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File 94/1915 Pt 3 ‘German War:- Turkey. Payments to British subjects in Turkish territory &c.’ [‎9r] (24/446)

The record is made up of 1 volume (218 folios). It was created in 1915-1922. 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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J, For the purpose of effecting payment of the
arrears due to these four heirs, two course are therefore
open : -
(a) to consider the eight quarterly payments already
made and the additional one, which, as I shall explain
later, I propose to make at the end of the present
quarter, as liquidating the shares of the four heirs for
the period 1st October, 191? - 31st December 1 921 without
regard to any discrepancy between the actual cost of
these payments in rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. to the Bombay Government and
the amount which would have been payable had payment
been made in rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. as the instalments fell due; and to
pay to them - preferably as stated below, by means of
a rupee bill drawn on the Accountant General, Bombay -
their shares in respect of the period 1st January 1915
30th of September 19195
(b) to calculate the whole amount due to these four
heirs in respect of the seven years ending 31st December,
1921 , to deduct the rupee equivalent of the nine quarter
-ly payments which will have been made, and then to pay
the balance in the‘manner indicated above* In the event
of this course being adopted, I. should require to be in-
-formed of the rupee equivalent of each of the nine -
quarterly payments so that the necessary adjustment
might be effected*
I4.* I have purposely refrained in the preceding
paragraph from suggesting anything in the nature of a
sterling settlement* It will be readily understood that
such a settlement would, in view of the constantly
fluctuating rate of exchange, be most unsatisfactory and
would give rise to much difficulty, unless I war© inform
_ed in advance Of the r ate at which the amount due in
rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. should be converted into sterling# Further, if
the system were adopted of drawing Rupee Bills direct on
the Accountant General, B onibay, both in respect of the
all
arrears and of /future payments, 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. would i
no way be involved and payments would be effected on
pre-war lines, except that they would be made quarterly #

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Papers concerning the advance of financial relief to British Indians stranded in Baghdad and elsewhere in Ottoman territory, in the wake of Britain’s invasion of Mesopotamia [Iraq] in November 1914. The papers cover: proposals for funds to be forwarded to and distributed by the United States Consul at Baghdad; the advance of funds to Britain’s Vice-Consul at Kerbala [Karbala] (Mohamad Hassan Mohsin), now in Constantinople [Istanbul]; the payment of relief and pensions to British Indians and their dependents in Baghdad; payments for accommodation for British Indians in Baghdad, made by the United States Consul at Baghdad; expenditure incurred by the withdrawal of British consular staff from Baghdad and Kerbala. A large portion of the file concerns arrangements for the continuation of pension payments to the widow and heirs (now resident in Constantinople and Smyrna [İzmir]) of the late Said Yacoub Khan (various spellings throughout the file) who had been awarded a pension prior to his death for ‘high services’ rendered to Queen Victoria (f 80). The file’s principal correspondents are: the Foreign Office, including the Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Algernon Law; the British High Commissioner in Constantinople, Horace George Montagu Rumbold; the Political Department of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. .

The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 volume (218 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 94 (German War: Turkey) consists of 4 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/532-535. The volumes are divided into 4 parts, with each part comprising one volume (1, 3, 4 and 5). There is no part 2.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 217; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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