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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Famines Name Foreign Office, 1782-1968

1. IOR/L/PS/10/646

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/646
Title:
File 179/1917 ‘Persia: famine relief‘
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the famine that affected Persia [Iran] during the First World War (specifically the years 1917 and 1918) and attempts made by British officials in Persia to alleviate the effects of famine. The file includes: reports from British officials of famine co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1916-14 Sep 1918
Extent:
1 volume (161 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/3426

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3426
Title:
Coll 28/29 ‘Persia. Russia. Russian Refugees in Persia.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers collected in response to an influx of refugees arriving in the northern provinces of Persia [Iran] from Soviet Russia, reaching a peak during 1932 and 1933, as a result of a chronic famine affecting parts of southern Russia. Extracts from consular diaries and intelligen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
29 Aug 1931-17 Dec 1940
Extent:
1 file (204 folios)