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File 7747/1920 Pt 2 'Persia: – Ahwaz Consulate. (Consul for Arabistan)' [384r] (73/204)
The record is made up of 1 item (100 folios). It was created in Mar 1921-17 Feb 1930. 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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No. 268(2)-A. -
From
The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India.
To
His Majesty's Under Secretary of State for India
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.
, London.
Dated Simla, the ^ ■ July 1926.
&M^csng mar Esco rt-
Sir,
I am directed to refer to the despatch from the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs No .3 (K1589V
15894/234), dated the 4th January 1926, to His Majesty's
Minister, Tehran, and to detail for the information of
His Majesty's Government the manner in which the Govern
ment of India propose to give effect to the orders con
tained in paragraph 11 regarding the accounts of the
Ahwaz Consular escort.
2. The position is similar to the case of the Isfahan
and Shiraz Consulates. In these cases, the charges on
account of escorts of the Consulates detailed for duty
in Persia from regiments in India, are accounted to the
office of the Accountant General, Central Revenues,^
through the Tehran Legation Accounts, and budget pro
vision for the escort charges are made in the Indian
Estimates under Persian Legation. The Consuls of these
places draw bills on His Majesty's Minister, Tehran, for
meeting the expenses on account of their escorts and
render accounts quarterly to the Treasury Officer,
British
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This part contains correspondence, memorandum, reports, telegrams and minutes. It mainly covers discussion between British officials regarding affairs at the Ahwaz Consulate, Arabistan [Khuzestan].
Related matters of discussion include the following: the appointment of Captain Eardley Garforth Bryan Peel as Consul at Ahwaz, his annual leave, and the covering of his position by Reginald Gybbon-Monypenny; judicial powers in Arabistan and the appointment of a Judicial Assistant under the Persian Coast and Islands Orders-in-Council; the financial accounts of the Consulate; details of staff at the Consulate; salaries and wages; lighting and fans; conveyance; sundry expenses; uniforms; a change in the procedure for the submission of the accounts of the Ahwaz Consular Escort.
Also included is a salary report, with details of prices of necessities, covering the years 1925 and 1929.
The principal correspondents are: Foreign Secretary for the Government in India; Under-Secretary of State for India; Foreign Office; Sir Robert Henry Clive, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. to Persia [Iran]; Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; British Legation, Tehran.
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