Coll 28/8 ‘Persia; Diaries; Sistan & Kain, April 1927 – 1933’

Title:

Coll 28/8 ‘Persia; Diaries; Sistan & Kain, April 1927 – 1933’

Date:

1927/1933

Description:

Abstract: Printed copies of monthly reports submitted by the British Consul at Sistan and Kain [Ka’īn] (Clarmont Percival Skrine; Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly).The reports provide information on: the region’s trade; locust observations and movements (occasionally appearing as an appendix to the main report); affairs of the Persian Government and Persian military ; the movements of British consular officials; local affairs at the region’s towns, including Sistan, Birjand, Sarhad (in Persian Baluchistan) and Duzdap [Zahedan]; roads and railways; Afghan affairs; the activities of Soviet Russian Government representatives in the region, including the dissemination of Soviet propaganda; and the movements of foreigners, in particular Europeans and Russians.Minute papers are enclosed with each report, which frequently contain handwritten notes made by India Office staff, making reference to numbered paragraphs from the report.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 209; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers; nor does it include the four leading and ending flyleaves.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 35-209; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Locusts
Foreign relations
Propaganda
Reports
Government of Iran, Pahlavi dynasty
Government of Russia

Geographic region:

Persia
Sistan

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003bc_ar
81055/vdc_100000000602.0x0003bc_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3403
IOR/L/PS/12/3403

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