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IOR/L/PS/10/923
- Record Id:
- 040-000546239
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000333
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133725467.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/923
- Title:
- File 6342/1920 'Persia: Meshed; Consular Appointments'
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the position of Consul in Meshed [Mashhad] and the political and economic situation in East Persia [Iran]. The papers notably cover:
- Description of the political situation in East Persia where disturbances and outbreaks of conflict were occurring
- ‘Bolshevik’ invasion of Khorassan [Khorasan]
- Conflict between Muslim troops and Anglo-Persian forces
- The dismissal of Lieutenant-Colonel W G Grey as Agent to the Government of India at Meshed and His Majesty’s Consul-General for Khorasan
- The appointment of British consuls at Meshed during 1920-30
- Description regarding the previous British Consul at Meshed and general consular appointments in Persia
- The adoption of the title ‘Agent to the Government of India’ in addition to that of Consul-General.
The principal correspondents are British Legation, Tehran (correspondence sometimes comes from Gulhek [Qolhak, also written Gula Hek], which was the Legation’s summer hill station); Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran; and the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
The volume includes a divider, which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the front 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
040-000546239 - 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/10/923 : File 6342/1920 'Persia: Meshed; Consular Appointments' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0926]/040-000546239
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (104 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000333
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1920
- End Date:
- 1930
- Date Range:
- 13 Jul 1920-18 Oct 1930
- 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 111; 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 6342/1920
- Arrangement:
- The contents of the volume are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)