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Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’ [39r] (77/313)
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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The accumulation of these points creates a situation which
is viewed very gravely here and it is inevitable that in course
of time it will react on public opinion and quite possibly
provoke comment in the Press or questions in the Legislative
Assembly.
But there is another and still more serious matter, which
is to a great extent responsible for this evil state of affairs
namely the fact that our Consuls are completely cut off from
communication with any of the local authorities except the
Governors and Governor General. The effect of this is that all
social and friendly intercourse is impossible: this estrangement
produces misunderstanding and suspicion which is aggravated by the
fact that the only occasions on which our Consuls have any contact
at all are when they have some complaint or grievance to bring up.
The Government of India feel that they have already given
proof of their desire to meet the Iranian point of view by the
proposals they have made in the matter of the Baluchi tribesmen
and that before any further progress can be made it is essential
that the Iranian Government should remedy this very
unsatisfactory state of affairs by ensuring proper treatment for
British Indian subjects, remedying the grievances enumerated above
and in particular making it possible for British Consuls to live
on terms of friendship and confidence with local officials and
others and carry on their duties in the normal manner.
(N.B. It might be well to mention the satisfaction
caused by the action of the Iranian Government in paying over
£500 for the losses and expenses incurred by J/r. and Mrs. Hart
owing to the shooting affair last year on the Meshed-Zabul road
and also their action in modifying the recent order for the
expulsion of all Berberis from Meshed so as not to include
British subjects).
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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)
- Arrangement
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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