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Coll 29/47 'Employment of news writers' [18r] (35/140)
The record is made up of 1 file (68 folios). It was created in 19 May 1932-30 Nov 1933. 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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saakhT :
British Legation t
Tehran,
6 th April, 1933.
Sir,
On receipt of
your despatch No.
76,
I caused
llirsa Hussein Quli Khan (Vafcil-ed-Dowleh) to he informed
that he should cease to perform any duties for this Legation
or the Vice-Consulate at Resht and that althoug^his salary
would be discontinued on this account he would recelwe an
Ts. 35.
Ts. 35.
annual compassionate gratuity.
2 » I venture, however, to urge that as a special
exception, his gratuity might be raised to
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
thirty
five a month. Apart from the fact that he has served His
Majesty's Legation faithfully for thirty five years, his
salary was fixed at its present rate of thirty five
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
a month when the
toman
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
was worth a great deal more than now.
It has never been raised in recent years, as have the
salaries of most other Government employees in Persia, and
now that the rial has depreciated, its purchasing power has
greatly decreased. In effect, therefore, the salary has
been little more than a pension for some years and a further
reduction will undoubtedly be a severe financial blow to
/a*ii-ed-L>owleh Equally, of course, the salary of thirty
live
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
costs His Majesty's Government much less today
than when it was first fixed.
As regards Kabul, Major Laly informs me that
the *newswriter" never visits the Consulate in person, but
delivers messages through a third person. Major Laly
considers that he runs no risk, but I have no means of
judging how far this is true, and the fate of Rashidi forms
The Right Honourable
Sir John Simon, O.C.S.I.,
etc., etc., etc.,
The Foreign Office.
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The file concerns the employment of news writers ( munshis 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. ) at Consulates in Persia.
The file contains:
- statements of secret service expenditure at the consulates in Persia in 1932
- monthly diary of the Consulate at Sistan and Kain for January, February, and March 1933
- termination of employment of munshis 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. at Sistan and Zabul.
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 British Legation at Tehran, the British Consulate at Tabriz, the British Consulate for Sistan and Kain, 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. .
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- 1 file (68 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 70; 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/12/3622
- Title
- Coll 29/47 'Employment of news writers'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:69v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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