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PZ 5708/37 'Claim for compensation in respect of losses sustained in the Great War: Mrs Aga Faruksha' [2r] (3/26)
The record is made up of 1 file (11 folios). It was created in 17 Jul 1937-4 May 1940. It was written in English. 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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Political and Services Department. Z/ i
Bombay Castle, 9th April 1940.
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Siabject j- Claim of Bi bi Shah Sultana,
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Dear Qaroe,
Would you please refer to the correspondence
ending with Hay f s demi-official letter No, D.3006-M/37
of the 11th August 1937, on the above subject? Messrs.
Mulla and Mulla, Solicitors, lombay, have again address
ed the G-overnment of Bombay with reference to the claim
of their client Bibi Shah Sultana for compensation for
the murder
Igha Farrukhshah, A copy of their
letter of the 18th iferch 1940 is enclsaed. Will you
please let me know how the matter now stands?
Yours sincerely,
H.T. Sorley,
0,K. Oaroe, Esquire, G.I.E.,
Secretary to the Grovernment of India
External Affairs Department,
OREjQM SECRETARY*!! iETTEH
IMTE received i
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The file consists of correspondence concerning a compensation claim for the murder of Aga Farrukh Shah (also spelt Agha Farrukhshah) at Kerman during the First World War. Aga Farrukh Shah was supposedly working in the interest of the British Government at the time of his death, and the first claim made by Mrs Aga Faruksha in 1919 was for a pension from the Government of India. This being denied it was forwarded to prefer a claim on the Persian Government. Copies of the original claim are included. With no further answer, and following the death of Mrs Aga Faruksha, the claim was raised by her daughter Bibi Shah Sultana in 1937, and again in 1940.
Correspondents include: the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , Political and Services Department; the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , Political and Reforms Department; the Government of India, External Affairs Department; and A A Khan, Advocate, High Court, Poona.
The file 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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (11 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 13; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/236
- Title
- PZ 5708/37 'Claim for compensation in respect of losses sustained in the Great War: Mrs Aga Faruksha'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:7v, 12r:12v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence