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Coll 29/86 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: incidence; revision; general' [248r] (495/561)
The record is made up of 1 file (279 folios). It was created in 1 Mar 1927-1 Mar 1949. 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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new interests of great importance had grown up, connected inter
alia with the development of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and
other big concessionaire companies and with the emergence of Iraq
as a state under British Mandate, which were almost exclusively
Imperial as opposed to Indian in character, and which had,
therefore, upset the ratio upon which the recommendations of the
Welby Commission as to the incidence of expenditure in Persia
had been based.
27. The Government of India's attempt to secure a settle
ment of this question in their favour did not, however, meet with
success and the question remained dormant until it was recently
revived. The Government of India's latest proposals for a
settlement, designed to ’’define, limit, and stabilise” India's
financial liabilities in Persia and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, were
transmitted to the Foreign Office in a letter dated 16th Larch,
1938. ”ln the years that have passed since this subject was
last under active consideration by His Majesty's Government”,
wrote 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 growth of Imperial (as compared
with Indian) interests has increased both in Persia and also, and
more particularly, on the Arab coast of the Gulf. The reasons
which moved the Government of India in 1922 to ask for a revision
in their favour of the division of expenditure resulting from the
recommendations of the Vfelby Commission, have become increasingly
strong, and Lord Zetland agrees with the Government of India that
the time has come to propose that the position should be re
examined by His Majesty's Government”.
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The file concerns the incidence of Diplomatic and Consular expenditure in Iran and in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
The file includes:
- Memorandum on the contributions made from Indian and Burma revenues , 1938
- revision of the incidence of Diplomatic and Consular expenditure in Persia in 1923-24
- transfer of the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from Bushire to Bahrain: Government of India's proposals for future incidence of diplomatic and consular expenditure, 1937-40.
The file is composed of correspondence between the Viceroy, the Foreign Office, 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 Government of India, and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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- 1 file (279 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 280; 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/12/3662
- Title
- Coll 29/86 'Diplomatic and consular expenditure: incidence; revision; general'
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- front, front-i, 2r:280v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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