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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [‎69v] (138/320)

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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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Article 5 .—In the cases mentioned in Article 4 the Bakhsh Council will
prepare a comprehensive report in duplicate on the following subjects and
will submit it to the Bakhshdar :—
(a) The condition of the estate or qanat, the causes of its deterioration
and the personal attributes of its owner or manager.
(b) The steps necessary for the development of the estate or qanat
the expenditure found after investigation to be necessary
and the method of amortization to be adopted, due considera
tion being given to the owner’s means.
(c) The action considered appropriate for forcing the owner to under
take developments in accordance with Article 4.
The Bakhshdar will immediately communicate one copy of the report
to the owner or owners of the estate or qanat under consideration by the
Bakhsh Council or to the person, such as executor, administrator or guardian
acting as the owner’s agent. The owner or his agent must submit to the
Bakhshdar in writing, within ten days allowance being made for the legal
distance, any comment on or refutation of the Bakhsh Council’s report.
The Bakhshdar will send the second copy of the Bakhsh Council’s
report, together wuth the reply of the owner or his agent, to the Farmandar
of the Shahristan. The Farmandar will examine the Bakhsh Council’s
report and the reply to it, will if he sees fit demand any explanations neces
sary, and will give his decision.
If the owner or owners or their agent do not accept the Farmandar’s
decision they may, within ten days of its being communicated to them,
allowance being made for the legal distance, protest to the Farmandar!
This protest will be examined by an Appeal Committee consisting of the
Farmandar himself, the Head of the Department of Justice and a representa
tive of the Central Agricultural Department or, in his absence, the Head of
the Finance Department. The Farmandar can, if necessary, call for the
views of experts. The decision of this committee is final and will in due
course be enforced.
Article 6. If the owner or owners or their agent remain silent for ten
days, allowance being made for the legal distance, after the duplicate of the
Bakhsh Council s report has been communicated to them the other copy
of the Council s report will be sent to the Farmandar, who will give his deci
sion on the strength of the report alone. Likewise if within ten days after
they have been notified of the Farmandar’s decision no protest from the
owner or owners or their agent reaches the Farmandar, then there can be
no further appeal from his decision which will become enforceable.
Article 7. If, before the decision of the Farmandar or the Appeal
Committee is put into force, the owner or owners or their agent carries out
le repairs to the estate or qanat specified in the decision, then the orders
issued by the Farmandar will cease to be operative.
Article 5’.—-The method of enforcing the decision of the Farmandar
tion^ 1111111 ^ 66 k e l a id down in Ministry of the Interior regula-
Article 9. It is the duty of the Central Agricultural Department to
gran regards, m accordance with special regulations, to landowners or
armors who surpass the rest in improving their crops and developing their
nr,ri ^ S ov 6rnment or municipal officials or members of Bakhsh
ana bhahnstan Councils express in writing any views on the application
contrA^w Ce +if n + °5i re £ u ^^ ons ena cted by virtue of this law, which are
k ° or dictated by personal interest, and if practical effect
imnrkrvnTrto V10ws ’ the offenders will be condemned to correctional
a]so be uu a P erioc J .°t six months to two years. The offender will
cerned • in Q t or yaking good all losses incurred by any persons con-
responsible t ier f e ^ n S a number of offenders they will be jointly
responsible tor making good any losses.

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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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1 file (158 folios)
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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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