Coll 29/42 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: contribution (from Indian revenues) towards cost of a British Chaplain at Tehran; Christian cemeteries in Persia and the Persian Gulf' [127r] (252/704)
The record is made up of 1 file (349 folios). It was created in 8 Aug 1917-5 Sep 1939. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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FCRFIG-N A1 T D POLITICAL D3PARTLI3. T T.
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No. F.413-A/35.
Dated New Delhi, t-i: /R// AP 1 ^ ' L * 7 ^
2 2 APR 1936
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To
His Majesty's Under Secretary of State for India,
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
, London.
Construction of a wall round the new
cemetery site at Kuwait.
Reference memorandum No.533 , dated the 6th March
1936 from the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
a copy of which has already been furnished to the^India
Office under cover of foreign Secretary a weekly
Mail' letter IJo.53(A)-M, dated the 25th March 1936
• , • i , rv Which is situated m the
2 The existing cemetery wnion
desert outside the city walls is described to be in
" a disgraceful state'". The wall is broken down .and ^
most of the graves are obliterated by blown sand. Tne
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
has been promised a mere suitable sire
within the city walls, which will be sheltered from
the menace of desecration and the blown sand of the
desert The
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
has suggested that
‘ v, m h« taken of this offer and a wall
advantage should be taKen oi
constructed round the new site at an estimated cost of
Rs 2,00C/-, at the earliest opportunity, the Govern
ment of India recommend the acceptance of tne Political
Resident’s proposal. It is requested that the
acquiescence of His Majesty's Government to share e
expenditure in moieties may kindly be obtained and
communicated to the Government of India by telegram.
The issue of the above has been authorised.
/PtjeJv’s •
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The file concerns Diplomatic and Consular expenditure towards the cost of a British Chaplain at Tehran, and the maintenance of Christian cemeteries.
The file contains:
- proposal that Indian Revenues should contribute towards the maintenance of a British Chaplain in Tehran, 1923; includes Report of the Inter-departmental Committee on British cemeteries abroad
- lists of members of the Indo-European Telegraph Department and their families buried in Persia
- financial contributions to the Christian Cemetery Fund, Yezd
- maintenance of the British cemeteries of Henjam and Basidu [Bāsa‘īdū] after the end of British occupation, in 1935
- construction of a wall around the new Cemetery site at Kuwait, in 1936
- list of inscriptions on memorials and gravestones in the cemeteries at Basidu and Henjam, 1936
- removal of tombstones to the British Cemetery at Shiraz from the old Armenian Cemetery
- replacement of damaged War Grave tablets in the British Cemetery at Shiraz.
The file is composed of correspondence between the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , the Office of Works, the Foreign Office, the British Legation at Tehran, the Imperial Bank of Persia, the High Commissioner for India, the British Consulate at Kerman, the British Consulate at Shiraz, the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Admiralty, the Imperial War Graves Commission, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
There is a document in French, an extract from Le Messager de Tehran.
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- 1 file (349 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 350; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Coll 29/42 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: contribution (from Indian revenues) towards cost of a British Chaplain at Tehran; Christian cemeteries in Persia and the Persian Gulf'
- Pages
- front, back, front-i, 3r:5v, 8r:51v, 54r:54v, 58r:62v, 64r:78v, 81r:153v, 154v:156v, 158r:222v, 224r:230v, 247v, 250r:255v, 256v:293v, 296r:303v, 306r:306v, 308r:352v, back-i
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