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IOR/L/PS/12/124
- Record Id:
- 040-000555122
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000554997
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x00018f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100038322247.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/124
- Title:
- PZ 25/1935 'Persia: British Legation Tehran: appointment of Ministers'
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains papers relating to changes of Ministers heading the British Legation at Tehran, Persia [Iran]. It mainly consists of covering papers from the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State, India, enclosing copies of telegrams and letters from His Majesty’s Representative in Tehran to the Foreign Office. The telegrams mostly announce the arrival of the Ministers in Tehran and their assumption of charge of His Majesty’s Legation, and the letters mainly report on interviews with the Shah in which the new Ministers presented their credentials.
It includes telegrams and letters from the following Ministers: Sir Percy Lorraine, Sir Robert Clive, Sir Reginald Hoare, Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, and Sir Horace Seymour.
Also included is a translated copy of a letter from Ali Quli Khan, Ansari, Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to His Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires, 29 July 1926 (folio 32), expressing the ‘deep regrets’ of the Persian Government at the departure of Sir Percy Lorraine, and requesting that ‘the gratitude of the high officials of the Persian Government’ be conveyed to Lorraine for his ‘sincere feeling toward this country’ and his policy of ‘consolidating the amity’ between Britain and Persia.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000554997
040-000555122 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 : Political (External) Department, Annual Files
IOR/L/PS/12/124 : PZ 25/1935 'Persia: British Legation Tehran: appointment of Ministers' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0001]/037-000554997[0125]/040-000555122
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (32 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x00018f
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1926
- End Date:
- 1936
- Date Range:
- 7 Jul 1926-26 Nov 1936
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 32; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- PZ 25/1935
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate reverse chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)