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Coll 29/6 'Mohammerah and Khorramshahr: vice consulate and consulate appointments' [207r] (418/470)
The record is made up of 1 file (232 folios). It was created in 9 Apr 1931-4 Sep 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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5228
It is requested that in any further commu/ni-
cation on this subject the under-mentioned letter
and number may be quoted, and the reply
addressed to —
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.
,
WHITEHALL,
The Under Secretary of State for India,
Political Department,
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.
,
London, S. 17.1.
LONDON, S.W. 1.
IJ. Z.7529/31.
Itth January, 19 J*.
I am cirected by the Jocrebary of dt&te for India to refer
to your letter of the th Dec«mber # K. 12534/1621 V2*Vl f ryarding
Ute oay and arlo^anc s of Hr* ^rhile officiating; at
Vice Consul at £1oh«?ro«rah # snd to state for the information of the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affaire that Secretary Sir Samuel
Ko&re, a© at present adviaed, is inclined to the view that .the
Government of India were justified in fixing, without reference to
this Office but after consultation with His lajecty 1 * Charge
D*Affaires at Tehrsvi, the e^iolumaite which they considered
appropriate and wnich were not in excess of those apj&rflatly
iecan*nended by tlva Charge O'/iffaires for au officer of the Levrtit
Service while oerforaing f-nctions normally perforiued by an
officer of the Indian Service, provided that no fresh expenditure -
as was in fact the ca ?o - were involved. 1 art to enquire whether
Seer itary Sir John Sin on concurs in this view.
2, it appeals to Sir Samuel Hoars that in the present case all
that is now necessary is to secure that the pay and allowances
sanctioned by the dovernmentof India should be properly adjusted .
in accounts for Diplomatic and Conwilar expmditure in Persia,
and th t ir. Jakins 1 pay t the rritc of X500 per annum, as an
officer of the Levwit dervico, should remain chargeable in the
first instance to the Foreign Office Vote.
3. Jubject to the concurrence of the Secretary of btatc for
Foreign Aifairs the Secretary of iJtate for India proposes to
address the Govemmuiit of India in the sense of the enclosed draft
letter with a view to any necessary accounting mljushnentB being
mad e • „ .
1 m § dir,
lour ob< c ient servant,
The Under Secretfry of dtate
For< i n Office, .1
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The file concerns appointments at the Vice-Consulate (later Consulate) at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran].
The file covers:
- emoluments of H G Jakins as Vice Consul of Mohammerah in 1932
- appointment of F C L Chauncy as Vice Consul of Mohammerah in 1932
- clerical posts at the Kuwait Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and at the Vice-Consulate in Mohammerah
- Norwegian consular representation at Abadan
- appointment of Allen Lancelot Austin Dredge as Vice-Consul of Mohammerah in 1941
- proposed opening of a Consulate at Mohammerah and reducing of Ahwaz to a Vice-Consulate
- appointment of F C L Chauncy as Consul of Mohammerah in 1942
- appointment of R A McConaghey as Acting Consul of Mohammerah in 1943
- appointment of R H Cook as Acting Consul of Mohammerah in 1944
- relations between 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. , at Bushire, and Consulate at Khorramshahr
- appointment of V W D Willoughby as Consul of Mohammerah in 1948.
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 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. ; the Viceroy; the Secretary of State for India; the British Consulates at Ahwaz, and Mohammerah; British Petroleum; the Royal Norwegian Legation to London; the British Minister at Tehran.
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- 1 file (232 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 last folio with 233; 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/12/3562
- Title
- Coll 29/6 'Mohammerah and Khorramshahr: vice consulate and consulate appointments'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:39v, 40ar, 40r:166v, 168r:185v, 185r:189v, 191r:232v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence