‘Persia. Claims of British Officers against the Government of.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persia. Claims of British Officers against the Government of.’
- Date:
- 1837/1846
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 31 March 1846.The item relates to the settlement of claims due to British officers from the Persian [Iranian] Government. In particular, the item includes:Details of the officers in question and the amounts owed to their estatesDetails on the amount transferred by the Persian Government directly to the Court of Directors in LondonReports on the progress made by John Williams, General Paymaster, in settling the claimsA letter from a Mr Elander, clerk and draftsman, who requests the money owed to the estate of Richard Gibbons (ff 581-582).Particular attention is also paid to claims made by Tagubee [Taguhi] Shee, widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Bazil Shee, who supplies copies of statements and acquittance rolls as evidence, but whose claims are complicated by a claim made against her by an Armenian merchant at Tehran. A copy of Tagubee Shee’s petition can be found at folios 559-560.Correspondents include: Tagubee Shee; Williams; Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran; the Court of Directors; the [provincial] Government of Scinde [Sindh]; and the governments of Bombay and India.Tagubee is also rendered in the text as: Sagubee; Saguhee; and Taquhee.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5287, Draft 503/46’, ‘Coll[ection] 23’, ‘Collection N. 35 of N. 41’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 551, and terminates at f 595, 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 side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Claims
Petitions
Accounting
Government of Persia, Qajar dynasty - Geographic region:
- Persia
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098003190.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098003190.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2143/102475
IOR/F/4/2143/102475