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File 94/1915 Pt 3 ‘German War:- Turkey. Payments to British subjects in Turkish territory &c.’ [‎122r] (252/446)

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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No. 21 op 1916.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
FOREIGN AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT.
WAR.
To
The Right Honourable AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN,
His Majesty's Secretary of State for India.
Delhi, the 31st March 1916.
Sir,
T+- 1 acknowled g e receipt of your despatch No. 74
(Political), dated the 9th July 1915, enquiring whether the Government of
• £211 7 s. id. India were prepared to accept as a charge
to Indian revenues the expenditure*
incurred on account of advances made in December 1914 by the United States
Consular officers in Turkey to certain members of the staff of the late British
No. 99 (Political), dated the 27 th August 1915 . Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Baghdad, as also of vmir
No. 110 (Political), dated the 22nd October 1915. A + L • n • f
... subsequent despatches marginally cited
intimating that you have accepted claims amounting to £172 10s. 6d. and
£42 19s. 5d., respectively, as charges upon the Indian Exchequer.
2. After due consideration we desire to express our readiness to accept
as a charge to Indian revenues the expenditure incurred in connection with the
maintenance and travelling expenses of His Majesty's late Vice-Consul at
Kerbala and the staff of the late British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Baghdad. But in res
pect of the sum of £18 18s. 8d. representing the expenditure incurred on
behalf of Mr. J. C. Gaskin, late Assistant for Trade and Commerce to His
Britannic Majesty's Consul-General at Baghdad, we would suggest that, as a
moiety of Mr. Gaskin s salary is chargeable to Imperial Revenues, His
Majesty’s Government should bear half the expenditure in question, viz.,
£9 9s. 4sd. and, in the event of your agreeing, we would request that this
amount may be recovered and credited to Indian revenues.
We have the honour to be,
Sir,
Tour most obedient, humble servants,
a/, tv C i C\v(/

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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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