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File 2960/1916 Pt 2 'Persia: Salaries of HM Diplomatic and Consular officers, [etc.]. Concessions.' [264r] (28/241)
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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tio diaoontinuod, as also the Ojirbani present of Itrana tiventy
per annUiC.
6# i li^portauco to the provision of rerular
increments# this luetor more perhaps thaj* other keeps
a staff contentea rnd provides an incentive to keenness,
7* Tou will have noticed that I have included the Third
Ktinshi in these proposals in spite of the fact that he holds
only a temporary appointnent, renewed from year to year, i
have oone so for two reasons, xn the first place the came
arguments apply to him as to the other two Mans hi a ; indeed
th^y apply with even greater force in view of the tenporary
nature of his appointment. Ity seeona reason is that I am at
present unable to foresee a time when the volume of work will
have been reduced to a point at which hla services c r n be
dispensed with, fhis is however a matter on which I shall
better be able to form on opinion in a few months’time
after the arrival of the Assistant Oriental Secretary.
I have the honour to be with the highest respect.
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
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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.'
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- 251r:256v, 257ar, 257r:265v, 266ar, 266r:300v, 301ar, 301r:369v
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