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IOR/L/PS/12/3647
- Record Id:
- 040-000558714
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558616
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0000d1
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100047715172.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3647
- Title:
- Coll 29/71 'Safeguarding of cyphers and other confidential matter at consular posts in Persia'
- Scope & Content:
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The file concerns the security of cyphers and documents at consular posts in Persia.
The file covers:
- safety of archives at the British Legation at Tehran and at the HM Consulates at Shiraz, Kerman and Bandar Abbas, 1934
- supply of new combination safes for the Political Residency at Bushire and for the HM Consulates at Meshed, Kerman and Bandar Abbas, 1934-1935
- supply of padlocks for HM Consulates at Mohammerah, Bandar Abbas and Kerman, 1934
- supply of combination key boxes to various consular posts in Persia, 1936
- transmission of secret documents to Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat, 1936
- supply of combination safes for HM Consulates at Ahwaz, Zabul, and Khorramshahr, 1937-1939
- supply of combination safes for HM Consulates at Bandar Abbas and Kerman, for the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, and for the Assistant Political Agent at Salalah, 1943-1945.
The file is composed of correspondence between the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Government of India, the British Legation at Tehran, the HM Consulate at Muscat, the HM Consulate at Meshed, the HM Consulate at Khorramshahr, and the HM Consulate at Ahwaz.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000558616
040-000558714 - 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/12/3551-3708 : Political (External) Collection 29: Persia and Persian Gulf; British Representation and Representatives in Persia and the Gulf
IOR/L/PS/12/3647 : Coll 29/71 'Safeguarding of cyphers and other confidential matter at consular posts in Persia' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0030]/037-000558616[0098]/040-000558714
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (217 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0000d1
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 13 Dec 1933-16 Jul 1947
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 219; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Former External References:
- Coll 29/71
- Arrangement:
- 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)