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Coll 29/45 'General reorganisation of consular posts' [4r] (9/674)
The record is made up of 1 file (334 folios). It was created in 26 Feb 1928-11 Oct 1945. 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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Copy of a latter 3 o_ 4100/A/74 dated/the 13th January 1238,
from His Britannic Majesty'*s Consul-General^^fl^asan,/
to the Secretary to,the Government of India^in the ^
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External Affairs Depa tment, New Delhi
Subject:- Travelling allowances on annual
i moves between Meshed and Zabul.
I have the honour to refer to the Foreign and Political
Department letter No*F*331/^/32, dated the 9th September
1933 sanctioning the amalgamation of the Sistan and Meshed
Consulates and directing inter alia that Sistan and Meshed
should be the Winter and Summer headquarters respectively.
2. This order is in conflict with various other
orders and the present situation which is anomalous is as
follows:-
(i) The Consul-General himself is admitted to have two
headquarters Meshed and Zabul.
(ii) The Medical Officer recently appointed has
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his headquarter^'Meshed only.
(iii) As regards the Extra Assistant and Attache
S the situation is not clear vide paragraph 3 b(ii) below.
(IV) Of the clerical establishment two have their
Headquarters at Meshed and two at Zabul. Actually one clerk
remains permanently at each place and the other two move with
Headquarters.
Actually Meshed is the principal headquarters as the Consul -
General and his staff reside there for the greater part of the
year and only move with the minimum furnit ure and office
equipment to Sistan for the four Winter months.
3. The present situation has given rise to difficulties
with the Accountant-General, Central Revenues in the matter
of travelling allowance both on first appointments and on the
annual.........
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The file concerns appointments and reorganisation of the British Consulates in Iran and in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The file covers:
- diplomatic Consular expenditure in Persia: Government of India's proposals for savings
- proposal to move the headquarters of the Sistan Consulate from Sistan to Duzdap and to reduce its establishments, 1928
- proposal to abolish the post of Vice-Consul at Sistan
- proposed amalgamation of Kerman and Bundar Abbas Consulates
- proposed amalgamation of Isfahan and Shiraz Consulates
- amalgamation of Meshed and Sistan Consulates, 1934
- appointment of the Confidential Assistant at Seistan, C W Hart, as Vice-Consul for Meshed, in 1932 and as Consul-General for Meshed in 1933
- abolition of the post of Second Clerk at the Kerman Consulate
- increase of compensatory allowance for clerical staff and Vice-Consul at Meshed
- title and address of the British Consul for Meshed
- appointment of Clive Kirkpatrick Daly as British Consul for Meshed, 1935
- travelling allowances on moves between Meshed and Zabul, 1938.
The file is composed of correspondence between 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. , 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 British Consulate at Sistan and Kain, the British Consulate for Khorashan (Meshed), the British Legation at Tehran, the Persian Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
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- 1 file (334 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 335; 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/12/3607
- Title
- Coll 29/45 'General reorganisation of consular posts'
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- front, front-i, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:18v, 20r:114v, 115ar, 115r:165r, 165r:165v, 165v:166r, 166r:166v, 166v:200v, 202r:334r
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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