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IOR/L/PS/12/3916
- Record Id:
- 040-000558992
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558776
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001e6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100061660491.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3916
- Title:
- Coll 30/178 'Location of Political Resident in time of war.'
- Scope & Content:
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The file concerns the question of whether to evacuate the Political Residency at Bushire in the run-up to, and following the outbreak of the Second World War.
The file contains the views of HM Minister at Tehran, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Office, the India Office, and the Government of India.
The papers cover: the strategic and political implications of evacuating Bushire, and the British (and British Indian) citizens there; the cost of constructing a new Residency at Bahrain; the presence of German nationals in the area; the implications of making military preparations to defend Bushire; and the attitude of the Iranian Government and the local population.
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
037-000558776
040-000558992 - 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/12/3709-3976 : Political (External) Collection 30: Persian Gulf
IOR/L/PS/12/3916 : Coll 30/178 'Location of Political Resident in time of war.' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0031]/037-000558776[0216]/040-000558992
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (160 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001e6
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1938
- End Date:
- 1941
- Date Range:
- 8 Sep 1938-3 Sep 1941
- 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 161; 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 30/178
- 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)