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Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’ [37r] (73/313)
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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Enclosure No. 2.
Note on questions affecting the relations "between the
Government of India and the Iranian Government.
The Government of India are most anxious to cooperate in
removing any misunderstandings and difficulties which may
exist. They have already given proof of their goodwill in
the proposals made to the Iranian Government for measures to
he taken in British Baluchistan to facilitate the action of
the authorities on the Iranian side of that frontier in dealing
with disaffected tribesmen, thefts and so forth. Many of
these proposals have actually been put into force although the
Iranian Government have not as yet given their final reply to
suggestions first put to them over six months ago.
It is understood that Mr. Kazemi desires, during his
visit, to discuss certain points and in particular those
connected with the commercial relations between the two
Governments. The Government of India are quite prepared to
examine the possibility of improving commercial relations and
indeed of improving Indo-Iranian relations in general. But
they feel strongly that an essential preliminary to any real
progress is that an improvement should be brought about with
regard to the position of the many British-Indian subjects
living in East Iran. The reports which they receive and
have received over a long period cause very serious concern.
Briefly they cover cases of expulsion of British subjects
without cause or at least explanation, illegal arrest,
arbitrary domiciliary searches carried out without proper
warrant or authority, punishments inflicted without statement
of the charge. Even in cases where the individuals concerned
are guilty this involves a departure from usual procedure and
an/
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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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- Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 29r:53v, 57r:58v, 61r:118r, 118ar, 118v:119v, 121r:143r, 143ar, 143v:155v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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