COPY,
No. 5255 of 1884.
Political Department
Bombay Castle,
82
From:
To:
4th October 1884.
The Honourable J.B. Richey, C.§.I..
Acting Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay.
The Consul General for Persia in Bombay.
I am directed by His Excellency the Governor in
council to reply to your letter No. 6, dated 13th May 1884, regarding the status of Persian subjects in ritish
territory.
2. The points raised by you are (1) whether
Government can grant certificates of naturalization to
Persian-born subjects domiciled in British-India, and (2) whether children born in British-India of Persian
parents can be considered natural born British subjects.
3. These points were referred to the Government of
India, and their decision is as follows:-
(1) The Government of India can grant certificates
of naturalization to Persian born subjects domiciled
in British-India under the provisions of Act XXX of
1852, and the treaty of 1857 does not preclude such
a course of action; but they are of opinion that a
Persian subject, to whom a certificate of naturalization
has been given by the Government of India cannot
on his return to Persia, claim as against the Persian
Government the rights and privileges of a British
subject.
(2) Persons of Persian origin, born on British
soil are British subjecta, If however such persons,
notwithstanding their birth out of Persian dominions,
are,
by the law of Persia, Persian subjects, then on
their