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Coll 29/93 'Consular arrangements in East Persia: British vice-consulate at Birjand; closed and included in Zabul Consular district' [‎20r] (41/163)

The record is made up of 1 file (78 folios). It was created in 8 Nov 1928-14 May 1947. It was written in English. 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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Allotted to External Department• 17451>
DECYPHER OF T ELEGRAM.
Government of India* External Affairs
Department, to Secretary of State for India.
Dated New Delhi, 11.25 hours, 1st July 1942.
Received 18.30 hours, 1st July 1942.
X
253.
Addressed to Tehran repeated to Secretary of
State 5099 Consul-General Meshed 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. .
It is proposed to post Clinton Thomas to
Biroand vice French and Lieutenant P.F.G.Nicholson
probationer Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. as Vice-
Consul Kerman. Nicholson is fully trained and
is at present employed as attachd at British
Legation Kabul. If you have no objection please
obtain necessary agreement from Persian Government.

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The file concerns the Vice-Consulate at Birjand.

The file covers:

  • purchase of furniture for the HM Consulate at Birjand and for the Vice Consul and Medical Officer at Sistan, 1929-30
  • closure of the Vice-Consulate at Birjand and abolition of Vice-Consul post, 1937-38.

The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Foreign Office, 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 Government of India, HM Consul for Sistan and Kain, HM Consulate for Khorasan, and the British Legation at Tehran.

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1 file (78 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 80; 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 29/93 'Consular arrangements in East Persia: British vice-consulate at Birjand; closed and included in Zabul Consular district' [‎20r] (41/163), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3669, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100054929583.0x00002c> [accessed 14 September 2024]

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