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49. File 3280/1916 Pt 1-2 'Arabia:- Subsidies to Chiefs. Assistance to the Idrissi.'
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- Abstract: The volume consists of two parts: Part 1 mostly contains correspondence relating to the Idrisi Sayid of Asir in Southern Arabia; Part 2 contains correspondence mainly relating to the subsidy paid to King Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi of Hejaz.Each part includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 308; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves, have not been foliated.
50. File 985/1913 Pt 1 'Persia: Consular and Diplomatic Expenditure'
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- 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.
51. File 985/1913 Pt 2 'Diplomatic & Consular Expenditure in Persia, Siam & C'
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- 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.
52. File 985/1913 Pt 3 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure — Persia, Siam etc'
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- 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.
53. File 1093/1915 Pt 2 ‘Persian Gulf:- Proposed revival of British Consulate at Basra. Portuguese interests in Iraq’
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- Abstract: Correspondence and other papers concerning the proposed re-appointment of a British Consul at Basra, and how the new post should be funded. Subjects covered include: whether the Consul at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] could also be appointed Consul at Basra (the two places being in close geographical proximity); the High Commissioner for Iraq’s (Henry Robert Conway Dobbs) argument that a full-time Consul is required for the post; discussion between officials from the Government of India and the Foreign Office about who should fund the new appointment; assessments of the importance of British trade in Mesopotamia, including tables of statistical data outlining diplomatic and consular expenditure in Turkish Arabia, and trade between India and Turkish Arabia; the Government of India’s refusal to contribute to the cost of the Basra Consulate; the transfer of land and property associated with Basra consulate from the Government of India to HM’s Office of Works; a further report written by Dobbs, dated 1928, arguing for the appointment of a British Consul at Basra, enclosing a memorandum written by Charles Wills of the Mesopotamia-Persia Corporation Limited.Physical description: 1 item (164 folios)
54. File 1144/1915 'Persia:- Secret Service Expenditure by Consular Officers. Seistan Levies Expenditure. South Persia Rifles (see also F 2834/12)'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises correspondence related to the diplomatic and consular expenditure on Special Secret Service in Persia and the Persian Gulf between 1915-1921. The papers focus on the financial adjustments to be made between the India Office and the Foreign Office. According to the statements provided, the expenditure amounted to £319.818 which covered the spending made by the Bushire Residency, as well as the British Consulates at Bandar Abbas, Kerman, Mohammerah, Khorasan, Ahwaz, Shiraz, Sistan and Tehran. The expenditure was mainly on the operation of Indian troops, the Seistan [Sistan] levies, South Persia rifles, subsidies and loans, secret service, ammunition, spies, and other political expenditure.Other matters discussed within the volume include the following:The question of whether the Sistan levies raised for the purpose of maintaining internal order in Persia can be ascribed to the military operations against Persia or notThe dual supply of Secret Service funds to the Consul at ShirazThe conference held at the Treasury in 1923 on the subject of the incidence of Secret Service Expenditure in Persia in the years 1915-1921.The volume also includes the following financial papers:Budget estimates of the Sistan Levy Corps for the years 1917-1919Detailed statements (ff 18-57) showing the nature and amount of the Special Secret Service expenditure of the Sistan Consulate together with certificates of payment or contingent bills. The statements cover the period from July 1915- February 1921Detailed statements (ff 58-79) showing the nature and amount of the Special Secret Service expenditure spent by the rest of the Consulates in Persia. These also cover the period July 1915- February 1921Certificates issued by the Accountant General, Central Revenues.The main correspondents in the volume are: the Secretary to the Government of India, the Foreign and Political Department, Delhi and Simla; the Secretary to the Financial Department and Legal Advisor, India Office; the Viceroy, Foreign and Political Department; the War Office, London; His Britannic Majesty’s Consul for Sistan and Kain; His Britannic Majesty’s Consul General and Agent to the Government of India in Khorasan, Meshed [Mashhad]; the Accountant General, Central Revenues; and the Accountant General, India Office, London.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 421; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
55. File 1360/1912 'Seistan Consulate Expenditure.'
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- Abstract: The volume concerns increases made by the Government of India in the consular grant for the Seistan and Kain consulate (also referred to as Sistan). Additional expenditure was required mainly to maintain an increased consular guard, as a result of local unrest and Afghan raids: this increase was allowed each financial year up to and including 1924-25. Other increases arose from requests from the consulate for furniture, medical supplies, and additional pension allowance for a member of staff.The principal correspondents are the Government of India Finance Department; the Foreign Office; and the Consul for Seistan and Kain.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 contained 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 193; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
56. File 4931/1916 'Arabia [Nejd]: Bin Saud's subsidy. Payment of subsidy authorised on 1 Jan. 1917. Question of incidence. Payments made without Treasury authority'
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- Abstract: The volume contains papers, mostly correspondence and India Office Minute Papers and Reference Papers, mainly relating to the subsidy paid to Ibn Saud, Emir of Nejd [Najd]. It includes papers relating to the following:The proposal to pay Ibn Saud a monthly subsidy of £5,000 per month, the cost of which would be borne by Imperial Revenues.The enquiry into the authority given for the continuance of the payment by the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, of the £5,000 monthly subsidy to Ibn Saud beyond the period of six months originally sanctioned by the Treasury.The proposal to debit Ibn Saud’s subsidy against the surplus revenues of Mesopotamia [Iraq].The request to the India Office from the War Office for a refund of £69,068.The main correspondents are: the India Office; the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India; the Foreign Office; the War Office; the Treasury; the Civil Commissioner Baghdad; Sir Percy Zachariah Cox; and Harry St John Bridger Philby.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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 202; these numbers are written in pencil, 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 59-178; these numbers are written in crayon.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves.
