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13. Affairs in India
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- Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-61 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 27 August 1844. The enclosures are dated 14 May-21 August 1844.Folios 324-350 consist of copies of correspondence relating to a petition from Moola Moosa [Mullā Mūsá, also written as Moollah Maussa and Moolla Moses] and Moola Ibrahim [Mullā Ibrāhīm], Jewish merchants resident in Meshid [Mashhad], for indemnity for losses suffered due to alleged persecution in Cabool [Kabul] caused by their association with the British. The correspondence covers:Details of the ‘essential service’ provided by both men to the British in Afghanistan, Bokhara [Emirate of Bukhara], Khiva, Kokan [Kokand] and Toorkistan [Turkestan]An immediate grant by the Governor-General of India, upon receipt of the petition, of 1000 rupees each, and his passing the case on to the Court of Directors for consideration of further compensationThe death at Bombay [Mumbai] of Moola Moosa while awaiting a response to the petition.Folios 397-470 consist of copies of correspondence relating to the Indus Flotilla, particularly a severe delay in paying the men of the flotilla, due to confusion over which Presidency has ultimate authority for issuing the pay, after the responsibility for auditing the accounts of the Scinde [Sindh] Marine Department was transferred from the Government of Bombay to the Government of Bengal in May 1843.Other topics covered in the item include:Arrangements for three trophy guns, captured in Afghanistan and Hyderabad, to be shipped from Bombay to England aboard HMS Nimrodas gifts for Queen VictoriaThe arrival at Fort William of Sir Henry Hardinge, the newly-appointed Governor-General of IndiaA request from the Assistant in Charge of Nimar for 10,000 rupees worth of small denomination coins to be sent for circulation in the region, and arrangements for a military escort for transportation of the coins.The primary correspondents are: Captain F H H Glasse, commanding HMS Nimrod; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; the Military Auditor General, Bombay; the British Resident, Indore; the Assistant in Charge of Nimar; Moola Moosa; Moola Ibrahim; the Government of Scinde; the Government of India; and various Indian Army officers.Physical description: 1 item (160 folios)
14. Funds for the British mission to Afghanistan
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- Abstract: Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 11 of 1840, dated 20 March 1840. The enclosures are dated [8 October-4 November 1839] and contain correspondence relating to considerations on possible sources of funds for the Bombay Army’s mission to Afghanistan, especially in relation to the so-called ‘Sikh Loan’ contributing approximately 31 lacs [lākh] (3,100,000) of rupees. The enclosures also contain a summary of financial accounts covering the cost of the Afghanistan mission. The primary correspondents are Her Majesty’s Envoy and Minister at the Court of Shah Shoojah Ool Moolk [Shāh Shujāʿ al-Mulk] at Cabool [Kabul], and the Government of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
15. Bahrain Agency accounts
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- Abstract: The file comprises papers (bills, receipts, vouchers) relating to the accounts of the Political Agency in Bahrain, for the months April 1922 to April 1923. Papers included for each month, or most months, include:statements of the cash account for the Political Agency in Bahrain, including a list of receipts and payments received;lists of foreign bills issued, with details of to whom they were granted, to whom payable, and amounts drawn;salary bills for the Political Agent (Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly) and others employed in the Political Agency;detailed pay bills for permanent staff in the Political Agency, including clerks and munshis;acquittance (payment) rolls for staff at the Political Agency;travel allowance bills;papers relating to postage and telegram charges, including approximately two-hundred Indo-European telegraph (Persian Gulf section) receipts for individual telegrams sent;vouchers for office expenditure, steam launch costs, annual and special repairs, sanitary expenditure;papers relating to salary bills and supplies for the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Bahrain.Other papers included in the file include receipts and bills from commercial companies (some in Arabic), correspondence and file notes relating to the Agency accounts, and a detailed bill showing the cost of food and lodging for slaves seeking redress at the Political Agency (ff 250-254).All monetary values quoted in the file are in Indian rupees, annas and pies.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 383; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The following foliation anomalies occur in the file: ff 30a-m; ff 31a-l; ff 32a-d; ff 65 a-k; ff 66 a-i; ff 83 a-b; ff 85 a-l; f 86a; ff 118 a-n; ff 139a-b; f 143a; f 162a; ff 173a-d; ff 188a-q, ff 188s-t; ff 189a-q, f 189s; ff 190a-h; ff 210a-h; ff 211a-l; ff 235a-k; f 238a; f 242a; ff 256a-o; f 267a; ff 276a-q, f 276s; ff 297a-p.
