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Coll 29/45(3A) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf: Major M P O'C Tandy' [‎8r] (15/114)

The record is made up of 1 file (55 folios). It was created in 16 Jul 1947-12 Aug 1948. 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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From
Government of Pakistan,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Commonwealth Relation!
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations^ J^ndon.
Repeated 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bahrain,
United Kingdom High Commissioner in Pakistan and
Government of India, Ministry <
Commonwealth Relations.
Foreign, Karachi.
Government of Pakistan
EXPRESS LETTER.
To
Dated the * June 1948.
Your express letter No. Ext.912/4SL»- dated the 7th April
1948 f Deputation of Major M.P.O’C Tandy.
and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ar«ia, a local compensatory allowance was granted
to the Officers serving there in addition to the ordinary cost of
living allowance; and Rs.150/- p.m. was the rate of this local compen
satory allowance admissible to Major Tandy. This local
compensatory allowance has no# connection with the deputation
allowance of Rs.T'75/- p.m. which is the usual deputation allowance
of Rs.25$ of pay granted to officers on foreign service. As there
is no change in the cost of living in Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
area, the Government of Pakistan consider that Major Tandy should
draw the local compensatory allowance of Rs.150/- p.m. in addition
to the ordinary cost of living allowance and the reputation
allowance of Rs.S75/- p.m.
3. The Government of Pakistan have since revised the
rates of cost of living allowance with effect from the 1st January
1948, as detailed in their Office Memorandum No.F.9(2)-Eg.11/48
dated the 29th January 1948 (copy enclosed). Major Tandy is therefore
eligible for the following allowances, in addition to his other
emoluments, while on deputation in Kuwait:-
(i) Cost of living allowance at Rs.263/- p.m. upto
31st December 1947 and at Rs.150/- p.m. from
1st January. ljD48.
(ii) Local compensatory allowance at Rs.150/- p.m.
(iii) Deputation allowance of Rs.275/- p.m.
The issue of the above has been authorised.
Owing to the exceedingly high cost of living in Persia
(E.W, Fletcher)
for Secretary to the Government of Pakistan

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The file concerns condition of service of Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy, leaving his post of Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Kuwait in March 1948. The file also covers arrangements for Tandy's successor.

The file is composed of correspondence between the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Secretary of State for India, Commonwealth Relations Office, the Commonwealth Relations Department of the Government of Pakistan, the Treasury, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Kuwait, the Foreign Office, the British High Commissioner in Pakistan.

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1 file (55 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 57; 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 29/45(3A) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf: Major M P O'C Tandy' [‎8r] (15/114), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3610, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100044346437.0x000010> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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