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Coll 28/84 ‘Iran. Changes in Iranian place names.’ [11r] (21/313)
The record is made up of 1 file (155 folios). It was created in 12 Feb 1931-22 May 1940. It was written in English and Persian. 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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L 1069/141/405.
940 J
FOREIGN OFFICE,
S • W • 1 o
27th March, 1940.
Sir,
with reference to Foreign Office letter No.
LD177/208/405 of the oOth August last, I am directed hy
Viscount Halifax to transmit to you herewith, for the
information of the Permanent Committee on Geographical
Names, a further list of place names in Iran which have
recently “been shanged.
2. These names were taken from an official Iranian
publication containing many other names which His Majesty's
Legation at Tehran have heen unable to trace on the maps,
hut none of these plaoes are of any importance. Two of
the names on the present list, Nos. 5 and 6 (Arablang,
Arab Oghlu), were included in the Foreign Office letter
mentioned above but have been repeated for the sake of
completeness, since the list contains a large number of
places in the same district of Saq_qiz (Iranian Kurdistan),
and gives additional details of longitude and latitude.
5. I am to aad that items No. 5 to the end on the
enclosed list are all small villages or settlements in
Kuraish districts. Great trouble was experienced by His
Majesty's Legation in locating many of these places on
the maps, owing to their insignificance and to the fact
that Kurdish names are liable to frequent recurrence, and
to numerous local variations in pronunciation, which
partly/
The becretary,
permanent Committee on Geographical Names,
C/o Royal Geographical Society,
Kensington Gore,
S.w.7.
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Correspondence and papers relating to the Persian Government’s decision in 1935 to change the name of the country from Persia to Iran, and of the changes throughout the 1930s to the names of numerous provinces, towns and cities across the country. The papers include: translated copies of memoranda from the Persian Government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announcing various name changes (some of which include place names written in Persian); correspondence amongst British officials over the implications of the changes, particularly that of Persia to Iran, for British interests such as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; British Government instructions to replace Persia for Iran in maps and correspondence; the use of the term ‘Iranian Gulf’ in place of ‘Persian Gulf’ by some organisations, and instruction from British officials that the term ‘Persian Gulf’ should be reinstated; notification of name changes sent by the Foreign Office to the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (care of the Royal Geographical Society).
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- 1 file (155 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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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 156; 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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- Title
- Coll 28/84 ‘Iran. Changes in Iranian place names.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:100v, 102r:112v, 114r:116v, 120r:121r, 122r:124v, 128r:143v, 145r:146v, 148r:150v, 152r:153v, 155r:156v, back
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