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Coll 29/36 'Kerman: consulate buildings' [35r] (71/216)
The record is made up of 1 file (107 folios). It was created in 9 Mar 1923-27 Mar 1940. 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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Ho.:F.268-A/29.
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From
The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India,
The Under Secretary of State for India,
Political Department,
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.
, London.
Dated Hew Delhi,the 2January 1930.
Sir,
1 . Ho.lll-M, dated the 14th November 1929.
2. Ho.l20-M, dated the 5th December 1929.
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I am directed to address you on the subject of water
supply for tne Kerman Consulate garden, vide correspondence
forwarded with Foreign
Secretary^ weekly letters
cited in the margin.
2. The Consular building at Kerman was purchased in 1928
under the sanction of the Secretary of State for India conveyed
in his telegram Ho.1022, dated the 17th April 1928* Water is at
present rented for 280 hours per year for a sum of Tumans 280,
the equivalent of about Rs.770/- per annum, - vide Secretary of
State’s telegram Ho.1137, dated the 27th April 1928, approving
of the expenditure. This water-supply is rented from a local
merchant who is himself the mortgagee of 440 hours* water-supply
from
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Husret, C.B.E., the former owner of the Consulate
building.
3. His Majesty’s Consul for Kerman and Persian Baluchistan
has now suggested that Government should take up the mortgage of
the 440 hours water-supply from
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Husret for a sum of
Tumans 4500 for a period of 4 years. At the present market rate,
this will vary from Rs.10,000 to 11,250 approximately. Interest
at 6% on this amounts only to Rs.600 to Rs.675 per annum which is
less than the present rent, while at the same time the Consulate
will be assured of a considerably larger supply of water which is
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The file concerns the British Consulate buildings at Kerman.
The file covers:
- payment of lease of the buildings to Agha Mirza Hussein Khan Isfandiari (initially referred to as Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Nasrat)
- repayment of loan granted to Agha Mirza Hussein Khan Isfandiari
- negotiations for the purchase of the buildings and surrounding gardens
- maintenance and repairs
- water supply for irrigating the Consulate gardens
- Statements comparing the Expenditure incurred by the Government of India on Diplomatic and Consular Services in Iran in the year 1928-29 with that in the previous year (folios 15-27).
The file is composed of correspondence between the Viceroy, 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 Consulate at Kerman, the British Legation at Tehran, and 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and Agha Mirza Hussein Khan Isfandiari.
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- 1 file (107 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 108; 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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- Title
- Coll 29/36 'Kerman: consulate buildings'
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- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:91v, 94r:107v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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