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Coll 29/28 'Meshed: office allowance and consulate buildings' [23r] (47/343)
The record is made up of 1 file (170 folios). It was created in 15 Jul 1922-9 Jan 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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7173 Wt 85100/111 10,000 4.38
Minute Paper.
political Department.
In September last His Majesty^ Consul-General for
Khorassan received a demand from the Governor-General for
Khorassan for the sum of Rials 7,364, which was later
footpath in front of the British Consulate-General at
Meshed,
The demand does not appear to be based on any
Iranian law making householders liable for the cost of
asphalting pavements in front of their houses,but simply
on an administrative decision. H.M. Minister at Tehran,
law. Moreover, refusal to pay might give the Meshed
authorities grounds for misrepresenting the action as a
refusal to co-operate in improvements specially enjoined
by the Shah.
The Foreign Office consider that the charge should
be met ^ and the Government of India agree. A draft
letter to the Foreign Office concurring in their proposal
to authorise expenditure of Rials 3,940, half of which
would be charged to Indian revenues, is submitted
accordingly.
Financial Secretary .
a . *
j lii* reduced to Rials 3,940, for the asphalting of the
however, thinks that the charge could nurrnnfrfrnTT be
however, thinks that the charge could nurrnmTfTrrry be
contested on the ground that it had no basis in Iranian
For concurrence or any observations.
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- Content
The file concerns the British Vice Consulate at Meshed (Mashhad, Iran).
The file covers:
- office allowance and pay, in 1923
- proposal to transfer the Consulate outside the town, in 1928, rejected by the Government of India for financial reasons
- report of fire broken out on 14 October 1929 in the Consulate building, and repairs needed
- supply of fire extinguishers
- encroachment made on Consulate property by a neighbour
- appointment of Attaché, in 1932
- estimates for special works to be done in 1934
- office allowance increase, in 1935
- street-widening scheme affecting Consulate property, 1936
- claim from Iranian Authorities for asphalting footpath in front of Consulate, in 1938
- replacement of motor lorry, in 1939.
The file is composed of internal correspondence between 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 Meshed (Khorasan), the Viceroy, the British Legation at Tehran, and the Office of Works.
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- 1 file (170 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 171; 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/12/3585
- Title
- Coll 29/28 'Meshed: office allowance and consulate buildings'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:171r
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence