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PZ 5708/37 'Claim for compensation in respect of losses sustained in the Great War: Mrs Aga Faruksha' [4r] (7/26)
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 Reforms Department,
Bombay Castle, 15th July 1957.
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My dear Parsons,
Will you please refer to the correspondence ending
with my demi-official letter No.852-C, dated the oth August
1924, regarding the claim of Mrs. Aga Paruksha to be
compensated for the loss suffered by her through her husband ! s
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death who was murdered at Kerman curing the War. Mrs. Aga
Paruksha died some years ago and her only daughter Bibi Snah
Sultana has now approached 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.
requesting to
be informed of the result of the negotiations with une Persian
Government in connection with the claim to compensation
advanced by her mother. I enclose a copy of an application from
her Counsel and request the favour of being informed what
answer should be given to the application.
Yours sincerely,
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Sd/- C.W.A.Turner,
Lt.Col. A.E.B. Parsons, C.B.K., D.S.O.,
Secretary to the Government of India,
External Affairs Department.
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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.
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- 1 file (11 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 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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- PZ 5708/37 'Claim for compensation in respect of losses sustained in the Great War: Mrs Aga Faruksha'
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- 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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