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Coll 29/9 'Duzdap: office allowance' [7r] (14/84)
The record is made up of 1 file (39 folios). It was created in 27 Oct 1930-5 Jun 1936. 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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six ai«fi will be as under*-
Two couriers between Meshed-birjana
at Riais 180/-each ••••••••••••••• ••• Riais ^0
Two couriers between Birjand-2ahidan-
Zabul at Riais ISO/— each •••••••••• rt 360»^0
One Jemadar of the Oak Sowars kept from
the old
dak
System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company.
establishment * 140-00
One camel
sowar
In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman.
kept from the old
dak
System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company.
establishment ••••••••••••••••••••••• * 80-00
Total .. Rials 940-00
Rials 940/- at Rials 600^ approximate •••
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
157/- or
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
188V- lRs.1900/-) par annum.
5. From the above it will appear that no extra
expenditure will be involved by substituting couriers for
carriage of mails by hired motor lorries in lieu of
dak
System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company.
sowars who used to carry mails on camels and that between
Zabul and Zahidan only. The provision of Rs«l90o/- has
remained unaffected under the office allowance grant but
the strength of the
dak
System of postal communication used in Moghul India and later by the East India Company.
establishment has been reduced from
9 men to 6 men. Though this change has taken place in my
office allowance contract grant establishments' which are
under my direct control financially' I consider it necessary
to inform the Government of India of this change and to
request that if formal sanction to this change is necessary'
it may kindly be conveyed.
6• X may also mention here that to provide a connecting
link of couriers with Tehran* the Secretary to His Britannic
Majesty 9 s Cohaul General for Hhoraaan is temporarily' for
the Remainder of this financial year only* maintaining two
couriers between Meshed-Tehran and vice versa and the chargee
are met by him from his own funds debi table to the Military
Departmen U
1 understand that the Secretary has insufficient
funds to continue payment of these two men next year. It
ie highly desirable that we should have a single system
throughout Saet Persia and the scheme is rendered
ineffective if there are no couriers between Meshed and
Tehran. 1 therefore beg to request that the Office
Allowance
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The file concerns extension of the office allowance grant system for the Vice-Consulates at Duzdap and Zahidan and the Consulate at Khorasan.
The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the British Consulates for Sistan and Kain, Meshed, and Khorasan; 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 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. ; and the Government of India.
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- 1 file (39 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 for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 41; 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/12/3565
- Title
- Coll 29/9 'Duzdap: office allowance'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:30v, 30ar, 31r:40v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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