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File 2960/1916 Pt 2 'Persia: Salaries of HM Diplomatic and Consular officers, [etc.]. Concessions.' [‎306r] (114/241)

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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In any fur^ er commnnication
f**
on this subject, please quote
X 4585/289/503.
£*
No.
not to any perxon by name,
Foreign Office.
S.W.l.
hat to—
“ The Under- Secretary of State,”
Foreign Office,
£0* London, S.WJ.
9th June 1921.
Sir,
(tois. £4.
i
With reference to your letter (P.1298) of April 6th
last relative to the wages of the servants employed at
His Llajesty 1 s Legation at Teheran, I am directed hy Earl
Curzon of Kedleston to transmit herewith, copy of a
despatch from His iiajesty's 1-inis ter at Teheran, in which
Llr. Herman recommends that the bonus of fifty per cent
at present paid to the servants should be confirmed as
a permanent measure and be compounded with the present
scale of wages, the whole to form the permanent monthly
wage of the servants.
2. It appears from Iv'f . Herman’s despatch that the
minimum living wage for a man c^nd his family in Teheran
is considered to be twenty four tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. a month. In view
of this and having regard to the present rates of pay of
the Legation Servants, Lord Curzon is of opinion that the
re uest put forward by His Majesty’s Minister is reason
able and should be acceded to with effect from October 1st
next.
3. I am to request therefore that ar. Secretary
^ontagu ■ will agree to the proposal,
4. A similar letter has been addressed to the
Treasury.
.:e
. >F,. 'd/ /cF V,
'“'Sir, VAi
Your most obedient
humb1e S e rvan t,
U ■ 'll JUN1921 1

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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.' [‎306r] (114/241), 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_100055238573.0x000015> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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