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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' [‎69r] (136/704)

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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FOREIGN OFFICE,
S.W.l.
8th April, 1937.
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With relerence to Foreign Office letter K 4700/593^/34
of the ICth October laBt enclosing a copy of a letter 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. regarding the xuture maintenance of the British
cemeteries at Henjara and Basidu, I am directed by Mr. Secretary
.den to request you to inform the Lords Commissioners of His
Majesty’s Treasury that the Government of India agree to the
registration of these cemeteries in ^he name ol he Lnperia-i.
War Graves Consul salon.
£. The Government of India also draw attention ^o the
fact, however, that while the maintenance charges in respect
of the upkeep of the cemetery at Henjam have hitherto been
met from Indian revenues alone, the similar charges in the cnbe
of the Baeidu cemetery, although paid in the first, place out oi
Indian revenues, have eventually been shared equally between His
Majesty’s Government and the Government of India under the
existing arrangements for the division of expenditure in Persia
and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . They observe that there are no apparent
grounds for a differentiation between the two cemeteries and they
suggest that the expenditure on both henceforth should be shared
equally between His Majesty’s Government and the Government of
India on the analogy of all Diplomatic and Consular expendit ire
in Persia. if this suggestion is accepted, they are willing to
share the sxpaAditure on the maintenance and registration charges
of these cemeteries with His Majesty’s Government accordingly.
3* Mr# Keen agrees that there is not, in fact, any clear
reason why a differentiation should be made between the two
cemeteries in regard to the cost of upkeep or registration and
I am to enquire whether Their Loraehips agree to the proposal
that future expenditure on the Henjam cemetery (which only
amounts to about 100 Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. per annum) should like that on

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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' [‎69r] (136/704), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3604, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100043084055.0x000089> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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