Foreign Office Papers: Persia

Content

This file comprises printed Foreign Office correspondence on Persia [Iran].

It consists of two volumes:

• Mss Eur F111/69A: Despatches dated 18 December 1891-30 June 1897 (ff 1-203)
• Mss Eur F111/69B: Despatches dated 7 July 1897-22 September 1898 (ff 204-414).

Extent and format

2 volumes (422 folios)

It is grouped into

Foreign Office Papers: Persia

408 images

Ref: Mss Eur F111/69A

Foreign Office Papers: Persia

422 images

Ref: Mss Eur F111/69B

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of each volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: this file consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio of volume A (ff 1-203) and terminates at the last folio of volume B (ff 204-414); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers of the two volumes, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves of the two volumes.

Pagination: the file also contains multiple and intermittent original printed pagination sequences.

Written in

English and French in Latin 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

Mss Eur F111/69

History of this record

Date(s)

18 Dec 1891-22 Sep 1898 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Religious persecutionPolitical affairsCivil unrestMilitary operationsInternational relationsBilateral relationsFrontiersRoad construction

Places

Persia

People & organisations

Messrs Lynch & CoBritish Legation, TehranMilitary Attaché, TehranGovernment of Persia, Qajar dynastyForeign OfficeBaḵtīārī (Tribe)

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