Coll 28/50 ‘Persia. Foreigners in Persia. Foreigners, other than British subjects.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 28/50 ‘Persia. Foreigners in Persia. Foreigners, other than British subjects.’
- Date:
- 1929/1938
- Description:
- Abstract: Correspondence concerning the presence of non-British foreigners in Persia [Iran], usually reported by HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran, Robert Henry Clive, Reginald Hervey Hoare, Horace James Seymour. The papers include: a memorandum dated 1929 written by Alan Charles Trott, on foreigners employed by the Persian Government, with details of nationalities and post occupied (ff 33-36); the issue of an order by the Shah of Persia [Reza Shah Pahlavi] in 1931, curtailing contact between foreigners and Persian military officers (ff 27-28); the appointment in 1931 of Belgian financial experts to positions in the Persian Government (f 26); the discharge in 1932 of a number of Germans from their employment in the Persian arsenal (f 24); the dismissal in 1932 of Dr Lindenblatt, a German citizen, from the Persian National Bank (ff 21-23); the Persian Government’s engagement in 1933 of a number of Austrians and Germans, who are experts in forestry, geology, botany, metallurgy (ff 18-20); in 1934, the non-renewal of contracts of a number of Belgian customs officials (ff 13-17); orders issued by the Persian Government in 1938 for the expulsion of Jews from Persia (ff 4-12), with particular reference to the implementation of the order in the province of Khuzistan [Khūzestān].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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 37; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Ethnic discrimination
Foreigners
Employment
Government personnel
Government of Iran, Pahlavi dynasty - Geographic region:
- Khuzistan
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000009_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000009_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3455
IOR/L/PS/12/3455