‘Statement of the Fixed Revenues of Persia.’
IOR/L/PS/9/67/6
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The record is made up of 1 item (2 folios). It was created in 8 Aug 1811. 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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A copy of a statement of the fixed revenues of Persia [Iran]. It includes columns showing the following (in tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. and dinars): the amount of revenue, the total amount of revenue, the amount of moostamaree to be deducted, the total amount of moostamaree to be deducted, and the net amount of revenue for different provinces and districts of provinces. (A note on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of folio 2 explains that moostamaree was the fixed salaries paid by the government to different people in the province.)
The copy is signed by Brigadier-General John Malcolm, and it was received via the ship Exeter on 8 August 1811.
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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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- IOR/L/PS/9/67/6
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- 8 Aug 1811 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/9/67/6
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- ‘Statement of the Fixed Revenues of Persia.’
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- 1r:2v
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