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File 842/1912 'Sanitary Mission to Turco-Persian Frontier' [108r] (220/358)
The record is made up of 1 volume (174 folios). It was created in 1912-1916. 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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in their characters and views will only too probably
prove to be an unwieldy and unworkable body, while the
choice of the Turkish manlier is distinctly unfortunate*
The proper composition of the mission would have been
that proposed by the Lazarets Committee last spping:;
- namely, the Persian^ ^irl tish delegates and a Turkish
member* These are almost the only Powers interested
directly in the sanitary defences at basra and on the
frontier* Russian interests are but ns all, and German
can scarcely be said to exist* hut both the Russian
and Genian Ambassadors appear to have attached much
importance to the inclusion of their delegates; and
I gather that the majority of the Board were loth to
include the one and not the other* But it must be held
to be very doubtful whether such considerations suffice
to justify the immensely increased expenditure that an
increase from three to five members involves• \
In my Annual Report for 1911 I drew attention to
the tendency to abuses in connection with these recurring
missions of the Board* In the last seven years the
Board has spent considerable bver £T*8 f 000 in such
missions* The •frais de route* are always fixed at a
rate that far more than covers the outlay; and it is as
certain
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, tables, plans and notes, relating to concerns over sanitation near the Turco-Persian border, and diplomatic implications.
Correspondence discusses the British concern that Germany was using health matters to establish a footing in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. through the delimitation of the Ottoman-Persian border necessary to assign administrative responsibility for health.
The volume includes the printed copy 'Report on Sanitary Matters in Mesopotamia, the Shiah Holy Cities and on the Turco-Persian Frontier, being a summary of the work done by the Commission of Inspection despatched to those regions by the Constantinople Board of Health in the Winter of 1913-1914' by F G Clemow. This contains three maps along the Turco-Persian frontier and a plan of the Great Mosque of Nejef.
The volume includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (174 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 842 (Sanitary Mission to Turco-Persian Frontier) consists of 1 volume, IOR/L/PS/10/231.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 174; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-172; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/231
- Title
- File 842/1912 'Sanitary Mission to Turco-Persian Frontier'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:11v, 13r:13v, 15r:16v, 18r:30v, 32r:176v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence