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IOR/F/4/417/10299
- Record Id:
- 041-000739532
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-000739531
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001700.0x0003a6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100097120770.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/417/10299
- Title:
- ‘Salary and allowances to Mr Rich as Resident at Bussorah and Bagdad.’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, memoranda and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Governments of Bengal and Bombay. It concerns the salary and allowances to be paid to Claudius James Rich, the Resident at Baghdad.
The main subjects are:
- The plan to consolidate the residencies at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Bussora [Basra, sometimes referred to as Bussorah], and the implications of this for future expenditure
- The salary and allowances received by Rich’s predecessor, Sir Harford Jones
- The question of whether the current situation in Bagdad demands higher levels of expenditure than previously
- Calculations of the salary and allowance payments to be paid to Rich in arrears and in the future.
The primary correspondents are: Claudius James Rich, Resident at Baghdad; and John Elphinstone, Civil Auditor and Accountant General, Government of Bombay.
The title page (f 5) of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 31, Season 1814/15, Draft 20’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, November 1812’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-000739531
041-000739532 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/417 : Board's Collections Vol 417
IOR/F/4/417/10299 : ‘Salary and allowances to Mr Rich as Resident at Bussorah and Bagdad.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[0419]/040-000739531[0001]/041-000739532
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (50 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001700.0x0003a6
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1808
- End Date:
- 1811
- Date Range:
- 20 Feb 1808-29 Oct 1811
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 5, and terminates at 54, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Folio 5a contains fragments of seals that have become detached from folio 5.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)