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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [92v] (184/320)
The record is made up of 1 file (158 folios). It was created in 11 Oct 1937-25 Nov 1942. 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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68
(62)
[Enclosure in Air Mail Letter No. 21, dated 25th May 1938, from Secretary, ^
Political and Secret Department,
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.
.]
(Enclosure in Foreign Office Covering Letter No. E 2803/127/34, dated
19th May 1938.)
Letter from the British Embassy, Bagdad, to the Foreign Offce,
London, No. 140 (328/3/38), dated the 7th April 1938.
With reference to Mr. Seymour’s despatch No. 309 of August 12th*
1937, I have the honour to report that a law authorising the King of Iraq
to ratify the Treaty for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes between Iraq
and the Iranian Empire, signed at Tehran on July 24th, 1937, was published
in the official gazette on March 22nd. The date of the signature of the treaty
given above is that which appears in the law itself, but I notice that the date
of signature given in the enclosure to Mr. Seymour’s despatch No. 303 of
August 6th, 1937, is July 22nd.
2. The full text of the treaty was published at the same time in Arabic
and a copy thereof is enclosed herein.
3. I am sending a copy of this despatch without its enclosure, to His
Majesty’s Minister at Tehran.
(53)
P. Z. 3539/38.
[Enclosure in Air Mail Letter No. 21, dated 25th May 1938, from Secretary*
Political and Secret Department,
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.
.]
(Enclosure in Foreign Office Covering Letter No. E 2793/127/34, dated 19tH
May 1938.)
Letter from British Embassy, Bagdad, to Foreign Office, London,
No. 141/(329/3/38), datBd the 7th April 1938.
With reference to Sir Archibald Clark Kerr’s despatch No. 517 of
December 29th, 1937, I have the honour to report that a law authorising
the King of Iraq to ratify the Treaty of Friendship between Iraq and the
Iranian Empire, signed at Tehran on July 18th, 1937, was published in
the official gazette on March 22nd.
2. The full text of the Treaty was published at the same time in Arabic
and a copy thereof is enclosed herein.
3. I am sending a copy of this despatch, without its enclosure, to His
Majesty’s Minister at Tehran.
(54)
[Enclosure in Air Mail Letter No. 22, dated 28th May 1938, from Secretary^
Political and Secret Department,
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.
.}
Telegram from Mr. Bittler (Tehran), No. 59 (R.), dated the 23rd May
1938.
My telegram No. 49.
Monsieur Soheily has been appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs^
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Printed correspondence from the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department (later referred to as the External Affairs Department), collated into yearly collections under the heading ‘Iran Series’. The original correspondence was sent by British representatives in Iran (chiefly the British Legation in Tehran) to the Foreign Office. The correspondence concerns: the announcement of laws, decrees, regulations, and budgets by the Government of Iran, the texts of which were frequently published in the newspaper Le Journal de Tehran ; reports from British consular officials covering a range of subjects, including commercial activities, foreign relations and the commercial activities of foreign individuals and companies in Iran, provincial affairs, and the activities of the Shah; in 1939 and 1940, reports concerning the impact of the Second World War on Iran, with a large number of reports from the Press Attaché to the British Legation in Tehran, reporting the dissemination of propaganda and public opinion in Iran.
At the end of the file is a single item of original correspondence, sent by the Secretary to the Government of India. Dated 24 August 1942, it announces the discontinuation of the printing of the Persia [Iran] series for the duration of the war (f 159).
A large number of items in the file are in French. These include the texts of Iranian Government laws, regulations and announcements that were published in Le Journal de Tehran .
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 (158 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 160; these numbers are written in pencil 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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- Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’
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- front, front-i, 2r:7r, 8r:11r, 12v:14v, 16r:16v, 20r, 23r:32r, 34r:41v, 42v:48r, 50v:55r, 56r:61r, 63r:65r, 68r:69r, 71v, 75v:77v, 79r:81v, 82v:85v, 89r, 91r:91v, 92v:93r, 94v:96v, 97v:101r, 102v:108v, 115r:118r, 124r, 125r:130v, 132r:134r, 136r:139r, 141r:141v, 145r:146v, 149r:151r, 152r:153v, 154v:159v, back-i, back
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