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File 5184/1913 Persian Gulf: status of Bushire Residency [‎21r] (46/390)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (191 folios). It was created in 1913-1931. 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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Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. reports volume of cypher work in
Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. is steadily increasing and sees
no prospect of being able to dispense with temporary
post of cypher clerk. He considers that post should
now be placed on permanent footing on the following
termso Pay, Rs o 250 rising by annual increments of
RsolS to maximum of Rso400 a month; special pay
Rs®50; customs compensation allowance of Rso25 and
free quarters, or, in lieu, house rent of Rso40 a
month. His terms are based on those proposed by him
for head clerkso In view, however, of modified
proposals in our letters Nose 25 E and 29 E, November
2±st and December 12th, 1929, we would reduce maximum
pay to Rs*350 a month and fix increments at RsolOo
i Resident desires to retain present cypher clerk from
the Indo-European Telegraph Department, who, it is
understood, is prepared to start on minimum of proposed
scaleo Present sanction for post expires on 31st
instant, and we recommend it be made permanent on the
terms (?proposed) from April 1st, 1930, cost being, as
hitherto, divisible in moieties between Home and Indian
Revenues

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The volume focuses on two main topics. The first is the status of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire: a proposal to raise its status to a first class residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in 1915 (see folios 152-58) and subsequent proposals to reduce its status back to a second class residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in 1926 (see folios 90-130). The second topic is the appointment of new staff to the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. : a Treasury Officer (folios 169-190 and 133-51), a Personal Assistant to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. (folios 54-89), a Stenographer (folios 48-53), and a Cypher Clerk (folios 5-47). It includes details on the salaries and allowances of these appointments, and of proposed revisions. A copy of The Fundamental Rules, 1922 outlines the pay, terms, and conditions for officers employed by the Government of India; see folios 103-25.

The principal correspondents are as follows: the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the Viceroy of India, the Secretary of State for India, the Under Secretary of State for India, the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and officials of 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. and the Foreign Office.

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1 volume (191 folios)
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The papers in the volume are arranged loosely in reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 193; 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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