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Coll 29/6 'Mohammerah and Khorramshahr: vice consulate and consulate appointments' [219r] (442/470)
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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August 14 th 1931.
Dear Bradshaw*
tfany thanks for the opportunity of expressing my views
as to my emoluments while acting at j n ha nine rah • As you
i mZ f
doubtless know emoluments paid by the Foreign Office very
■ ' —p-r-
from po sii to post and as Moha mme rah is not under London
the rates f o r a
Levant
A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Officer here have never been fixed.
Consequently I came here on a basic £ 400/- a year plus
£100/- representation allowance and on this no addition
has b«en made in respect of cost of living. So that while
if a Government of India Officer were here the suggestion
that the difference in allowances only should be paid might
be equitable I feel that to do this in my case would be a
manifest injustice. First of all* because it is a Foreign
Office practice that Officers acting in posts other than
their own get the difference( if any) in salary.
Secondly* that I wa s brought at great inconvenience and
i risk to my health(I was supposed to be recuperating in
.Meshed) from one extreme corner to the opposite extreme
corner of Persia entirely to help the Government of India
out of a difficulty.
Thirdly that in view of its proximity to Abadan and
its Geographical position this is the most expensive as
well as climatically one of the worst posts in Persia and
the emoluments which I am drawing at the moment are not
adjusted on the^e bases. I trust therefore that in order
that I may suffer no hardship from filling the post at
Mohammerah in the present emergency you will induce the
Government of India to pay the difference between my
present emoluments and those of the substantive holder
of this post namely*- * Rs. 1*395 or @ 13.5
£ 103.33 minus l/l£th of £ 500
or £ 41.67 i.e. £ 61.66 or 832.5 Rs.
a mo nth.
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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