‘Salary and allowances to Mr Rich as Resident at Bussorah and Bagdad.’ [‎28r] (57/110)

Content

This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, memoranda and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Governments of Bengal and Bombay. It concerns the salary and allowances to be paid to Claudius James Rich, the Resident at Baghdad.

The main subjects are:

• The plan to consolidate the residencies at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Bussora [Basra, sometimes referred to as Bussorah], and the implications of this for future expenditure
• The salary and allowances received by Rich’s predecessor, Sir Harford Jones
• The question of whether the current situation in Bagdad demands higher levels of expenditure than previously
• Calculations of the salary and allowance payments to be paid to Rich in arrears and in the future.

The primary correspondents are: Claudius James Rich, Resident at Baghdad; and John Elphinstone, Civil Auditor and Accountant General, Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. .

The title page (f 5) of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 31, Season 1814/15, Draft 20’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, November 1812’.

Extent and format

1 item (50 folios)

Arrangement

There is no chronological order.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 5, and terminates at 54, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Folio 5a contains fragments of seals that have become detached from folio 5.

Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.

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English in Latin script

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