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File 160/1916 Pt 3 'German War: Persia; Sir P Sykes' mission. Officers for South Persia Military Police; South Persia Rifles' [‎50r] (104/374)

The record is made up of 1 volume (181 folios). It was created in 1916-1920. 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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Reference Paper. Indo-European Telegraph Department.
191 .
191 .
Register No. 740
| Dated
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Referred to the Secretary, 24th day of September 1918 .
Public Works Department.
attached petition to the Secretary of
State has been so addresseS because Dr.Woollatt, being
a member of the Indo-European Telegraph Department, is
directly under the orders of the Secretary of State.
In a departmental matter it would have been
proper for Dr.Woollatt to have addressed his petition
I in the first instance to me as the head of his depart
ment but as the incidents of which he complains
occurred extra-departmentally and I have no direct
cognizance of them it seeme^Yight that he should address
the Secretary of State.
Dr.Woollatt claims for the period 15th November,
1916, to 20th May, 1917, pay as follows
Rs.550 per mensem departmental pay
Rs.100 " M consular allowance
and 300 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 11 " South Persia Rifles allowance
as promised him by General Sir P.M.Sykes and from 21st
May, 1917, to 30th April, 1918, pay as follows
Rs.1250 per mensem, of which the details
are stated in the enclosure of General Sir P.M.Sykes’s
letter of 12th May, 1918, to my address, hereto
attached, plus Exchange Compensation Allowance on his
*
pay of rank and staff pay and plus a furlough allowance
of Rs.275 per mensem at ls.6d. the rupee.
The case as view^by General Sykes is stated
in his letter to the Adjutant General in India, a copy
of which he forv/arded to me with his above-mentioned
letter.
I submit that the petition might be sent to India
22274 I 563 1000 5/17
for

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Content

The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the transfer of various individuals from military units in India to positions in the South Persia Rifles, and associated issues of grading and pay. The discussions concern the conditions for medical officers and administrative staff as well as military officers.

The principal correspondents in the volume are: the Viceroy; the War Office; and the Secretary of State for India (Edwin Samuel Montagu).

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 (181 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The Subject 160 (Sir P Sykes Mission) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/579-580, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, and part 3 comprising the second volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 183; 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.

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File 160/1916 Pt 3 'German War: Persia; Sir P Sykes' mission. Officers for South Persia Military Police; South Persia Rifles' [‎50r] (104/374), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/580, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100056144351.0x000069> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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