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IOR/L/PS/10/856/1
- Record Id:
- 041-000546137
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000287.0x0001ae
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100130976186.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/856/1
- Title:
- File 5015/1919 Pt 1 'Persia: Appointment of Financial Adviser'
- Scope & Content:
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This item comprises: deciphered telegrams; correspondence; India Office Political Department registry forms with subject and notes; and covering letters of the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to the Under-Secretary of State for India. The primary correspondents are Sir Percy Cox [Acting Minister] in Tehran, and the Foreign Office.
The papers relate to the appointment by the British Government of a Financial Advisor to the Persian [Iranian] Government, based on the provisions of the ‘Agreement between His Britannic Majesty’s Government and the Persian Government’, signed at Tehran, 9 August 1919 (ff 294-295), including:
- The agreement of Sir Percy Cox, the Foreign Office and the Government of India for the appointment of H W Maclean (Imperial Bank of Persia) as Financial Adviser to the Persian Government
- The objection of the Persian Minister to Cox’s proposal of Maclean
- The selection of an alternative candidate, Sydney Armitage Smith, suggested by the Treasury
- Armitage-Smith’s duties, including a copy of his contract of service (in French) with the Persian Government (ff 260-261)
- Clarification of the Financial Adviser’s powers with regard to customs administration, including eventual inclusion of customs tariff revision
- Notification of the arrival of Armitage Smith in Baghdad and his departure for Persia on 11 April.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000546136
041-000546137 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/856 : File 5015/1919 Pt 1-3 'PERSIA:- REVISION OF CUSTOMS TARIFF'
IOR/L/PS/10/856/1 : File 5015/1919 Pt 1 'Persia: Appointment of Financial Adviser' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0857]/040-000546136[0001]/041-000546137
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (47 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100130976186.0x000003
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1920
- Date Range:
- 9 Aug 1919-30 Apr 1920
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- P 50515/1919 Pt 1
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)