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IOR/L/PS/12/3516
- Record Id:
- 040-000558580
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00004c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100057758781.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3516
- Title:
- Coll 28/105 ‘Iran. Transit of German railway coaches to Iran via Iraq.’
- Scope & Content:
-
Correspondence concerning possible arrangements for Iranian railway carriages to be commandeered for the transport of British troops in Iraq. The correspondence covers: the likely reluctance of the Government of Iran to allow such an arrangement; the impact of any arrangment on relations between the Iraq and Iran Governments; the presence of eleven German railway carriages in Iraq, originally ordered by the Government of Iran and en route to Iran; attempts by British officials to stop the German railway carriages from departing Iraq for Iran. The file’s principal correspondents are: the British Minister at Tehran, Reader William Bullard; the Foreign Office; the British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Iraq, Kinahan Cornwallis.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back 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
036-000554996
037-000558446
040-000558580 - 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/12/3516 : Coll 28/105 ‘Iran. Transit of German railway coaches to Iran via Iraq.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0029]/037-000558446[0134]/040-000558580
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (35 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00004c
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1941
- End Date:
- 1941
- Date Range:
- 15 Jul 1941-1 Nov 1941
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 37; 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 28/105
- Administrative Context:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)