Coll 28/68 ‘Persia. Anglo Persian relations. British Press Articles on Persia and the Shah.’ [‎207r] (415/427)

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Correspondence relating to articles published in the British newspaper press (and to a lesser extent, the British Indian press) about Persia [Iran] and the Shah of Persia, Reza Shah Pahlavi. The file includes cuttings of many of the newspaper articles referred to in the correspondence, most being published in The Times . The correspondence concerns the diplomatic implications (both feared and realised) arising from press articles that are critical of Persia, its government, or the Shah’s rule. Amongst the articles appearing in The Times that are included in the file are two written by the travel writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. Robert Byron, entitled Middle Eastern Journey: The Glories of Islam (f 101) and Middle Eastern Journey: Hindu Kush by Car (f 102).

The file’s principal correspondents are: HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran, Reginald Hervey Hoare, Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugesson, Horace James Seymour; the Foreign Office.

Also included in the file are cuttings and extracts of articles from the Persian press (in French, with some accompanied by English translations), that were written in response to articles in the British press.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (211 folios)

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 212; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English and French in Latin script

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