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File 2960/1916 Pt 2 'Persia: Salaries of HM Diplomatic and Consular officers, [etc.]. Concessions.' [‎262r] (24/241)

The record is made up of 1 item (118 folios). It was created in 31 Dec 1918-22 Jan 1930. 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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British Legation,
Tehran,
April loth, 1929.
Sir,
I have received an application for an increase of
salary from the tinshis attached to this Legation, who
are at present remunerated as follows j-
First .iunshi 1250 Kraus per mensem (including
horse r.llowana
Second Mdnshi 950 *» » n «
Third Monshi 750 11 n "
2 . In view of the many requests doth for increased
salaries and for alterations to buildings which I have of
late been compelled to submit to you, I was reluctant to
make further demands, although important economies have
been effected in other directions. X was the less dis
posed to support the Uunshis 1 request in that I was by no
means convinced that their emoluments were insufficient.
Careful enquiry has however satisfied me that their
petition is justified#
3. Comparison with other foreign missions is diffi
cult in that their - 'usually only - liunshi fulfills the
duties of a dragoman, and is correspondingly highly paid
I have, however, ascertained that the second iTunshi to
the Soviet Embassy, who have an Oriental secretary,
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receives a salary of ifcnami one hundred and fifty per men
sem, while a reference to the Ministry for Foreigpi Afiairg
has revealed the fact that officials of the same age, and
holding the rank to which our TTanshis mi^it be assumed
to
Right Honourable
Sir Austen Chamberlain, K#0#, M#P#,
The Foreign Office.

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This part contains correspondence (and a list of the correspondence), mostly consisting of: letters to 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. from the Foreign Office, with enclosed letters to the Foreign Office from the Treasury and HM Minister at Tehran; draft replies to the Foreign Office from 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 internal 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. correspondence. The correspondence mainly relates to financial concessions for consular officers and Legation servants in Persia [Iran] (due to the low exchange value of the rupee and the high cost of living), and the Secretary of State for India in Council accepting moieties of the costs involved as charges against the Indian Exchequer.

It includes correspondence regarding: the extension of exchange concessions to diplomatic and consular officers in Persia; the permanent revision in rates of pay of servants of HM Legation, Tehran; the concession of a free supply of wheat to the Tehran Legation, and its extension to the inhabitants of the village of Gulhek; an increase in the wages of ghulams, 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. and menial staff of the Legation; and the fuel allowance for the Indian sowars (pensioners) serving at the Legation.

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File 2960/1916 Pt 2 'Persia: Salaries of HM Diplomatic and Consular officers, [etc.]. Concessions.' [‎262r] (24/241), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/607/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100055238572.0x000083> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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