Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts'
IOR/L/PS/12/657
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The record is made up of 1 file (530 folios). It was created in 17 Oct 1941-28 Dec 1945. It was written in English and French. 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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The file contains correspondence relating to the organization of anti-locust controls in India, East Africa and the Middle East, especially Persia [Iran], where international conferences of locust experts were held. Support for scientific research and international cooperation between the Government of India, the British Government and the Government of the Soviet Union are also discussed. Included in the correspondence are the minutes and reports of the Interdepartmental Committee on Locust Control, which was run by the Colonial Office Research Department in London. There are also field and conference reports by prominent entomologists Dr Taskhir Ahmad of the Imperial Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and Dr Boris Petrovich of the Anti-Locust Centre at the Imperial Institute of Entomology, London.
In addition, there is routine correspondence between officials about equipment, supplies and locust forecasts by geographical area. The main correspondents are: the 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. , the Colonial Office, the Agricultural Department and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India.
The file includes two dividers, which give a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. These are placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (530 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in 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 531; 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 and French in Latin script
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- Archival file
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- 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/657
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- Ext 6705/41/1
- Date(s)
- 17 Oct 1941-28 Dec 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Locusts
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- Interdepartmental Committee on Locust ControlColonial OfficeIndian Political Service, External Affairs Department
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- IOR/L/PS/12/657
- Title
- Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts'
- Pages
- 8r:9v
- Author
- Egypt, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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- Title
- Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts'
- Pages
- 26r:26v, 273r:273v, 504r:504v
- Author
- Iran, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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- Title
- Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts'
- Pages
- 189r:190v, 417r:417v, 512r:512v, 529Ar:529Av
- Author
- Uvarov, Sir Boris Petrovich
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- ©2016 CAB International, Wallingford, UK
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- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
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- IOR/L/PS/12/657
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- Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts'
- Pages
- 471r:471r
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- Afghanistan, Foreign Ministry
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- Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts'
- Pages
- 451r:465v
- Author
- Ahmad, Dr Taskhir
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- Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts'
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- 394r:394v
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- Reuters
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- ©Reuters Ltd
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- Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts'
- Pages
- 205r:205v
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- Dickson, Violet xx Hajjiyah Dame Violet Penelope Dickson
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- ©Penelope Ann Freeth
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- Title
- Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts'
- Pages
- 197r:198v
- Author
- The Palestinian Post
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- IOR/L/PS/12/657
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- Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts'
- Pages
- 105r:105v
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- France, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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- Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts'
- Pages
- 77r:77v
- Author
- Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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- Title
- Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts'
- Pages
- 43Ar:43Av
- Author
- Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd bin Taymūr
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- Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts'
- Pages
- 33r:33v
- Author
- Lebanon, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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- IOR/L/PS/12/657
- Title
- Ext 6705/41(1) 'Locusts'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:7v, 10r:25v, 27r:32v, 34r:43v, 43ar:43av, 44r:76v, 78r:104v, 106r:188v, 191r:193r, 193ar, 193v:196v, 199r:204v, 206r:207r, 207ar, 207v:272v, 274r:288v, 291r:325v, 329r:344r, 344ar, 344v:393v, 395r:416v, 418r:450v, 466r:470r, 471v:503v, 505r:511v, 513r:529v, 529ar:529av, 530r:531v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence