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IOR/L/PS/12/3567
- Record Id:
- 040-000558634
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558616
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000081
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100044519910.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3567
- Title:
- Coll 29/11 'Tehran Legation: pay of munshis and menial staff; office accommodation'
- Scope & Content:
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The file concerns the personnel employed at the British Legation at Tehran.
The file covers: increase of staff and related expenditure in 1928, accommodation, list of staff at the legation, installation of telephone systems, proposal to grant cost of living bonus to munshis and menial staff, employment of a third munshi in 1933, proposal to appoint two additional Vice Consuls in 1934, pay rises, and requests for financial contributions from Government of India. There are also later documents, from 1945, regarding the employment of Indian Orderlies at the Legation.
The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Secretary of State for India, the British Legation at Tehran, and the Treasury.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000558616
040-000558634 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/3551-3708 : Political (External) Collection 29: Persia and Persian Gulf; British Representation and Representatives in Persia and the Gulf
IOR/L/PS/12/3567 : Coll 29/11 'Tehran Legation: pay of munshis and menial staff; office accommodation' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0030]/037-000558616[0018]/040-000558634
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (261 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000081
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1926
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 16 Sep 1926-13 Jun 1947
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 262; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Coll 29/11
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)