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Coll 5/47 ‘Persia, Persian Gulf: Meteorological establishments in Persia and the Persian Gulf – Bushire & Bandar Abbas’ [11r] (21/110)
The record is made up of 1 file (53 folios). It was created in 5 Oct 1935-7 May 1938. 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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C®py
(E ^875/226/34)
C.W.3476/38
Admiralty, S.W.l
—
2nd April, 1938.
Sir,
With reference to Foreign Office letter E 6691/5066/34
I am commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to
inform you that they are prepared to second for a period of
two years an officer qualified in meteorology and hydrographic
surveying for service with the Persian government.
2. My Lords regret that the Persian request for an
officer of Lieutenant’s rank cannot be met. Such an
officer would not only be comparatively inexperienced but
might be hard put to it to assert his authority and get his
wishes attended to. Professionally a Lieutenant Commander
would be suitable; and from the point of view of prestige
and authority My Lords consider that the usual practice
should be followed and that he should be given the acting
rank of Commander.
3. The emoluments of this officer would consist of
the difference between his naval full pay (£623.10.Od)
and his half-pay as Lieutenant Commander (£281.7.Id) (which
would be paid from Navy funds), plus a consolidated allowance
of £682.17.Id. This latter sum includes the naval allowances
to which he is entitled - marriage allowance, survey pay,
etc. - and also some compensation for the cost of living in a
foreign/
The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
S.W.l.
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The file contains correspondence concerned with meteorological services in Iran (also referred to as Persia). This includes the abandonment of stations operated by Cable and Wireless Limited at Henjam, Charbar [Chabahar], and Jask; the deputation of an Inspector of Observatories to visit stations in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (see folio 28 for the tour programme); a proposal to appoint a British meteorological and hydrological expert to train officers of the Iranian Navy; and the gift of Henjam's meteorological equipment to the Iranian Government.
A note written by Charles William Blyth Normand, Director-General of Observatories in India, outlines how the closure of aforementioned meteorological stations will hinder forecasting in Northern India and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : see folios 47-50. It includes a map illustrating the locations of meteorological stations in Iran and Arabia.
The main correspondents are as follows: HM Minister at Tehran (Sir Hugle Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen and Sir Horace James Seymour), officials of the Admiralty (Sidney Hill Phillips and Harold Eastwood), officials of the Foreign Office (George William Rendel) and officials of the Foreign and Political Department (Department of External Affairs from 1937) of the Government of India. There is also some correspondence with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Most of the correspondence in the file is forwarded to the Under-Secretary of State for India by the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, rather than addressed directly to 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 file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (53 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 55; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/1999
- Title
- Coll 5/47 ‘Persia, Persian Gulf: Meteorological establishments in Persia and the Persian Gulf – Bushire & Bandar Abbas’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:13v, 15r:32v, 34r:42v, 44r:49v, 51r:54v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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