Coll 29/66 'Tehran Legation: disposal of certain documents in the Legation archives'
IOR/L/PS/12/3642
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The record is made up of 1 file (75 folios). It was created in 22 Apr 1933-1 Feb 1934. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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The file concerns the transfer of documents from the British Legation at Tehran to the Public Records Office.
The file contains lists of 'Special Archives', 'Oriental Secretary's Papers' and 'Deposited Documents', kept at the Legation (folios 23-64). For their secrecy, these archives were kept separate from the archives of the Legation and then transmitted to the Public Record Office.
The file is composed of correspondence between Foreign Office; 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. ; Government of India; the Public Record Office; and the British Legation at Tehran. The file also contains translations of two letters written in 1854 by the Sultan of Muscat, Said bin Sultan.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (75 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 79; 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.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- 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.
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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3642
- Former external reference(s)
- Coll 29/66
- Date(s)
- 22 Apr 1933-1 Feb 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Archives
- People & organisations
- Public Record OfficeForeign OfficeGovernment of IndiaBritish Legation, Tehran
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3642
- Title
- Coll 29/66 'Tehran Legation: disposal of certain documents in the Legation archives'
- Pages
- 5r:7v
- Author
- Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3642
- Title
- Coll 29/66 'Tehran Legation: disposal of certain documents in the Legation archives'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:4v, 8r:38r, 38ar, 38v:78v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence