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Coll 28/90 ‘Persia. Visit of the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Afghanistan and India.’ [106r] (211/313)
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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to him, Vx. Icxley translating, the system
on which the control had been imposed and
the reasons for its imposition, on the lines of
the notes which have been recently recorded
on the relevant file. He gave the following
statistics to show that over the period from
1930-1931 to 1933-34 the total imports into
Iran of Indian tea had not been greatly increased,
the only difference being that most of the tea
which previously went by sea now went by land:-
1930-31.
Via Zahidan.
..o 290,180 mans.
Via Other routes.
1,197,244 "
1933-54.
Via Zahidan
... 1,622,700 mans.
Via Other routes.
164,836 "
(l man = 6 £ lbs.)
I undertook to show this to the Oommerce
Department.
10. He then asked whether the duty on
turquoises could not be reduced. I pointed out
that as precious stones they were subject taa
to a duty of 25% ad valorem . Their removal from
the category of precious stones would not lead
to any reduction of duties, and as now
precious stones and articles not specifically
mentioned in the tariff were also liable to a
duty of 25%, nothing therefore could be done.
Similarly duty on Iranian wine could not be
decreased as this would involve granting a
preference to Iran.
/ At this point he asked whether natural
products of Iran, e.g. wine, spices, wool etc.
aould be subject to the tariff when land customs
were imposed. After telephonic consultation
with the O.B.R. I replied that this had
not
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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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