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File 5238/1919 'Persia:- Mohammerah. Gift of guns and river steamers to the Sheikh of Mohammerah' [8r] (20/450)
The record is made up of 1 volume (218 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1918-6 May 1927. 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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Copy of a 1 etteir-No„ 83-1J., dated Simla,, the 19th April
1926, from the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
in the Foreign and Political Department, to the Accountant
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Q.eneral-,^entral Revenues.
ENCLOSURE id
INDIA FOREIGN SECRETARY’S
Letter
Dated 29 APR 1923
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Adjustment of the cost of aimnunition etc 0 ,
supplied to the Shaikh of Moharmnerah.
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T^aia directed to refer to the endorsement from this
Department Iio.8o-M*, dated the 10th October 192.3 and to
enclose, for your information, a copy of the marginally
!To*Po317l/24, dated 21st August ( cited letter from the
1924♦ . )
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.
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2. I am now to inform you that on further investigation
it appears that the cost of ammunition supplied to the
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Shaikh of Ho hammer ah was not Rs. 20,000 hut Rs 0 26,415/4/- as
detailed below -
1. 300,000 rounds IOC VI, at Rs 0 56/-
per 1,000 rounds, Rs. 16,80 0/-
2. 59,808 chargers at Rs.27 per
1,000 chargers R s * 1,614/15/-
3. 267 boxes at Rs.6/4/- each Rs. 1,668/12/-
4. Departmental and general charges
on 1,2 and 3-.•.•••••..oo..®.** Rs. a, 3^4-pa/—
5^ freight charges from Kirkee to
Bombay
Rs .
Rs. 507/8/-
26,415/4/-
It has been decided that this sum is to oe treated as
divisible expenditure between Indian and Imperial Re>;enuesj
the Indian moiety being charged to Civil Estimates \^9-
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3. I am also to inform you that the cost of 150 cnests
amounting to Rs.4,800 used for packing J ^f- e °
referred to in the enclosures to the endorsement quoted
above, together with the sum of Rs.2,070/- on account of
freight charges etc. inhcurred thereon, should also be
treated as divisible expenditure, and the Indian moiety
adjusted
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This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes. It mainly covers conversations between British officials regarding the process of sending gifts to the Sheikh of Mohammerah [Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Ka‘bī of Mohammerah, now known as Khorramshahr, also written in this volume as Mohammera and Mahomerah].
Related matters of discussion include the following: the Sheikh of Mohammerah and his role in Mesopotamia [Iraq] in recent years, as well as his relationship with British officers; a gift of recognition to the Sheikh of Mohammerah for supporting the British during the war [First World War]; an evaluation of the gift, which consists of a vessel and guns; the procedure of presenting the gift to the Sheikh; the valuation and cost of the supplies (of rifles and ammunition); payment; departure and arrival; disagreement among British officials (between the Government of India and the 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. ) on the quantity of supplies; a related argument regarding Persia [Iran] becoming a signatory to the Arms Traffic Convention; information regarding the Sheikh of Mohammerah’s investment in a British war loan; conversations about the suspicions of a plot by the Persian Government with the Bakhitiari [Bakhtiyārī] tribe.
In addition, the volume includes: ‘Memorandum on British Commitments (during the war) to the Gulf Chief’ (ff 175-181); a disposal and liquidation commission: a statement of guns, fittings and ammunition issued by the General Officer Commanding, Mesopotamia, to the Sheikh of Mohammerah (ff 92-93); a list of stores requirements (f 62).
The correspondence in the volume is mostly internal correspondence between British officials of different departments, along with some correspondence with French Government officials. The principal correspondents are: Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia; Political Officer, Baghdad; War Office; Ministry of Munitions of War; Disposal and Liquidation Commission; Inland Water Transport, Basrah [Basra]; and Army Council.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (218 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 223; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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