should issue invitations. As already reported
semi-officially, I instructed them, regardless of the improbality of receiving
acceptances, to invite all those persons, official, military or private, whom
they could'properly and naturally ask to join in our national day of rejoicing.
These instructions were acted on and reports now receive show that in
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Printed correspondence from the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department (later referred to as the External Affairs Department), collated into yearly collections under the heading ‘Iran Series’. The original correspondence was sent by British representatives in Iran (chiefly the British Legation in Tehran) to the Foreign Office. The correspondence concerns: the announcement of laws, decrees, regulations, and budgets by the Government of Iran, the texts of which were frequently published in the newspaper Le Journal de Tehran ; reports from British consular officials covering a range of subjects, including commercial activities, foreign relations and the commercial activities of foreign individuals and companies in Iran, provincial affairs, and the activities of the Shah; in 1939 and 1940, reports concerning the impact of the Second World War on Iran, with a large number of reports from the Press Attaché to the British Legation in Tehran, reporting the dissemination of propaganda and public opinion in Iran.
At the end of the file is a single item of original correspondence, sent by the Secretary to the Government of India. Dated 24 August 1942, it announces the discontinuation of the printing of the Persia [Iran] series for the duration of the war (f 159).
A large number of items in the file are in French. These include the texts of Iranian Government laws, regulations and announcements that were published in Le Journal de 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.
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 160; these numbers are written in pencil 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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