Coll 29/11 'Tehran Legation: pay of munshis and menial staff; office accommodation'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 29/11 'Tehran Legation: pay of munshis and menial staff; office accommodation'
- Date:
- 1926/1947
- Description:
- Abstract: The file concerns the personnel employed at the British Legation at Tehran.The file covers: increase of staff and related expenditure in 1928, accommodation, list of staff at the legation, installation of telephone systems, proposal to grant cost of living bonus to munshis and menial staff, employment of a third munshi in 1933, proposal to appoint two additional Vice Consuls in 1934, pay rises, and requests for financial contributions from Government of India. There are also later documents, from 1945, regarding the employment of Indian Orderlies at the Legation.The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Foreign Office, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Secretary of State for India, the British Legation at Tehran, and the Treasury.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 262; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Recruitment
Diplomatic service
Consular services
British - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000081_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000081_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3567
IOR/L/PS/12/3567