PZ 701/1935 Question of Continuance of Pension of Naoum Abbo of Basra [3r] (14/94)
The record is made up of 1 file (42 folios). It was created in 29 Jan 1935-6 Jun 1935. 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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and a half in th@ Politiorl Departmoat of the Civil
Administration in Mosopotania ana. not in roopeet of hie
pswiouo service aa dracjomoii at its Kas Ooneulate at
Basra, this latter servioe not he.ving carried pension riplits^
It was decided, moreover, that Hi** Ahlbo ? s pone Ion should “be
payable entirely from the revenues of the Civil Adrainiotratieil
of tli© occupied Tendtorlos in Mesopotamia.
4* On the ©otablisteant of Urn Iraqi Government and of
tlia mandatory rdfyjme in that com.try, the-Iraqi Gevermant
continued the pe&mmit of Hr, Abbe perislon from local revenues.
In 19S3, howevor, having in th© < oureo of retrenchment
submitted their pension list to review, the Iraqi Govorsjment
clOi'rurrocl to the acocptanc© of fuj thcr liaolllty in respect
of Mr* Abbo, and decided to diecc ntlme payment of the pension*
Xn the absence, so far as nis kroxm, of any leual obligation
on tli© Xi-aql Oovemnent to eontli’Ue the payment of the pension.
His Majesty’s Higli Gorniiesionor it Bagdad felt unable in the
eimaastanoea to urge the Iraqi covorruaent to roeaaaiOer their
ClGClBion.
6 4 Ae ha© boon shorn, Mr* Abbo’s peneion was tiiroo^^t ;
uald froa the revenues of Meaopoteale, or Iraq*, to roepoct of
servloea to that country. The cuontlon of ite aontinucnce
aiot therefore too solely one for the Iraqi Ooverraeat} ana
His Uajeoty' b oovoromwit, who wcia not to a position to
« wstipif* mm in X99S* could not use tiiolr
intervene on Mr* Ac 00 s oenax^ mmi
good offices in his ftvour now U et Uie mandatory ^
Iraq has terminated*
X «f
Cexitlemea,
your obodient Garvcmt,
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The file contains correspondence relating to the issue of whether a pension paid from 1918 to 1923 to Mr Naoum Abbo of Basra, an Iraqi national, should be continued.
The correspondence includes:
- Letters and copies of letters 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 Mackrell, Ward and Knight, including a copy of a letter to the Secretary, 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. , dated 29 January 1935 (folio 13), stating that their client, resident in Baghdad, is interested the request of Abbo - who the letter states was employed by the British Consul at Basra as Chief Dragoman for approximately fourteen years up to the outbreak of the First World War, and four years thereafter in the Political Department of the Government of India – for continuance of a pension paid to him from 1918.
- 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 Foreign Office regarding Abbo’s case, including letters from 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. to the Foreign Office enclosing copies 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 Mackrell, Ward and Knight, and correspondence from the Foreign Office to 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. enclosing copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office and Mackrell, Ward and Knight. This correspondence includes a copy of a letter from D.J. Scott, Foreign Office, to Mackrell, Ward and Knight, dated 3 June 1935 (folio 2), in which it is stated that the question of the continuance of Naoum Abbo’s pension is solely one for the Iraqi government.
The file also includes copies of earlier papers relating to the case, dated 23 March 1915 to 26 April 1923.
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- 1 file (42 folios)
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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 42; these numbers are written in pencil, 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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- PZ 701/1935 Question of Continuance of Pension of Naoum Abbo of Basra
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1Ar, 1Av, 1r:12v, 15r:29v, 31r:31v, 34r:35v, 37r:37v, 42r:42v, back-i
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