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Coll 29/60 'Kermanshah: claim of Reuben Lalezar against British consul in respect of fines imposed in 1919' [20r] (42/316)
The record is made up of 1 file (154 folios). It was created in 30 Dec 1930-26 Jul 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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Minute Paper.
P.Z. 529/33.
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Secretary. Financial Department
Please see the previous papers at P.Z*5023/32.
It has unfortunately come to light that the fine
was credited not to the Military authorities but to the
garden fund of the Consulate, which was then under the
Government of India. Although the garden fund
appears to have been a self-balancing item supported by
the sale of garden produce and from fines imposed by
the Consul, I do not think we can now refuse to share
the expenditure involved in the law-suit. We could
not very well ask the Foreign Office to accept instead
a share of the fine (5800 Krans at the 1919 rate of
exchange), which would probably be cheaper!
We have not heard yet the result of the
reference to the Appeal Court. The case was to have
been tried last September, but I understand from the
Foreign Office that it was postponed and that they have
not yet heard the result. They will send us any
relevant papers which we have not had.
It will be necessary now to ask the Government
of India for their views on the question of sharing the
expenses of the law-suit.
Do you concur in the draft?
Political Secretary .
The papers below indicate that the fine was paid
into the garden fund. But since this was a self-
supporting fund, I do not think that the payment can
properly be said to be a contribution ”to the maintenance
of an establishment which is a joint charge on Imperial
and Indian revenues”. Thus the fine uoes not appear
to/
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The file concerns the claim of Reuben Lalezar, a Persian merchant, in respect of fine levied by HM Consul at Kermanshah, in 1919.
Lalezar, accused for seizing donkeys under contract to carry petrol for British troops and for loading them with his own goods, requests refund of fines imposed on him and compensation for losses alleged to have been caused by his detention.
The file also contains correspondence related to the Foreign Office's request that Indian Revenues should bear a moiety of the legal expenses.
The file is composed of correspondence between the Government of India; the Secretary of State for India; the Foreign Office; the British Legation at Tehran; the Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia; the British Consulate for Kermanshah; the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Iranian Ministry of Justice; and 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. .
There are some letters in French, from Reuben Lalezar.
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- 1 file (154 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 156; 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. The file has one foliation anomaly, f 2A.
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- Coll 29/60 'Kermanshah: claim of Reuben Lalezar against British consul in respect of fines imposed in 1919'
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- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:33v, 34v:35v, 36v:42v, 44r:90r, 91r:97v, 98v:120v, 123r:141v, 145r:157r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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