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File 2960/1916 Pt 2 'Persia: Salaries of HM Diplomatic and Consular officers, [etc.]. Concessions.' [307r] (116/241)
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.
4th Laroh 1921.
Ly Lord,
with roisrencG to Your Lordohip’s telegram Uo. 72
of the 8th February last, and to Sir Percy Cox^
telegram Ko. 276 of the 15th lay 1920, I have the
honoia* to report thu.t there does not appear, at
present, to he any probability of a decrease in prices
L at Tehran. oot commodities have, on the contrary,
become increasingly scarce and expensive, and as long
ao economic conditions in Kusoia remain as they are
at present, and shortage of transport prevails in this
country, there is little hope of an improvement of
prices in ilorth Persia.
The \mgea of all menials have conse uently had
to bo increased. As an example I would quote the recent
increase granted to members of the police force, whose
wage has been raised from 14 to 24
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
a month, the
latter sum being now considered the minimum living wage
-or a nan and his family, which compares favourably with
tae wage of the Legation gholams, who are receiving at
present 22
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
in all per month. This sum includes
the temporary 50/ bonus and a temporary extra allowance
4 tomano a month in lieu of travelling allowance
received by them as couriers, before the war; the actual
being only 12
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
. Other Legation servants,
receive less.
I have the honour, therefore, to request that
Your..
honourable
Cli **zon 0 f Kedleston, K.G.,
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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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