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File 1262/1915 Pt 2 'Persia: Financial assistance: The Moratorium' [141r] (45/424)
The record is made up of 1 item (212 folios). It was created in 8 Jan 1916-26 Nov 1917. It was written in English and French. 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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Bub'idy of KTariB 20^0000 has not been controlled by the
Cor-imission.
The Com&iBBion ha» not yet received any official
coiamunlcation on the subject of extension o * its powers
of contiol.
On 2nd August the Comission oresented to the Coun
oil of Ministers its report on reform of the ii&liat
$ property tax ) lews.
On 7th August the Coimaission considered a claim,
referred to it by the Council of Minist rs, from AliefT
friies for restitution of (1> a sum of Krans 13D000 al
leged to have been illegally collected from them by the
Persian Customs on lamb-skins exported,and (2)a sum of
Krans 75'X) alleged to have been wrongfully levied fcy
the Persian Government as a suftex on slaughter of
lambs at 5sh oer head in excess of the legal tax. The
Commission recommended the Government to endeavour to
seek some compromise in respect of the first part of
the claim, seeing that a letter from the Minister of
Affairs to the Russian Minister dated 17th Jemad-el
Ban! prejudices the Persian cose on this point; and
to reject the second part of the claim.
August instalment of Monthly Moratorium expended
by the Minister of Finance- Kxr1110000*
Court
Krs 410000
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► 81580
ks 69770
249946.65
Ministry of Interior
Justice
Pub.Wo ks
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Gendavmery
Police
For.Affairs 28143.35
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Correspondence, minute papers, and memoranda concerning financial assistance, in the form of a moratorium on debt payments, given to the Government of Persia by the governments of Britain and Russia. The papers form part of the discussion of a number of related matters, including:
- The practicalities of making back payments to Persia for loan repayments made during the period of the moratorium
- The inability of the Russian Government to meet their share of payments
- The formation in early 1916 of an Anglo-Russian Financial Commission within the Persian Government to oversee financial matters.
The papers include six-monthly reports produced by the Anglo-Russian Financial Commission from August 1916 to October 1917.
The correspondence is principally between officials at 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 Foreign Office but further correspondence, usually included as enclosures, comes from officials at the Colonial Office, Treasury, British Legation in Tehran, and the Governments of Russia and Persia.
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- Title
- File 1262/1915 Pt 2 'Persia: Financial assistance: The Moratorium'
- Pages
- 119r:181v, 188r:202v, 206r:246v, 248r:250v, 252r:322v, 324r:330v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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