Abstract: The volume comprises five parts discussing consular matters:Part 3 discussing the powers of the Persian Consul-General at Calcutta to appoint Vice-Consuls;Part 4 concerning the desire of Persia to appoint a Consular Officer at Mandalay;Part 5 on the appointment of a Peruvian Consul-General at Hong Kong;Part 6 on the appointment of a Chinese Consul in Rangoon and Mandalay;Part 7 on the appointment of German Officers as attachés to the German Consulate General at Calcutta.The volume comprises five parts: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 203. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top write corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file is concerned with diplomatic and consular expenditure in Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Siam [Thailand], which is shared by both the Imperial (London) and Indian Governments. The papers therefore focus on financial adjustments to be made between the India Office and the Foreign Office. Accounts of this expenditure can therefore be found within the file, along with supplementary correspondence. This correspondence is concerned with querying or disputing items of expenditure, or with changes to accounting practices. This correspondence is primarily between officials of the India Office and the Foreign Office, with occasional reference made to the Government of India, and occasional submissions to the Secretary of State for India.Specific matters discussed within the file include the following: an overspend on a survey for the Mohammerah-Burujird Railway undertaken by Captain Wilson (ff 171-180), expenditure on additional consular escort at Shiraz and Meshed (ff 45-48, 114-117, and 63-66 for specific detail of charges for Shiraz), and the revision of the rates at which leave and pensions are calculated (ff 70-100).The following sets of financial papers can be found within:expenditure by the Imperial Government in Persia, and at Nakawn Lampang (Lakhon) and Chiengmai. Statements for the following years can be found within the file: 1910-11 and 1911-12 (ff 228-232), 1911-12 and 1912-13 (ff 160-164), 1912-13 and 1913-14 (ff 80-85);expenditure by the Government of India compared with the previous financial year; each statement contains a supplement on expenditure at Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], and Maskat [Muscat]. Statements for the following years can be found within the file: 1911-12 (ff 189-200 and ff 213-224, two copies), 1912-13 (ff 153-155), and 1913-14 (ff 49-61);specific statements are also supplied for expenditure on the Koweit Agency as follows: 1911-12 (ff 206-209 and ff 234-236, two copes), 1912-13 (ff 153-155), and 1913-14 (ff 42-43);records of financial adjustments made between the India Office and the Foreign Office between 1900-01 to 1915-16: see ff 33-36, ff 148-151, and ff 201-205.The creation dates cover the bulk of papers within the file. However, a printed copy of a letter from 16 May 1895 with enclosures dating back to 2 March 1895 has also been included (folios 67-69). It concerns charges in connection with the administration of criminal justice under the Persian Coast and Islands Order in Council (1889).Each part 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 commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 241; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file is concerned with diplomatic and consular expenditure in Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Siam [Thailand], which is shared by both the Imperial (London) and Indian Governments. The papers therefore focus on financial adjustments to be made between the India Office and the Foreign Office. Accounts of this expenditure can therefore be found within the file, along with supplementary correspondence. This correspondence is concerned with querying or disputing items of expenditure, or with changes to accounting practices. This correspondence is primarily between officials of the India Office and the Foreign Office, with occasional reference made to the Government of India, and occasional submissions to the Secretary of State for India.Specific matters discussed include a refund for Indian contributions to the Chiengmai [Chieng Mai] Vice-Consulate owing to the withdrawal of the Vice-Consul in 1913 (see folios 8-21), and a refund for Indian contributions towards the Consulate at Basra (see folios 22-39) made following the outbreak of the First World War (1914-1918).The following sets of financial papers can be found within:expenditure by the Imperial Government in Persia, and at Nakawn Lampang (Lakhon) and Chiengmai. Statements for the following years can be found within the file: 1913-14 and 1914-15 (ff 286-289), 1914-15 and 1915-16 (ff 108-111), 1915-16 and 1916-17 (ff 112-115), 1916-17 and 1917-18 (ff 116-119), 1917-18 and 1918-19 (ff 63-65), 1918-19 and 1919-20 (ff 66-68), and 1919-20 and 1920-21 (ff 69-71);expenditure by the Government of India compared with the previous financial year; each statement contains a supplement on expenditure at Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], and Maskat [Muscat]. Statements for the following years can be found within the file: 1914-15 (ff 270-279), 1915-16 (ff 224-232), 1916-17 (ff 201-209), 1917-18 (ff 182-191), 1918-19 (ff 156-165), 1919-20 (ff 121-129);specific statements are also supplied for expenditure on the Koweit Agency as follows: 1914-15 (ff 280-281), 1915-16 (ff 215-216), 1916-17 (ff 212-213), 1917-18 (ff 176-177), 1918-19 (ff 167-168), 1919-20 (ff 131-132);records of financial adjustments made between the India Office and the Foreign Office between 1900-01 to 1920-21: see ff 47-52, ff 81-86, ff 94-98, and ff 260-265.Each part 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 commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 293; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file is concerned with diplomatic and consular expenditure in Persia, the Persian Gulf, and Siam [Thailand], which is shared by both the Imperial (London) and Indian Governments. The papers therefore focus on financial adjustments to be made between the India Office and the Foreign Office. Accounts of this expenditure can therefore be found within the file, along with supplementary correspondence. This correspondence is concerned with querying or disputing items of expenditure, or with changes to accounting practices. This correspondence is primarily between officials of the India Office (primarily the Account General and the Under Secretary of State for India), Foreign Office officials (primarily the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), and representatives of the Government of India (primarily the Accountant General and the Foreign Secretary).Specific matters discussed include adjustments to be made for the salary of John Calcott Gaskin, a query related to the payment of the salaries of Sir Percy Cox and Stuart George Knox during the First World War, a dispute over the refusal by the Foreign Office to take a share of maintenance of Bakhtiari Sowars in Persia during February-March 1919 (see ff 152-158 for detailed notes), construction work at the Ahwaz Consulate, the supply of flour to Shiraz in 1916-17, and an adjustment in the charges for civil works.The following sets of financial papers can be found within:expenditure by the Imperial Government in Persia, and at Nakawn Lampang (Lakhon) and Chiengmai. Statements for the following years can be found within the file: 1920-21 to 1921-22 (ff 552-557), 1921-22 to 1922-23 (ff 482-486), 1922-23 to 1923-24 (ff 425-429), 1923-24 to 1924-25 (ff 354-359), 1924-25 to 1925-26 (ff 260-267);expenditure by the Government of India compared to the previous financial year; each statement contains a supplement on expenditure at Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait] (dropped from 1923-24), and Maskat [Muscat]. Statements for the following years can be found within the file: 1920-21 (ff 580-588), 1921-22 (ff 532-543), 1922-23 (ff 454-465), 1923-24 (ff 392-404), 1924-25 (ff 335-346), 1925-26 (ff 221-233 and ff 243-255, two copies), and 1926-27 (ff 118-129 and ff 68-79, two copies);specific statements are also supplied for expenditure on the Koweit Agency as follows: 1920-21 (ff 590-591), 1921-22 (ff 545-546), 1922-23 (ff 467-468), 1923-24 (ff 406-407), 1924-25 (ff 348-350), 1925-26 (ff 234-236 and 256-258, two copies), and 1926-27 (ff 130-132);records of financial adjustments made between the India Office and the Foreign Office between 1921-22 to 1927-28: see f 575, f 525, f 475, f 448, f 413, f 387, f 332, and f 220.The creation dates cover the bulk of papers within the file. However a printed copy of a letter dated 25 June 1915 with enclosures dating back to 2 June 1915 has also been included. It concerns a revision to the rates at which leave and pension contributions are calculated.Each part 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: The subject 985 (Persia: Consular and Diplomatic Expenditure) consists of three volumes: IOR/L/PS/10/361, 362, and 363. The papers within this volume are arranged loosely in reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Abstract: The file contains papers concerning expenditure by the Government of India and the Foreign Office on diplomatic and consular services, mostly relating to Persia [Iran]. It also includes some correspondence relating to expenditure at the Koweit [Kuwait] Political Agency from 1904-1905 (the year in which the Agency was established) to 1908-1909.It includes statements sent to the India Office by the Government of India Foreign Department comparing the expenditure incurred by the Government of India on Diplomatic and Consular Services in Persia each year for the years 1905-1906 to 1909-1910, and other correspondence between the India Office and the Government of India.In addition, the file includes correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office, and between the Treasury and the Foreign Office, relating to the annual adjustment of accounts between the India Office and the Foreign Office in respect of diplomatic and consular expenditure in Persia.The file 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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 324; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 156-162; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This part contains correspondence relating to the salaries of HM consular and diplomatic officers, mainly those employed in Persia.The correspondence mostly consists of: letters from the Foreign Office to the India Office, including enclosed Foreign Office correspondence; draft letters from the India Office to the Foreign Office; correspondence by telegram between the India Office and the Foreign Department of the Government of India; and internal India Office correspondence. The enclosed correspondence