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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/5/268 Place Persia, Asia Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 108-112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 108-112
Title:
Protection of Christians in Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871, concerning the protection of Christians in Persia, following the execution of a Muslim at Tabreez (Tabriz) for the murder of an Armenian Christian. British officials intervened following alleged attempts by local o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1871-9 Nov 1871
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 117-123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 117-123
Title:
Persian Government Ban on the Export of Grain
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871. The Despatch concerns a prohibition by the Persian Government on the export and storage of grain and provisions, as a result of a grain shortage. The correspondence shows that British officials felt that the measur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jul 1871-9 Nov 1871
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 271-273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 271-273
Title:
Railways in Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosure to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 24 October 1871. The letter encloses one from Charles Alison, HBM's Minister at Teheran [Tehran], dated 17 July 1871, describing the history of the Persian Government's interest in railway construction, and stating the need for such...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1871-24 Oct 1871
Extent:
1 item (3 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 274-277

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 274-277
Title:
Persian Government Restriction on the Storing of Grain and Provisions Imported by Foreign Merchants
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 24 October 1871. The papers cover: British concerns that the restriction amounted to a ban on imports at a time when Persia was being depopulated by famine; report by William John Dickson, Oriental Secretary at the British Legation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jul 1871-24 Oct 1871
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)