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IOR/L/PS/12/3397
- Record Id:
- 040-000558453
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003b5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055219491.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3397
- Title:
- Coll 28/3(3) ‘Persia. Financial Situation’
- Scope & Content:
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The file is chiefly comprised of copies, or parts of copies, of Bulletin, a bi-monthly report published by the Bank Melli Iran:
- a complete copy of Bulletin no. 81, Vol XIII April–May 1946 (ff 92-165)
- a complete copy of Bulletin no. 84, Vol XIII October–November 1946 (ff 6-65)
- a supplement to Bulletin No. 82 entitled Iran’s Development Plan (ff 76-88)
- front covers and contents pages to a number of other issues of Bulletin (nos. 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 82 and 83)
The two complete copies of Bulletin include reports and data on: foreign trade; foreign exchange rates; prices of gold and silver; weekly rates of exchange on the London market; money situation; details of bank rates of discounts; cost of living index for Iran; indexes of wholesale prices at Tehran; commodity prices; tables of Iranian coinage; lists of companies registered in the previous year.
At the rear of the file, enclosed with a letter dated 21 January 1946 from the British Ambassador at Tehran (Reader William Bullard) is an English translation of the General State Budget (Allotments), tabled by the Iranian Minister of Finance on 23 December 1945 (ff 185-187).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000558446
040-000558453 - 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/12/3390-3550 : Political (External) Collection 28: Persia (Iran)
IOR/L/PS/12/3397 : Coll 28/3(3) ‘Persia. Financial Situation’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0029]/037-000558446[0007]/040-000558453
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (185 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003b5
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1946
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 21 Jan 1946-5 May 1947
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 187; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Former External References:
- Coll 28/3/3
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. The two printed booklets that make up the bulk of the file (ff 6-65, ff 92-165) have their own printed pagination systems, which are referred to on contents pages at the front of each booklet (f 7, f 93).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)