PZ 6584/40 'The British Summer Legation at Gulhek. Provisional Edition, 1939'

Content

The file comprises a printed copy of the report 'British Summer Legation at Gulhek. Provisional Edition, 1939' written by Lacy Baggallay. The report discusses the history, property, water supply, buildings, plans and reports relating to the British summer legation at Gulhek, seven miles north of Tehran.

The contents include a list of schedules:

• Plan of the British Legation Property at Gulhek
• Reports on the British Legation Property at Gulhek
• Acquisition of property, 1862-1928: land; trees; water
• List of buildings comprising the legation

Enclosed with the report in the volume is a covering letter, dated 6 December 1940, from the Foreign Office to the Under-Secretary of State, 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. , requesting that the report be brought to the attention of the Secretary of State for India.

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.

Extent and format

1 file (122 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 62; 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. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in

English 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

IOR/L/PS/12/448

Former external reference(s)

PZ 6584/1940

History of this record

Date(s)

9 Dec 1940-21 Dec 1940 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Government buildingsConsular servicesDiplomatic service

Places

Tehran

People & organisations

Permanent Under-Secretary of State for IndiaForeign Office

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PZ 6584/40 'The British Summer Legation at Gulhek. Provisional Edition, 1939', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/448, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000466.0x0003b4> [accessed 4 October 2024]

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