‘Persia. Final orders issued for the settlement of the pecuniary claim advanced by Mr Sarkies Satoor at Tehran against Mrs Shee, widow of the late Lieutenant Colonel Shee, formerly Commanding the British Deatchment in Persia.’
IOR/F/4/2320/120388
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The record is made up of 1 item (18 folios). It was created in 22 Jul 1846-23 Jun 1849. 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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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions, cited in, or enclosed with, an extract from a Political Letter from 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. to the East India Company Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , 23 June 1849.
The item relates to a claim for 286 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. against Mrs Takwee [Taguhi] Shee, widow of the late Colonel Basil Shee, by an Armenian merchant named Sarkis Satoor [also rendered in text as Sarkeis and Sarkies]. Mrs Shee is owed money from the Persian [Iranian] Government, as her husband’s pay was in arrears at the time of his death. The item contains discussions about the validity of Mr Satoor’s claim and the validity of Mrs Shee's counter-claim that she had previously left him with articles for sale worth 231 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. .
Principal correspondents include: Gilbert James Blane, Acting Accountant General; Colonel Francis Farrant, HM Chargé d’Affaires at Teheran [Tehran]; Augustus Smith Le Messurier, Advocate General; the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. ; and the governments of Bombay and India.
All of the material in the item dates from 1848-49, except from an extract of a letter from the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. which is dated 22 July 1846.
The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 714/49’, ‘Collection No. 17 of No. 56’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally ‘29’, but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘17’.
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- 1 item (18 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item. The item also contains a table of contents (ff 554-555), noting ‘Page’, ‘From’, ‘To’, ‘Subject’, ‘Date & No. of Docu[men]t’ and ‘Date & No. of Cons[ultation]’.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 553, and terminates at f 570, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
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- English in Latin script
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- 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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- 22 Jul 1846-23 Jun 1849 (CE, Gregorian)
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- ‘Persia. Final orders issued for the settlement of the pecuniary claim advanced by Mr Sarkies Satoor at Tehran against Mrs Shee, widow of the late Lieutenant Colonel Shee, formerly Commanding the British Deatchment in Persia.’
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- 553r:570v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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