Coll 28/84 ‘Iran. Changes in Iranian place names.’

Title:

Coll 28/84 ‘Iran. Changes in Iranian place names.’

Date:

1931/1940

Description:

Abstract: Correspondence and papers relating to the Persian Government’s decision in 1935 to change the name of the country from Persia to Iran, and of the changes throughout the 1930s to the names of numerous provinces, towns and cities across the country. The papers include: translated copies of memoranda from the Persian Government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announcing various name changes (some of which include place names written in Persian); correspondence amongst British officials over the implications of the changes, particularly that of Persia to Iran, for British interests such as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company; British Government instructions to replace Persia for Iran in maps and correspondence; the use of the term ‘Iranian Gulf’ in place of ‘Persian Gulf’ by some organisations, and instruction from British officials that the term ‘Persian Gulf’ should be reinstated; notification of name changes sent by the Foreign Office to the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (care of the Royal Geographical Society).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 156; 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.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:

Cultural change
Place names
Government of Iran, Pahlavi dynasty

Geographic region:

Persia
Iran

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00002c_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00002c_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3488
IOR/L/PS/12/3488

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