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Coll 29/42 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: contribution (from Indian revenues) towards cost of a British Chaplain at Tehran; Christian cemeteries in Persia and the Persian Gulf' [‎52r] (102/704)

The record is made up of 1 file (349 folios). It was created in 8 Aug 1917-5 Sep 1939. 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. .

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Dear Slllar,
I enclose a copy of a letter dated 8th April from the
Foreign Office about the future maintenance of the British
cemeteries at Henjam and Basidu. You have, I believe, had
a copy of the Foreign Office letter of 16th October, 1936 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. , to which this is the sequel.
The position of the Treasury is as follows, (l) we agree
that the interest of H«¥*G. in the cemeteries is such that we
are prepared in the future to share with India the cost of
maintaining both cemeteries. (2) The next question is
whether these cemeteries should be registered in the name of
the Oommission and maintained by you on behalf of H.M.G. on
repayment out of Subhead S of the Imperial War Graves
Commission Vote.
I see that when Speed wrote to you about this on 27th
November, 1935, he was in some doubt whether you were justified
in talcing over these cemeteries. We have now got some more
details about the identity of the persons buried at Henjam and
Basidu (i.e. the particulars in the enclosure to Foreign Office
letter of 16th October last 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. ). On the
information which we now have, it seems to me that, while the
personnel buried in these cemeteries was largely Service
personnel, they mostly died from natural causes and not in war.
In these circumstances I feel some doubt whether it is
right for you to undertake this task under your Supplementary
Charter. This, however, I regard as being more for you to
decide than for us. As far as coat goes there is nothing in
it, since half the cost of maintenance falls on H.M.G. either
way/
F.C. Sillar, 3sq.,
Imperial War Graves Commission

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The file concerns Diplomatic and Consular expenditure towards the cost of a British Chaplain at Tehran, and the maintenance of Christian cemeteries.

The file contains:

  • proposal that Indian Revenues should contribute towards the maintenance of a British Chaplain in Tehran, 1923; includes Report of the Inter-departmental Committee on British cemeteries abroad
  • lists of members of the Indo-European Telegraph Department and their families buried in Persia
  • financial contributions to the Christian Cemetery Fund, Yezd
  • maintenance of the British cemeteries of Henjam and Basidu [Bāsa‘īdū] after the end of British occupation, in 1935
  • construction of a wall around the new Cemetery site at Kuwait, in 1936
  • list of inscriptions on memorials and gravestones in the cemeteries at Basidu and Henjam, 1936
  • removal of tombstones to the British Cemetery at Shiraz from the old Armenian Cemetery
  • replacement of damaged War Grave tablets in the British Cemetery at Shiraz.

The file is composed of correspondence between 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 Office of Works, the Foreign Office, the British Legation at Tehran, the Imperial Bank of Persia, the High Commissioner for India, the British Consulate at Kerman, the British Consulate at Shiraz, the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Admiralty, the Imperial War Graves Commission, 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. .

There is a document in French, an extract from Le Messager de Tehran.

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1 file (349 folios)
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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 (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 350; 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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Coll 29/42 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: contribution (from Indian revenues) towards cost of a British Chaplain at Tehran; Christian cemeteries in Persia and the Persian Gulf' [‎52r] (102/704), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3604, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100043084055.0x000067> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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