'Memorandum on the Affairs of Persia. August 1892 to October 1893.'
IOR/L/PS/18/C81
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The record is made up of 1 file (6 folios). It was created in 15 Oct 1893. 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 memorandum is a summary of news and events in Persia of interest to the British Government. The subject matter largely concerns itself with reports indicating that the current Shah, Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar, is very unpopular, and discussion on whether Britain and Russia should work together over the succession — in the event of his death — in order to maintain the independence of Persia as per their understanding of 1834. It therefore also includes brief mentions of riots in Astrabad [Gorgān], Bakhari [Chahār Maḩāl va Bakhtīārī], Hamadan, and the occupation of a telegraph office at Shiraz.
There is also brief coverage of the state of Persian relations with Afghanistan, Turkey, and Russia, including a mention of a recent a recent boundary treaty signed with the latter in 27 May 1881.
The memorandum was written by Francis Leverson Bertie, Foreign Office.
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- 1 file (6 folios)
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 106, and terminates at f 111, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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. Pagination: the item also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- English in Latin script
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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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- IOR/L/PS/18/C81
- Date(s)
- 15 Oct 1893 (CE, Gregorian)
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- BoundariesRiotsInheritance and succession
- Places
- Persia
- People & organisations
- Government of the Russian EmpireShah of Persia, Qajar dynastyForeign Office
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- IOR/L/PS/18/C81
- Title
- 'Memorandum on the Affairs of Persia. August 1892 to October 1893.'
- Pages
- 106r:111v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence