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File 5924/1920 Pt 3 ‘Persia: Debt to H.M.G. Private claims against Persian Govt.’ [463r] (73/216)
The record is made up of 1 item (108 folios). It was created in 2 Nov 1926-25 Nov 1932. 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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Btinute Paper
POLITICAL
Department.
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322 2a 5000 11/28
Accountant-Gen p.rs.1
In connection with the present negotiations
with Persia the Minister at Tehran has been instructed
to take up the question of British and Indian private
ano commerclal claims against the Persian Government.
I attach copy of a letter from the Government of
India, showing the extent of British Indian claims (
against Persia, u so far as they, can be ascertained
from the records of the Government of India”.
I shall be grateful for any observations you
may have to offer on this list. It is exceedingly
difficult to check at this end, and we do not, of
course, know what the Minister at Tehran is putting m
under the head of “British Claims”. There may be other
gaps in the statement supplied by the Government of
India, but for the moment I notice only that they have
not apparently taken account of the payments made to
various officers (Mr. Maclaren, Ir. Oakshott, Major
Noel, and the
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.
of the British Consulate at
Resht), amounting in all to £9,500, and paid in 1919
(half being met by the Treasury) in anticipation of
subsequent recovery from Persia. You may be able, from
your records, to trace other similar omissions.
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This part contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the private and commercial financial claims made by British subjects and companies against the Government of Persia [Iran], as well as Persia’s financial affairs generally.
The papers notably cover:
- Claims of British subjects against the Persian Government, and the forming of an Anglo-Persian commission of enquiry to assess these claims
- British Government proposals for a final inclusive settlement to be paid by the Persian Government, in return for the liquidation of all outstanding British claims
- Persian railways
- British financial interests in Persia.
Also included in the volume are reports and detailed summaries of British Indian and British claims against Persia (ff 465-466 and ff 485-489 respectively).
The principal correspondents are as follows: British Legation, Tehran (correspondence sometimes comes from Gulhek [Qolhak, also written as Gula Hek], which was the Legation’s summer hill station); Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, Imperial Bank of Persia, Treasury; Foreign Office.
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- File 5924/1920 Pt 3 ‘Persia: Debt to H.M.G. Private claims against Persian Govt.’
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