Coll 29/27 'Resht: office allowance and minor charges; including establishment of a career consulate'
IOR/L/PS/12/3584
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The record is made up of 1 file (96 folios). It was created in 7 Jan 1922-2 Oct 1946. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The file concerns the British Vice Consulate at Resht.
The file covers:
- expenditure of the Vice-Consul
- supply of maps to the Vice-Consul
- office allowance, paid jointly by Government of India and Foreign Office
- lease of Consulate buildings to the Imperial Bank of Persia from January 1934
- death of Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. acting Vice-Consul, and consequent closure of the Vice-Consulate in August 1935
- sale of the property, in 1936
- proposed establishment of a career Consulate in 1942.
The file is composed of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , the Government of India, the British Vice Consulate at Resht, the British Legation at Tehran, the Stationery Office, the Office of Works, and the Imperial Bank of Persia.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (96 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 98; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3584
- Former external reference(s)
- Coll 29/27
- Date(s)
- 7 Jan 1922-2 Oct 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Building leasesDiplomatic serviceConsular servicesConditions of employmentRecruitmentBritish
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- British Vice-ConsulateGovernment of IndiaPersian Gulf Political ResidencyBritish Legation, TehranForeign OfficeGovernment of India, Central Stationery OfficeImperial Bank of Iran
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3584
- Title
- Coll 29/27 'Resht: office allowance and minor charges; including establishment of a career consulate'
- Pages
- 60r:60v, 22r:22v, 17r:17v
- Author
- Imperial Bank of Iran (Persia)
- Copyright
- ©Anonymous
- Usage terms
- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3584
- Title
- Coll 29/27 'Resht: office allowance and minor charges; including establishment of a career consulate'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:16v, 18r:21v, 23r:59v, 61r:97v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence