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Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’ [30r] (59/313)
The record is made up of 1 file (154 folios). It was created in 14 Aug 1935-16 Apr 1936. 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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Lord Willing don made a opeech in IngliBh in which he
y alluded to the good relations and friendly connections existing
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between Iran and India and expressed his pleasure at the
journey of the Minister for Foreign Affairs adding that such
journeys and contacts were the cause of strengthening the relation
ships between the two countries Iran and India* He welcomed the
Minister for Foreign Affairs to the capital of India and in
conclusion raised his glass and drank to the health of His Imperia
Majesty. All the guests at once raised their glasses and
applauded and the music of the Iranian national march was played
in an adjoining room. During the playing of the national march
all the guests stood to attention. After a few moments the bell
was rung again and after a silence the Minister for Foreign
Affairs speaking in Fnglish thanked the Viceroy for his friendly
feelings and warm and sincere reception and at the end of a note
worthy speech drank the health of the King of Ingland, whereupon
all stood up and applauded* After lunch in accordance with the
usual formalities the guests were conducted into an adjoining
room where they engaged in conversation.
The numerous and magnificent rooms each beautifully
decorated and containing costly objects and furniture, some with
carvings and marble stones, some with valuable paintings and
pictures, drew the attention of those present. In one of the
rooms near the fireplace this piece of Persian poetry was
writtenj-
W A God who devised the throne of heaven
has power to create such a palace”.
Kvery room was furnished with the objects and ornaments of
a particular country and one room was resplendent with costly
Persian treasures. Over the mantlepiece of this room the
following lines of poetry were carved in large Persian
characters on a marble stone:-
/”The sky
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Correspondence, memoranda and newspaper cuttings relating to an official visit made by the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bagher Kazemi, to Kabul, Afghanistan, and New Delhi, India. The file’s principal correspondents include: HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran, Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India. Aside from general commercial matters, specific subjects discussed by Kazemi and Government of India officials, as recorded in memoranda and notes in the file, include: the Duzdap [Zahedan] railway; the status of the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire, Iran, and questions over its transfer to Bahrain; the demarcation of the Iran-Baluchistan frontier; the employment of officers of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India at consular posts in Iran; lorry traffic on the Nok Kundi to Zahidan [Zahedan] road. The file also contains a sequence of newspaper articles dated 2-27 February 1936, appearing in the French-language newspaper Le Journal de Teheran , and reporting at length on Kazemi’s visit (ff 6-28).
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- 1 file (154 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 155; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3496
- Title
- Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 29r:53v, 57r:58v, 61r:118r, 118ar, 118v:119v, 121r:143r, 143ar, 143v:155v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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