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Coll 29/45(3) 'Conditions of service of personnel serving in the Persian Gulf (Policy and Superior staff)' [‎249r] (497/669)

The record is made up of 1 file (333 folios). It was created in 3 Feb 1947-16 Apr 1948. 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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Ordinarily, soon after arrival they Were' given study! leave
assist then to learn either Arabic or Persian. The"tales
provide for the grant of a year’s leave .for each language
During the war it was
grant this leave to officer;
and Persian in what should have been their leisure hours.
ux u _LCc*vt; .lor «acn language,
not possible, except in a-few ceases,
fficerSj and they had to learn both ^
to
to
•able
This
imposed, in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. climate, a very heavy strain on
the officers themselves and proved a very wasteful system.
Only the most enthusiastic ever succeeded in fully qualifying
themselves in the languages, ard many officers returreto India
without having learned them — their political and other
experience of the Gulf being, for this reason, largely wasted.
It*will be necessary either to send officers to learn Arabic
in a good climate before posting them to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , or,
alternatively, to provide training posts — such as that of
the personal Assistant to the Resident — in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
itself, hone of the halers here — with the exception of Auscat
speaks any English at all; and the Trucial Shaikhs are
particularly backward,
20. Foreign service officers posted to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
will also need to be trained in law to exercise Jurisdiction
over British and American subjects a hd other foreign nationals.
This, and the necessity of learning Arabic requires a training
reserve.
Leave ; The unenviable climate of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
akes it necessary for officers serving in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to
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have regular leave,
which, in turn, requires a leave reserve. Since 1229, officers
servin 0, here have had only a fraction of the leave to which they
aie htitled, owing to the difficulty of replacing then. Indeed,
the task of staffing the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. has always, even in
■oeace time, been one of very consider able difficulty, and the
historv of'it has been a sorry story of officers who^came, saw,
and —" with a few notable exceptions — returned to India before
thev had ^ained sufficient experience or knowledge of tne
languages to be really useful. The lack of proper housing for
junior officers has also made the Persian Gull a particularly
unattractive place for you ~o Aii**.ri i
22 x s the number of officers employed increases, the
size of the ministerial establishment will have to be increased
roughly in the proportion mentioned in para 27 below, altnoug ,
as the increase*will be in junior officers, a lower proportion
may suffice.
22. The additional information required in para 4 of
Wilson*s letter to you is given below :
The non- gazetted ministerial stafi are divided into
the following categories :
(a) Lower Division;
(b) Upper Division;
(c) Special Grade.
and
The following are the scales of pay o^- each category
' a.) L owe r D iv i s i on.
1 "* ■■ ■ n ■ 1 ■ - 1 t /
Pay Rs.100-4-120-5-200.
Special pay Rs.30/- , , ^ .
Rent free quarters or Rs.30/- per mensem house rent.
;b) Upper Dlvison .
Pay Rs.120-6-150-10-250.
Special pay Rs.35/- per mensem.
Rent free quarters or Rs.35/- per mensem house rent in lieu.

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The file concerns conditions of employment at the British Consulates in Iran and in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The file is compiled when, after Indian Independence, the Foreign Office was planning to take over certain posts previously administered by the Government of India.

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The file is composed of correspondence between Commonwealth Relations Office, the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Foreign Office, and the Secretary of State for India. The file includes extracts from The London Gazette.

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1 file (333 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 334; 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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