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Mss Eur F112/251
- Record Id:
- 040-002308385
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002307428
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x0001bf
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075105285.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F112/251
- Title:
- Correspondence and Papers on Various Matters Relating to Persia
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence from a number of political officers, civil servants, writers, journalists, army officers, businessmen, and engineers.
Correspondents include: Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie, former Governor of Bombay; Albert Houtum-Schindler, former employee of the Persian Government; Major Percy Zachariah Cox, British Consul General, Bushire; John Richard Preece, former British Consul, Isfahan; Ignatius Valentine Chirol, journalist, author, and historian; Lovat Fraser, author; Lord Thomas Henry Sanderson, former civil servant; Major William Frederick Travers O'Connor, British Consul, Shiraz; Charles A Brouard, Engineer; Captain Frank Cooke Webb Ware, Political Agent, Chagai; Murray Robertson; Sayyad Mazhar-ul-Hussan, Indian civil servant; Sir Hugh Shakespear Barnes, Director of the Imperial Bank of Persia; Charles Staniforth, businessman and railway investor; Sir Charles Edward Yate, administrator and politician; Sir Frederic Arthur Hirtzel, India Office; and John Ernest Buttery Hotson, administrator and naturalist.
The majority of the correspondence covers matters relating to Persia [Iran], including: various railway projects, including the Baghdad Railway and the proposed Trans-Persian Railway; British Policy in Persia; Russian, German, and Turkish activities in the region; the military campaign in Mesopotamia; the chaotic situation in Southern Persia; and Major Terence Humphrey Keyes' mission to the Mekran [Makran] region. The correspondence with Charles Yate (folios 134-139) discusses the effort to pass the Bird Plumage Prohibition Bill through Parliament.
Additionally, the papers include forwarded reports, memoranda, newspaper cuttings, etc., all relating to Persia and the wider region, often with requests for Lord Curzon's reviews and opinions.
The French language material consists of the letter from the engineer, Charles Brouard.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002307428
036-002308380
040-002308385 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F111-112 : Papers of the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India 1898-1905; Lord Privy Seal 1915-19; Foreign Secretary 1919-24
Mss Eur F111-112 Series 82 : Lord Curzon out of office, 1906-14: Persia
Mss Eur F112/251 : Correspondence and Papers on Various Matters Relating to Persia - Hierarchy:
- 032-002307428[0085]/036-002308380[0005]/040-002308385
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F111-112
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 file (148 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x0001bf
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1912
- End Date:
- 1917
- Date Range:
- Jan 1912-Jan 1917
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 152; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file contains one foliation anomaly, f 70a.
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the rear.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)