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IOR/L/PS/10/229
- Record Id:
- 040-000545084
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00007a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100036642063.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/229
- Title:
- File 741/1912 'Persia: Tehran Legation; purchase of land at Gulhak. Additions to Legation House at Gulhak'
- Scope & Content:
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, estimates and statements of expenditure, relating to the purchase of land adjacent to the British Legation in Gulahak in Tehran. The discussion in the volume relates to the cost of improvements in the premises of the legation at Gulahak and how these costs should be borne between the British government and the Government of India.
Further discussion surrounds the criticism by the Office of Works of the plans for refurbishing the accommodation and the response of the Foreign Office; also an explanation by the Foreign Office as to why they had not previously consulted the India Office about such expenditure. Included in the volume are number of financial accounts, such as 'Statement of Expenditure in Persia in 1906-07 and 1907-08 incurred by the Imperial Government' (ff 169 - 170).
The principal correspondents in the volume include: Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey; Ambassador to Persia, Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice; First Commissioner of His Majesty's Office of Works.
Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545084 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/229 : File 741/1912 'Persia: Tehran Legation; purchase of land at Gulhak. Additions to Legation House at Gulhak' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0229]/040-000545084
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (172 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x00007a
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1907
- End Date:
- 1914
- Date Range:
- 1907-1914
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 172; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- P. 741/1912
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 741 (Persia: Tehran Legation) consists of 1 volume, IOR/L/PS/10/229.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)