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Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’ [42r] (83/313)
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. 4.
Duzdap Railway.
The question of* the attitude to "be adopted tov/ards
Monsieur Kazemi’ on the subject of the Nok Kundi-Zahidan Railway
was discussed with the Minister and it was agreed that we should
put the position to Monsieur Kazemi on the following lines:
(a) explain that the re-opening of the Railway would, in
present circumstances of international trade between India and
Iran, inevitably cause considerable financial loss to the
Government of India. They could not therefore be expected to
consider incurring this financial loss, unless the Iranians on
their part undertook to accord much better treatment to Indian
subjects in Persia than they had recently been giving.
(b) if the Iranians gave us clear evidence of their
determination to accord reasonable treatment to all Indian
subjects in Persia, we should be prepared to consider on their
merits the financial and other difficulties which beset this
question. Apart from the financial difficulties referred to
above, Indian trade at present suffers under grave disabilities
owing to the monopoly system and vexatious and excessive duties
which the Iranian Government have recently imposed. Some
relaxation of these restrictions would certainly be required
before a valuable concession of this kind can be made by the
Government of India, but it will be time enough to consider the
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actual desiderata of the Government of India when the first
condition mentioned in (a) has been satisfied:
(c) it might also be pointed out that there are certain
technical obstacles to be overcome as regards separate stations
etc., which would have to be settled by negotiation before any
general agreement could be reached; and
(a)/
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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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