Coll 29/27 'Resht: office allowance and minor charges; including establishment of a career consulate' [6r] (11/196)
The record is made up of 1 file (96 folios). It was created in 7 Jan 1922-2 Oct 1946. 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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(XAlK/34/lS(l))
k-<< ($)
FOREIGN OFFICE,
8, Carlton Houoe Terrace,
S.W # 1 .
17th Auguntf 1948.
Dear Trlght,
KlliaHui recently r ave us verbal sanction to re-open
the Con??ulate at 'Reaht In leri la* I enclore herewith
copy of the tele^Ta^ received from the Ambaaeador at
Tahrah regarding the need for re-openir^ the poat. Ve
are all agreed here that it wan moat ueairable to open
it at once and X uhould be glad of your covering: sanction
to do 8o« n, he occupant in the fin t instance will be
i svory m) o is being transferred from Hanadan. His
emolument s are salary £450 per annum plus actual repre
sentation of flfi a month and allowances fixed by the
Middle Kast Office# (Your letter K 6373 of 29th April
la«t refers)•
e have row received a telepram from V.e Ambassador
at?icin for authority to spend up to £2000 (half £4000)
for furnishing and «dui ; Ing the residence and office.
' e have rv jeed for f arther details of this large
expenditure proposed a:d he re lied as followe:-
details can be furnished until tfr# Javory has
"investigated the possibilities on the p )Ot and reported
w tc me,
“2# In the meantime 1 am in«g true tin. im to proceed
"to Washt and have authorised such ex t eri1tire as may be
"necessary for that purpose.
"3# *U- eoor: ss the greetue requireme^tr of this
"poAt are know* It ij e;scr tial that t ere u oaId be no
'delay in establishing it. I shall therefore be t rateful
3 .H. 1 right Rr-q.
Treasury.
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- Content
The file concerns the British Vice Consulate at Resht.
The file covers:
- expenditure of the Vice-Consul
- supply of maps to the Vice-Consul
- office allowance, paid jointly by Government of India and Foreign Office
- lease of Consulate buildings to the Imperial Bank of Persia from January 1934
- death of Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. acting Vice-Consul, and consequent closure of the Vice-Consulate in August 1935
- sale of the property, in 1936
- proposed establishment of a career Consulate in 1942.
The file is composed of 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 Vice Consulate at Resht, the British Legation at Tehran, the Stationery Office, the Office of Works, and the Imperial Bank of Persia.
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- 1 file (96 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 (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 98; 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 29/27 'Resht: office allowance and minor charges; including establishment of a career consulate'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:16v, 18r:21v, 23r:59v, 61r:97v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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