in letters from the Foreign Office largely consists of correspondence between the Foreign Office and the Treasury, and between the Foreign Office and HM Minister, Tehran.The correspondence mostly relates to the payment of exchange compensation allowance or temporary salary increases, to HM Legation Tehran, and to diplomatic and consular staff in Persia generally (due to the high prices and the low rate of exchange caused by the First World War), and the Secretary of State for India in Council accepting a moiety of the cost as a charge on the Indian Exchequer. The file also includes some correspondence relating to the extension of exchange concessions to Maskat [Muscat], Bahrein [Bahrain] and Shargah [Sharjah].Most of the correspondence dates from 1916 to 1918, but the file also includes copies of correspondence from December 1908 to June 1909, regarding the payment in Persian currency at a fixed rate of exchange of the rupee salaries of non-gazetted consular establishments and of the telegraph staff in Persia (folios 236 to 250).Physical description: 1 item (250 folios)
Abstract: This volume relates to the establishment of British consular offices and accommodation at Ahwaz [Ahvaz, also known as Naseri, Khuzestan] during the period 1918-32, proceedings which were particularly driven by: the end of hostilities with the Central Powers (Treaties of Sevres, 1920, and Lausanne, 1923); the increasing activities of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in the wider region; the poor state of existing consular offices rented from the Sheikh [Shaikh] of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Sheikh Khazel Khan or Khazal Jaber [Shaikh Khaz‘al bin Jābir al-Kaʾbī, Mu‘izz al-Salṭanah]; and the political necessity of maintaining British prestige in the consular district of Ahwaz.The papers notably cover and include:Deliberations over whether to construct a new building or purchase another outright for the Consulate at Ahwaz, including consideration of a site on the banks of the river Karum [Karun] and the site of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s hospital owned by ‘Iraqi’ named Razoogh Bashuri [Rusūkh Bāshūrī?]The recommendation in a report of another building suitable for the location of the British Consulate, valued at ‘Tomans [tūmān] 122’, as well as the following: subsequent reports of its unsatisfactory condition; proposals for expansion and improvement; the potential increase in rental costs; sanction of its lease, including a contribution by the Government of India; and clarification of ownership and running costsCopy of the lease for the British consular buildings (f 45) (modelled on the lease for the house of the Consul)The site of the British consular building (formerly occupied by the Vice-Consul) leased from the Sheikh of Mohammerah, including: a report on plans for construction works (ff 246-250); a copy of the indenture signed by the Secretary of State for India and the Sheikh, dated 16 July 1924 (ff 275-278); and correspondence concerning the disposal of deteriorating unused construction materials, including the ‘breach of contract’ ascribed to the Sheikh for non-disposal (due to his imprisonment by the Persian Government over various disputes), detailed schedules of materials (ff 114-116, ff 126-129; ff 270-274, ff 371-374), and proposals to sell the stone to the Anglo-Persian Oil CompanyThe ‘breach of contract’ ascribed to the Sheikh of Mohammerah in relation to unused construction materials at the site of the British consular building, which is explained as a ‘force majeure connected with the Sheikh’s arrest and imprisonment by the Persian [Pahlavī] Government and the embargo subsequently placed on his properties’ (f 33)Further explanations of the Sheikh’s agreements and disputes with the Persian Government (ff 57-59), including descriptions of the political, personal, and physical circumstances of the Sheikh of Mohammerah (ff 301-302)Sanction for a moiety charged to [British] Imperial revenues covering the rent of a house for HM Vice-Consul at Ahwaz (including water and electricity supplies) at the rate of six hundred krans per month, for the limited period of two years (f 124)Assurances from the Indian Political Department at Ahwaz that the Vice-Consul will always be a ‘bachelor’ [unmarried], and recommendations for the abolition of the post in November 1931Assessment of the possible damage that may be caused to the building of the Consulate at Ahwaz by the construction of a dam across the river Karun; the building of the Karun dam is considered less likely in favour of works in the region of Shush [Shushtar]Correspondence on accounts of expenditure regarding the diplomatic and consular establishments in Persia for the years 1928-29 (ff 109-112).The principal correspondents are: India Office; Foreign Office; HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London; Under-Secretary of State for India, London; Secretary of State for India, London; HM Minister, Tehran; HM Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran; HM Consul for Arabistan, Ahwaz; Acting Consul, Basra; Ministry of Finance, Government of Persia; Sheikh of Mohammerah; Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Ahwaz; and Foreign Secretary to the Government of India.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 404; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume also contains multiple original foliation sequences.