File 52/1912 Pt 1 'Persia Diaries'

Content

This volume contains copies of the weekly diary of the British Military Attaché in Meshed [Mashhad]; the weekly consular diary of Britain's Consul in Khorasan; and the weekly consular diary of the Consul for Sistan and Kain.

The reports of the Military Attaché in Meshed are divided into the following sections: Communications, Telegraphs, Navigation, Ethnography, Administration, Geography, History, Military and Resources. The Consular diaries are less formulaic and more varied in content, but all contain a political summary.

On folio 344, the volume contains a copy of an illustration that depicts the bombardment of the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad by Russian forces that took place in 1912. A translation of the Farsi poem that appears around the illustration is contained on folio 343.

The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened and the subject heading. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.

Extent and format

1 volume (448 folios)

It is grouped into

Illustration of the Russian bombardment of the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, 1912

2 images

Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/209, f 344

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. The subject 52 (Persia Diaries) consists of 3 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/209-211.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 448; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Written in

English and Farsi in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/209

Former external reference(s)

P 52/1912 Pt 1

History of this record

Date(s)

11 Dec 1911-27 Dec 1913 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Political activitiesDiaries

Places

MashhadSistanKhorasanPersia

People & organisations

British Consul, Seistan and KainMilitary Attaché, MeshedBritish Consul-General, Khorasan

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