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File 7747/1920 Pt 2 'Persia: – Ahwaz Consulate. (Consul for Arabistan)' [388r] (81/204)
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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7...
assigned will be subject to redueti
ion by the amount o±‘
Of India.
4. In order that eonsiaerabion by this department
of the staff requirements of the post may be facilitated,
I have to request you to instruct Mr. Monypenny to
furnish, statements showing the distribution of duties and
statistics of the work performed during the past year.
o. when converting rupee salaries, into Persian
currency it is proposed to adopt roughly the actual kran
equivalents on September 30th last, and not the par of
exchange as used by Mr. Monypenny for the conversion*
I’he salaries which this department will be prepared to
recommend for Treasury sanction are as follows:-
hr ans
Pirst Clerk
16,400 (Subject to reduction
if granted a pension
by the Government of
India).
Second Clerk
10,600
First
Munshi
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
8,400
Second
Munshi
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
8,400
4, 680
Three Farr ash e s
• ••••••••
1,200
One light guard
Unless special circumstances exist, this department would
not be willing to agree to any increases of these proposed
sal aries.
6. With regard to the other items it is considered
that the current rate of exchange should be used to
convert the rupee estimates to krans. The estimates
made by Mr. Monypenny have been reduced accordingly.
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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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