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IOR/L/PS/12/3414
- Record Id:
- 040-000558471
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003c7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100043766688.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3414
- Title:
- Coll 28/18 ‘Persia; Diaries; Meshed intelligence Summaries 1931–’
- Scope & Content:
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Printed and typewritten fortnightly intelligence reports, submitted by staff at the British Consulate at Meshed [Mashhad]. Reports dated up to June 1931 were submitted by the British Military Attaché at Meshed (Major Leo Steveni). Reports after June 1931 were submitted by the Secretary to the British Consul at Meshed (Major Lancelot George Werge Hamber; Major Richard Henry Stevens).
The reports are organised into three geographic regions: 1) Khorasan province in Persia [Iran] (including Meshed); 2) Herat province in Afghanistan; and 3) the ‘Central Asian Republics’ (corresponding to present-day Turkmenistan, as well as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan). Each report is further arranged under miscellaneous subject headings that include:
- military affairs, including conscription
- administrative and civil affairs
- economic affairs
- trade and customs
- roads and communications
- specific to Khorasan: Persian officials, refugees from Russia, and Soviet activities in Persia
- specific to the Central Asian Republics, the activities of the Basmachi movement
Minute papers are enclosed in front of many reports, containing notes made by India Office staff commenting on items of note in the report.
- 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
040-000558471 - 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/12/3414 : Coll 28/18 ‘Persia; Diaries; Meshed intelligence Summaries 1931–’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0029]/037-000558446[0025]/040-000558471
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (148 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003c7
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1931
- End Date:
- 1934
- Date Range:
- 16 Mar 1931-12 Oct 1934
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 149; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-148; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
- Former External References:
- Coll 28/18
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. The subject headings and subheadings in each report are numbered with Roman numerals. Reports dated to September 1931 have indexes at the front, which refer to these headings and subheadings.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)