16. Pol Ext 16872/48 'Accounts of Zahidan Consulate: Supervision Arrangements'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding a request for oversight of the accounts of the British Consulate at Zahidan (Zahedan), Iran to be transferred to the Government of Pakistan. The correspondents are: British Legation, Tehran; Foreign Office; Commonwealth Relations Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 8; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
17. File 4301/1916 Pt 2 'Persia:- Consular appointments at Kermanshah (Col. Kennion & subsequent appointments)'
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- Abstract: This part contains papers relating to the British Consulate at Kermanshah in Persia [Iran]. These papers largely relate to the Kermanshah Consulate accounts. The part also includes papers relating to: the postponement of Lieutenant Colonel Roger Lloyd Kennion assuming his appointment as HM Consul at Kermanshah; the remuneration of Kennion while on temporary duty at Kasvin; the emoluments of Kennion since assuming charge of Kermanshah affairs; the desirability of suspending Kennion’s departure for Kermanshah; the terms of the appointment of Major James Leslie Rose Weir as successor to Kennion as Consul at Kermanshah; the appointment of N P Cowan of the Levant Consular Service as Consul at Kermanshah, and the Foreign Office resuming financial control of the Consulate; and estimates of expenditure, budget estimates, and proposition statements for the Consulate.The papers mainly consist of India Office minute papers and internal notes, and correspondence between the India Office and the following:The Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India (and copies of correspondence of the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India with Major F S Greenhouse, HBM’s Consul and Political Officer, Kermanshah, with enclosures from the latter including budget estimates of the Kermanshah Consulate for 1921-22, and a proposition statement showing existing and proposed Establishments for 1 April 1921).The Foreign Office (and copies of correspondence of the Foreign Office with Charles Murray Marling, HM Minister, Tehran, and with the Treasury).The Treasury.The Accountant General, Central Revenues, Calcutta.The Colonial Office.Physical description: 1 item (234 folios)
18. File 6665/1919 Pt 1 ‘MESOPOTAMIA: ADMINISTRATION. INCIDENCE OF COST; DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS REVENUES; CLAIMS OF THE OTTOMAN PUBLIC DEBT; STAMP DUTIES; CONTROL AND AUDIT OF EXPENDITURE’
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- Abstract: This volume contains correspondence, resolutions, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding different aspects of the administration in Mesopotamia.The papers notably cover:The incidence of cost of the temporary administration of Basra [also written in the correspondence as Basrah Wilayat, or Vilayet], following the British military occupationDiscussion regarding the disposal of the surplus revenues of the British-occupied territory in Mesopotamia, including a suggestion that they should be handed over to the British GovernmentDefinitions of the financial powers of the Civil Officer in Mesopotamia and the difference of opinion between the Government of India and the authorities in Mesopotamia as to the allocation of military and civil fundsControl and audit of expenditure in the British administration of Mesopotamia.The volume also covers details such as the following:The Indo-European Telegraph Department, the development of new telegraph lines, and rates between Basra and London and Basra and IndiaContributions from Government of India revenues towards the cost of the various Indian Expeditionary ForcesThe liability for the Ottoman Empire’s public debt, following annexations of its territory.The principal correspondents include: John Bradbury, Treasury Chambers; Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India; Percy Zachariah Cox, Chief Political Officer, Indian Expeditionary Force D; Viceroy of India, Finance Department; War Office; Assistant Secretary to the Government of India; Under-Secretary to the Government of India; Civil Commissioner, Baghdad.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 288; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
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