CO129-486 - Public Offices - 1924 — Page 77

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I have asked for the return of the confiscated

British passports but have so far not obtained possession

of them. Mr. Nemazi and his son are desirous of

obtaining these as soon as possible as they intend to

return to Hong Kong shortly, and I am therefore pressing

the Persian Government to comply with my request.

The second case concerns Mirza Ibrahim Isfahani;

a partner of a British Indian firm of the name of

Isfahani and Sons of Calcutta, whose goods were robbed

some time ago in Persia. Recently the Persian Government

raised the contention that the partners were Persian

subjects for the same reason as in Nemazi's case, Mirza

Ibrahim Isfahani appears to be a British born grandson of a

Persian naturalised British-Indian resident in India and

the nationality of the firm apart from that of the

individual appears undoubtedly to be Indian. On these grounds

and on the additional one that the Persian Government has

itself recognised Isfahani's British nationality by judging former cases in which he was involved in the

Karguzari court, I have rejected the Persian contention in

but the Persian Government resolutely maintains

its point of view, stating in its latest note that

this case;

"Isfahani and Sons are Persian subjects who have passed

"themselves off in India as Indian subjects",

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In both cases the Persian objection to recognising

these persons as other than Persian subjects is

based on the Persian Nationality Law, copy of which I beg

leave to enclose for Your Lordship's information toge ther

with a translation. I may be permitted to draw Your

Lordship's attention to Clauses 9 and 13 of this document,

which