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Coll 29/93 'Consular arrangements in East Persia: British vice-consulate at Birjand; closed and included in Zabul Consular district' [62r] (125/163)
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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Confidential
D.O.
No* 16 (5/1QQ)
/ .
r { pfi^s^Iajesty*s Consulate General
^ for PChorasan, Zabul,
O •«'
^ v_y
.1 j }?th January v 1937,
(Dear Sir Aubrey),
¥ill you please refer to the F* and P.
Dept. Mem No. F 725 - N/36 of the 29th December, 1936, on
the subject of the Vice-Consulate at Birjand.
There is no Bank Manager or other suitable person at
Birjand who could be appointed part time Vice-Consul and
unless other arrangements for carrying on the Consular duties
can be made, the question therefore resolves itself into one
of carrying on as at present, or closing the Vice-Consulate
altogether.
2. At present I find it difficult to recommend complete
closure as the existing isolation of Consular officers in
East Iran from all local contacts make%*’ I l^ s lmpo8sible for me
to estimate either what the value of the various Consular
posts has been in the past or what importance they are likely
to acquire in the future. The fact that the appointments of
Vice-Consul Meshed, Vice-Consul Zabul, and Medical Officer
were all vacant when I arrived has been an additional handi
cap. Further it is difficult to consider the Birjand appoint
ment by
as a whole.
3© As far as I have been able to gather, the Consular
appointments in East Iran have been maintained chiefly :
(a) for the performance of Consular duties proper.
(b) for the collection of information.
(c) as an insurance against the future (vide
especially your confidential D.O. No. D.2514 -
N/32 of the 2nd July, 1932, to Daly.)
As regards (a) there is not enough purely Consular work
in either Birjand or zabul to justify the retention of Consular
officers there, and I see no li^iih 00 ^ o: ^ either of tli£se two
places acquiring any considerable importance in the near future.
I have in fact been unable to discover why the appointment of
Vice-Consul Zabul was recently created in face of Daly’s telegram
No. 400 of the Bth November, 1935 and his despatch No. 424 of
/the
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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'
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- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 6ar:6av, 7r:80v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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