57. File 815/1917 Pt 10 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting & Buoying Service. Operation by Board of Control. Govt. of India's contribution to the Lighting Fund.'
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- Abstract: This volume relates to arrangements for the financing of the Persian Gulf lighting and buoying service. Matters covered in the correspondence include the following:Details of a new scheme for funding the service, which is to consist of shipping dues levied on behalf of the Government of India by the Government of Irak [Iraq], with the dues being levied on all ships (apart from local sailing vessels and government vessels) entering or leaving Basra and Abadan, from 1 November 1925 onwardsPlans for a contribution of £5000 a year to be paid from Imperial funds to the Government of India for a period of five years after the new scheme of shipping dues takes effectThe selection of representatives for a proposed unofficial (unofficial because it does not include any British Government representatives) advisory committee to assist the Government of India in the administration of the lighting and buoying serviceThe question of whether the British Government's annual contribution to the lighting and buoying service should be continued for another five years, or whether the Government should instead contribute annually an amount equivalent to the dues that would have been payable on Admiralty tankers entering and leaving the Gulf if they had been required to pay duesThe British Government's agreement to continue to contribute at the rate of £2000 a year, on the understanding that it can recover the amount by which its annual contributions between 1925 and 1930 exceeded the dues that would have been paid by Admiralty tankers.The volume's principal correspondents are as follows: the Viceroy of India; the Secretary of State for India; officials of the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the Treasury, the Admiralty, the Government of India's Marine Department, the Government of India's Department of Commerce, the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department, the Board of Trade's Mercantile Marine Department, and the Chamber of Shipping.In addition to correspondence, the volume includes the following: notes on a meeting held at the Foreign Office on 17 July 1931 between representatives of the British Government and the Chamber of Shipping, to discuss the contribution of the British Government to the Persian Gulf lighting service (ff 45-47 and ff 52-53); a brief account of the administration of lighting and buoying in the Gulf since 1908 (ff 221-223).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.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 436; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
58. File 815/1917 Pt 2 'Persian Gulf: Lighting & Buoying. General Expenditure.'
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- Abstract: This volume is composed of interdepartmental correspondence relating to the future administration of the lighting and buoying service in the Persian Gulf.The correspondence notes that since 1911 the cost of the service, which is carried out by the Royal Indian Marine, has been shared between the British Imperial Government (specifically the Foreign Office) and the Government of India. After the Foreign Office expresses its intention in January 1922 to withdraw Imperial contributions after the end of the current financial year, the correspondence goes on to discuss potential savings and possible ways of making the lighting and buoying service 'self-supporting', such as by imposing a levy on all vessels calling at Basra and Abadan. Also discussed are the proposal to impose dues on all local sailing vessels in the Gulf, and the question of whether the Government of Irak [Iraq] would be able and willing to collect light dues from vessels calling at Basra and Abadan, on behalf of the British Government and the Government of India. The correspondence concludes with discussion of a proposed advisory committee relating to lighting and buoying in the Gulf, which would consist of representatives of various shipping and commercial interests.Notable correspondents include the following: the Viceroy of India; the Secretary of State for India; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Chamber of Shipping; officials of the India Office, the Foreign Office, the Admiralty, the Treasury, and the Government of India's Marine Department.In addition to correspondence, the volume contains the following: a copy of an India Office memorandum entitled 'Memorandum on the Lighting and Buoyage of the Persian Gulf', dated 1911 (ff 322-328); copies of the minutes of interdepartmental conferences held at the Foreign Office on 7 March 1923 (ff 148-150, ff 164-166, and ff 172-181), 24 July 1923 (ff 111-112), and 11 April 1924 (ff 40-41), discussing lighting and buoying in the Persian Gulf.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.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 332; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
59. File 815/1917 Pt 9 'Persian Gulf:- Lights & Buoys. Expenditure – Claims against F.O.'
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- Abstract: This part consists of correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office regarding expenditure incurred by the former on lighting and buoying in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence mainly discusses details of claims submitted by the India Office to the Foreign Office regarding the former's expenditure, a proportion of which the India Office states is recoverable from Imperial revenues (i.e. the Treasury).Physical description: 1 item (28 folios)
60. File 266/1908 Pt 1 ‘Diplomatic & Consular Expenditure.’
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- 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.