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File 3355/1904 'Persia: Attack on Col. Douglas and Lt Lorimer' [9v] (23/516)
The record is made up of 1 volume (257 folios). It was created in 1904-1907. 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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This file contains correspondence between British officials (primarily in the Foreign Office and 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. ) concerning an attack on Colonel J A Douglas, Military Attaché of His Majesty's Legation at Tehran; and Lieutenant David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer, His Majesty's Vice-Consul for Arabistan; by Lur tribesmen on the road between Dizful [Dezful] and Khoremabad [Khoramabad].
Two accounts of the attack written by Colonel Douglas are contained in the file (folios 131-136 and 201-202).
The correspondence discusses details of the attack itself, the victims' injuries and subsequent medical treatment, their eligibility for compensation payments, the liability of the Government of Persia for the incident as well as its broader political implications.
The volume includes a divider which gives the year that the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in it arranged by year. This divider is placed at the front of the volume.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (257 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 commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 257; 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 View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/62
- Title
- File 3355/1904 'Persia: Attack on Col. Douglas and Lt Lorimer'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:92v, 96r:131v, 133r:256v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence