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IOR/L/PS/20/223
- Record Id:
- 040-000565512
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000564257
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000091
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035843060.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/20/223
- Title:
- Who's who in Persia. Calcutta: General Staff, India, 1916
- Scope & Content:
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The volume contains brief biographical statements on individuals active in Persia [Iran], often including comments on their character, reputation, political affiliations, language skills, and attitudes towards European and regional powers. It also contains a number of genealogical tables, and information on important families.
The volume has been annotated in several places, comprising additions or removal of material from pre-existing biographies, or the addition of new entries. Clippings from Government correspondence have also been pasted in. These additions are often stamped with a date, which range between 1920 to1923. Additional pages have been added to the volume at several points, most notably at folios 3-8, which contain details of appointments to the Persian Cabinet in 1920 and 1921.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- Asian Biography
India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000564257
037-000565294
040-000565512 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/20 : Political and Secret Department Library
IOR/L/PS/20/1-289C : Political and Secret Department Library: Works received later, through official channels, plus miscellaneous items
IOR/L/PS/20/223 : Who's who in Persia. Calcutta: General Staff, India, 1916 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0009]/037-000565294[0195]/040-000565512
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (254 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000091
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1923
- Date Range:
- 1916-1923
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- 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 256; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Additional pages have been pasted into the volume, alongside a number of annotations in blue pencil and black ink.
- Former External References:
- M 1810/1917
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)