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IOR/L/PS/10/607/2
- Record Id:
- 041-000545661
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000287.0x0000ca
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055277113.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/607/2
- Title:
- File 2960/1916 Pt 2 'Persia: Salaries of HM Diplomatic and Consular officers, [etc.]. Concessions.'
- Scope & Content:
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This part contains correspondence (and a list of the correspondence), mostly consisting of: letters to the India Office from the Foreign Office, with enclosed letters to the Foreign Office from the Treasury and HM Minister at Tehran; draft replies to the Foreign Office from the India Office; and internal India Office correspondence. The correspondence mainly relates to financial concessions for consular officers and Legation servants in Persia [Iran] (due to the low exchange value of the rupee and the high cost of living), and the Secretary of State for India in Council accepting moieties of the costs involved as charges against the Indian Exchequer.
It includes correspondence regarding: the extension of exchange concessions to diplomatic and consular officers in Persia; the permanent revision in rates of pay of servants of HM Legation, Tehran; the concession of a free supply of wheat to the Tehran Legation, and its extension to the inhabitants of the village of Gulhek; an increase in the wages of ghulams, munshis and menial staff of the Legation; and the fuel allowance for the Indian sowars (pensioners) serving at the Legation.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545659
041-000545661 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/607 : File 2960/1916 Pt 1-3 'Persia: Salaries of Consular & Diplomatic Officers'
IOR/L/PS/10/607/2 : File 2960/1916 Pt 2 'Persia: Salaries of HM Diplomatic and Consular officers, [etc.]. Concessions.' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0609]/040-000545659[0002]/041-000545661
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (118 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100055277113.0x000002
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1918
- End Date:
- 1930
- Date Range:
- 31 Dec 1918-22 Jan 1930
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former Internal References:
- P 2960/1916 Pt 2
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)