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IOR/L/PS/10/920
- Record Id:
- 040-000546236
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000330
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100148823657.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/920
- Title:
- File 5924/1920 Pt 1 ‘Persia: Financial Position of Persian Govt. Possibility of consolidating external debt’
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding British claims on their loans to Persia [Iran], and Persia’s financial affairs generally.
The papers notably cover:
- Details of the loans, including British claims, recovery of interest owed, and regulation of payments
- Correspondence between British authorities and the Imperial Bank of Persia regarding the Persian Government’s request for advances on a loan
- Proposals for the reorganisation of Persian finances
- A speculated loan to Persia from the United States of America.
The principal correspondents include: the British Legation, Tehran (correspondence sometimes comes from Gulhek [Qolhak, also written as Gula Hek], which was the Legation’s summer hill station); Sydney Rogers, Manager of the Imperial Bank of Persia; HM Treasury; and Lancelot Oliphant, Foreign Office.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000546236 - 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/10/920 : File 5924/1920 Pt 1 ‘Persia: Financial Position of Persian Govt. Possibility of consolidating external debt’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0923]/040-000546236
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (421 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000330
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1920
- End Date:
- 1924
- Date Range:
- 15 Jan 1920-22 Jan 1924
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 423; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 391-421; these numbers are written in red ink.
- Former External References:
- P 5924/1920 Pt 1
- Arrangement:
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 5924 (Persia: Finance) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/920-921. The volumes are divided into three parts, with part 1 comprising one volume and parts 2 and 3 comprising the second volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)