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IOR/L/PS/12/2865
- Record Id:
- 040-000557900
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000557879
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x000197
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100044094549.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/2865
- Title:
- Coll 17/12 'Indian Vice Consul (formerly Protector of Pilgrims) at Baghdad; supply of stationery'
- Scope & Content:
-
Papers regarding the British Consulate at Baghdad. The first part of the file (folios 1-62) concerns the proposal to establish the post of Indian Vice-Consul, to assume the responsibilities of the Protector of Pilgrims. Later correspondence concerns the arrest and mistreatment of Vice-Consul Khan Sahib Tahir Hussain Quraishi by the Iraqi Police, during the Anglo-Iraq war (1941). It consists of correspondence between the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, the Foreign Office, the India Office Political Department, and HM Consul Baghdad.
The second part of the file (folios 63-102) consists of correspondence between the Accountant General of the Government of India, the Foreign Office, and the British Consulate in Iraq, regarding stationery supplies for the Indian Vice-Consul.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references found in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the file (folio 2).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000557879
040-000557900 - 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/12/2845-2902 : Political (External) Collection 17: Iraq
IOR/L/PS/12/2865 : Coll 17/12 'Indian Vice Consul (formerly Protector of Pilgrims) at Baghdad; supply of stationery' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0018]/037-000557879[0021]/040-000557900
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (110 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x000197
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1932
- End Date:
- 1942
- Date Range:
- 12 Aug 1932-27 Aug 1942
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 110; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-109; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- Coll 17/12
- Arrangement:
- The file has been divided into two sections: folios 1-61 concern the appointment of an Indian Vice-Consul; and folios 62-102 concern the supply of stationery. Within these divisions, the papers are arranged in reverse chronological order.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)