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Coll 29/11 'Tehran Legation: pay of munshis and menial staff; office accommodation' [35r] (69/525)
The record is made up of 1 file (261 folios). It was created in 16 Sep 1926-13 Jun 1947. 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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Copy.
(X 1334/145/503)
No.14.
(185/l/42)
y EXT
1102
BRITISH LSQAT I0K f
TEHRAN. ; | 342
13th January* 1942.
Sir,
I have the honour to re fer to y our teiegrain
r\ n No. 1184 of the 13th December l94l # concerning the emoluments
^ 'o' clerical staff and the temporary secretaries of this
Legation.
2. It is unfortunate that the facts and figures
quoted in^ _dAapatch of Jthe^28th October 1941 were
not considered at first sight to be suitable for submission
to His Majesty’s Treasury. If the mode of presentation was
at fault I can only express my regrets; but I feel compelled
to point out that my recommendation was made with every
regard to the need for economy and that the proposed general
increase of £25 per anniirn is quite inadequate in the majority
of cases*
3. It approximates most nearly to the 10;5 bonus which
I advocated for the unmarried staff (excluding Mr. Kelland
but including Mr. fillis) and f if His Majesty’s Treasury
prefer to grant an increase of so many pounds rather than a
percentage bonus I see no alternative to the bachelors’
accepting the £25 per annum increase* However I mentioned
in paragraph 11 of my despatch under reference that I see no
prospect of a fall in the cost of living here (on the
contrary, since Iran can never institute such a control of
profiteering as that of a western country, the cost of living
is bound to continue to rise) and it therefore seems wiser
to grant a percentage cost of living bonus which is more
easily adjustable.
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4. As regards the married members of the staff I
shall have the honour to address you separately about the
established officer, Messrs. Bishop and Gamble, and will
consider for the moment only*Messrs. Reeve and Buckley
(temporary secretaries) and Messrs. Davis and Samson
(unestablished clerical officers). For them the offer of
£25 per annum increase of salary is, I regret to say, wholly
inadequate* The increases fohi-ch my proposals would involve
are as follows:
Salary Increase
Mr. Reeve
Mr. Buckley
Mr. Davies
Mr. Samson
£ 570
£ 500
£ 400
£ 410
£ 114
£ 100
£ 80
£ 82 - 10.
All the increases were calculated as exactly as possible
to meet the prevailing conditions and no allowance was made
for possible ’’paring".
5. I have been very satisfied with the work of ray
staff hitherto. They have given of their best during periods
of pressure and they have been slow to complain of the
financial/
The Right Honourable
Anthony Bden, P.C. , M.C*, M.P.,
etc. etc. etc*
FOREIGN OFFICE,
2 . «• 1 *
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The file concerns the personnel employed at the British Legation at Tehran.
The file covers: increase of staff and related expenditure in 1928, accommodation, list of staff at the legation, installation of telephone systems, proposal to grant cost of living bonus to munshis A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. and menial staff, employment of a third munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. in 1933, proposal to appoint two additional Vice Consuls in 1934, pay rises, and requests for financial contributions from Government of India. There are also later documents, from 1945, regarding the employment of Indian Orderlies at the Legation.
The file is composed solely of internal correspondence between the Foreign Office, 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. , the Secretary of State for India, the British Legation at Tehran, and the Treasury.
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- 1 file (261 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 for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 262; 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 29/11 'Tehran Legation: pay of munshis and menial staff; office accommodation'
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- front, front-i, 2r:262v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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