Coll 29/93 'Consular arrangements in East Persia: British vice-consulate at Birjand; closed and included in Zabul Consular district' [63r] (127/163)
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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the 21st November, 1935 in which he gave it as his opinion
that the cost of a separate Vice-Consul at Zabul was not justified
I do not know how much importance the Government of India
attach to (b) but the formation which we can collect under |>fcesent
circumstances is scanty and unreliable* There remains (c) and
this is an aspect of the case the importance of which I am unable
at present to estimate*
4* It does, however, seem to me that it might be possible to
effect considerable economies either by leaving the appointments
temporarily vacant, with a clerk in charge as proposed in Daly’s
telegram No. 400 referred to above, or by doubling them up as 1
believe has been done in the case of Kerman and Bandar Abbas* I
do not know the exact arrangements that have been made there,
but of the two alternatives I prefer the second. Assuming that
O’Connor arrives as M.O* and is given a licence to practise
privately in East Iran (so that the question of his becoming
Vice-Consul as before does not arise) I think that the simplest
solution would be for the Vice-Consul Zahidan to hold additional
charge of Zabul and for the Vice-Consul Meshed to do the same at
Blrjand. I do not know whether they could be properly accredited
at those two places; if not they could be in temporary charge of
Consular duties.
5. If this idea meets with approval I would work out details
and submit proposals officially* There need be no great diffi
culty as regards personnel. Fry could be transferred to Meshed
in the spring (I recommend that this should be done in any case)
and take charge of Meshed and Birjand, and Campbell at »5 SSl could
look after Sabul. Incidentally Campbell tells me that he wants
to go on four months leave in the middle of October and would like
to return to Zahidan in February or March. I hope that this
will be permissible as his experience there is most valuable, and
we have yet to find any other officer who is both useful and con
tented there. Fry also proposes to apply for leave in the spring
of 1938. If therefore Fry could be replaced at Meshed in the
autumn and take over at Zahidan until Campbell returns, no
/great
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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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