![Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’ [‎23r] (45/817)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003b4/IOR_L_PS_12_3396_0046.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’ [‎23r] (45/817)")
Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’ [23r] (45/817)
The record is made up of 1 file (407 folios). It was created in 7 Sep 1938-1 Jan 1946. It was written in English and French. 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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
New silver coin Rls. 2,310,000.00
New stiver coin Rls. 355,000.00
Gold Pahlavi coin Grams 239,846.0003
Gold Pahlavi coin Grams i2,653.7000
Miscellaneous:
a/c Bank Melli Iran
a/c Ministry of Finance
a/c Bank Melli Iran
a/c private merchants
Cutting of Grams 2,875,000 of old silver coin for Bank Melli Iran
Manufacture of 1,828 bronze and iron weights for Weights and Measures
Departement.
Just prior to the end of the month arrangements were completed for the coinage
of the new ten-rial silver coin.
Government Supplies
Under the direction of Mr. Berriman, assisted by Mr. Booin, considerable im
provement has been shown in the operations of the State General Supply Corpora
tion. The new administration is emphasizing results, rather than method. The aim
is to speed up action and also tighten controls. The change in the directing person
nel was made late in Shahrivar, and the reporting of operations will be deferred
until next month.
inspections
Steps have been taken to build up a more adequate and efficient inspection
force in the Administration of General Inspection and also to organize the work
of supervising the provincial administrations, with particular reference to the ap
pointment of high-grade personnel for provincial positions.
inspections are proceeding in Guilan, Arak, Meshed, Kermanshah, and Kordes-
tan; and investigations are under way in connection with opium distribution and
stocks of Government goods and furniture.
Personnel
Action was taken during Shahrivar to speed up the payment of salaries in the
provinces and to correct various conditions that have produced delays or inequities
in the situation of employees.
The issuance of a Regulation by the Ministry fixing the salaries of the Iranian
Assistants of American officials has made it necessary to consider the appointment
•f suitable Iranian officials to these posts.
The representatives of the shareholders of the Mortgage Bank at a General Meet
ing confirmed my appointment of Mr. Abbass Gholi Ardalan as a member of the
Board of Directors to succeed Mr. Jemal Emami Khoi. Mr. Ferguson has been ap-
About this item
- Content
Papers reporting on the financial situation in Iran, sent by staff at the British Legation at Tehran (Horace James Seymour; Reader William Bullard) to the Foreign Office, London. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/3 ‘Persia. Financial situation’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3394).
The file includes:
- Covering letters enclosing copies of the monthly Bulletin , produced by the Bank Melli Iran (also referred to as the Mellié Iran Bank, and Banque Mellié Iran). The copies of Bulletin are not included in the file (although some front covers do survive), however the covering letters give short summaries of their lead articles.
- Details and estimates for Iran’s annual budgets, with numerous statistical tables.
- Correspondence dated December 1939 to February 1940 relating to irrevocable documentary confirmed credits (irrevocable letters of credit) opened by Bank Melli Iran through banks in India (ff 356-361).
- Copies of laws passed by the Iranian Parliament, including a law relating to war credits and treasury bills (in French, f 334), a Law for the Prevention of Hoarding (ff 325-329) and an Income Tax Law (ff 262-271).
- Correspondence and budget reports dated 1943-1944, produced during the takeover of the administration of Iran’s Finance Ministry by a mission from the United States, led by Arthur Chester Millspaugh.
At the front of the file (ff 4-200) are fourteen monthly reports of the Administrator General of the Finances of Iran (Millspaugh), produced according to the Solar Hijri calender, and dating from Ordibehesht 1322 (equivalent to the Gregorian calendar date of 22 April to 22 May 1943) to Mehr 1323 (23 September to 22 October 1944). The reports, which also contain lists of staff of the Iranian Ministry of Finance and its connected organisations, summarise Iranian finances. Many of the reports contain a map of Iran (for example, folio 185), showing borders, roads and railways, major towns and cities, and districts, which are numbered 1 to 10.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (407 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. The file’s correspondence begins at folio 202 and ends at folio 407. Printed reports occupy the front portion of the file (with an enclosing note, ff 4-201), and are also arranged in reverse chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 408; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Written in
- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’ [23r] (45/817), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3396, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100037593728.0x00002e> [accessed 7 June 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100037593728.0x00002e
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100037593728.0x00002e">Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’ [‎23r] (45/817)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100037593728.0x00002e"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003b4/IOR_L_PS_12_3396_0046.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003b4/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3396
- Title
- Coll 28/3(2) ‘Persia. Financial situation.’
- Pages
- 56r:67v, 38r:55v, 26r:37v, 16r:25v, 4r:15v
- Author
- Millspaugh, Arthur Chester
- Usage terms
- The copyright status is unknown. Please contact [email protected] with any information you have regarding this item.