![File 1262/1915 Pt 2 'Persia: Financial assistance: The Moratorium' [‎152r] (67/424)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001bd/IOR_L_PS_10_550_0310.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "File 1262/1915 Pt 2 'Persia: Financial assistance: The Moratorium' [‎152r] (67/424)")
File 1262/1915 Pt 2 'Persia: Financial assistance: The Moratorium' [152r] (67/424)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
REPORT OR PROCEEDINGS OF LII2ED
FIEAECI Al COmiSSION.
31st July 1916.
The payments authorized by the Commission
against the Monthly Moratorium Account up to 27th
July amounted to
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
277,351-1-15 cents, out of a
total sum of
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
336,844-5-30 cents placed at
their disposal to that date (including proceeds of
the July instalment of £30,000). A balance remained
at disposal of the Commission on 27th July of
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
59,493-4.15 cents.
The payments authorized by the Commission
against the Retroactive Moratorium Account up to
27th July amounted to
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
274,521-9.50 cents out
their
of a total sum placed at disposal of
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
831357-9.50
cents. A balance remained at disposal of the Commiss
ion on 27th July of
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
556,836-0.25 cents. There
is a sum of about £23,000 (
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
80,000) still due
to the Commission on account of the Retroactive
Agreement.
The claims of all the Government Departments
upon this Retroactive Account have now been lodged
with the Commission and are under examination; and it
has been ascertained that the admissible claims will
not exceed the amount at disposal of the Commission.
But as the Commission decided on 27th July to grant
a temporary advance to Government, in conformity
with an arrangement between the British, Persian, and
Russian Governments, of
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
100,000 out of the
Retroactive Moratorium Account, it will not be able to
meet these claims in full until it is again in possess
ion of the
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
100,000, and of
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
80,000 above-
mentioned. It is, however, proceeding to pay without
further delay an instalment of 60% of the amount of
each claim examined and approved.
The
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 item (212 folios)
- Written in
- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
File 1262/1915 Pt 2 'Persia: Financial assistance: The Moratorium' [152r] (67/424), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/550/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100075212213.0x00006f> [accessed 26 July 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100075212213.0x00006f
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100075212213.0x00006f">File 1262/1915 Pt 2 'Persia: Financial assistance: The Moratorium' [‎152r] (67/424)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100075212213.0x00006f"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001bd/IOR_L_PS_10_550_0310.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x0001bd/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/550/1
- 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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence