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File 3839/1916 Pt 1 'Persia: - Incidence of expenditure in - question of revising the agreement of 1900' [‎321r] (654/880)

The record is made up of 1 volume (430 folios). It was created in 10 Mar 1914-4 Jun 1928. 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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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
FOREIGN AND POLITICAL DEPARTMENT.
SECR ET.
External.
To
The Right Honourable Viscount PEEL,
His Majesty's Secretary of State for India.
Simla, the 13th July 1922.
Incidence of expenditure in Persia.
My Lord,
In Lis telegram No. 3860, dated the 7th December 1920, your predecessor
asked us to submit any suggestions we might have to offer for the revision of expen
diture in Persia as between the Indian and Imperial Exchequers, and in a subsequent
telegram No. 4284, dated the 24th December 1920, he emphasized the necessity
of our placing him in possession of a definite and reasoned statement of our views as
to the extent of the interests of India in Persia. We much regret the delay that has
occurred in forwarding our views on this subject. In the course of our considera
tion of the question we were led into an examination of the expenditure which had
been debited against Indian revenues on account of Persia from the year 1915-16
onwards. Including sums which may be held to be recoverable from the Persian
Government, this expenditure has amounted in all to over 6 million pounds. We
have had great difficulty in tracing many of the items ; references to the details of
expenditure were scattered over a large number of different communications, and we
were, indeed, not in possession of complete figures of expenditure until we received,
as the result of inquiries made by us, the figures forwarded to us demi-officially in
letters, dated the 30th September 1919 and 29th of July 1920, addressed to our
Secretary in the Finance Department. These figures were further brought up to
date in a further demi-official letter to the same address, dated the 6 th October
1921. We have now completed our examination of the figures, and are in a position
to furnish you with the views for which your predecessor asked.
2 . The system on which Persian expenditure has been debited as between the
Indian and Imperial Governments during the last 20 years is based on the recom
mendation contained in paragraph 242 of the Welby Commission’s report. We
quote, for facility of reference, the relevant passage :—
The two Governments are not agreed as to the extent of their respective
interests in Persia. It is, in our opinion, desirable to adopt a general
principle of division which will put an end to these discussions.
Both countries have admittedly a large interest in Persia, and we

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Content

The volume contains papers mostly relating to expenditure incurred in Persia, and the issue of how this expenditure should be divided between the Imperial and Indian Exchequers.

The papers mainly consist of correspondence between 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 the following: the Foreign Office, the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India, and the Treasury; as well as 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. Minute Papers, Reference Papers, and other 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. papers and notes.

The volume mostly concerns diplomatic and consular expenditure, specifically: the question of revising the existing arrangements under which, following the recommendations of the Welby Commission of 1900, the cost of this expenditure in Persia had been shared roughly equally between the Indian and Imperial Revenues (between the Indian Political Department and the Foreign Office); the proposals of the Foreign Office that Indian Political Department posts in Persia should be transferred to the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Consular Service, and thus come under the responsibility of the Foreign Office, with the Government of India paying a yearly contribution towards the posts; and the objections of the Government of India to the Foreign Office’s proposals.

The volume also includes papers regarding: the cost of troops from the Indian Establishment employed in Oman and Persia during the First World War; and the projected contribution from Indian Revenues of a moiety of a loan of £2,000,000 to the Persian Government under the ‘Curzon Agreement’ [Anglo-Persian Agreement] of 1919. In addition, it includes some papers relating to expenditure on diplomatic and consular establishments in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , Muscat and China, as well as Persia.

The file 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.

Extent and format
1 volume (430 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

The subject 3839 (Part 1, Persia, and Part 2, China) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/626-627. The volumes are divided into two parts, with each part comprising one volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 430; 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.

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