Coll 28/98 ‘Persia. Grant of asylum to political refugees.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 28/98 ‘Persia. Grant of asylum to political refugees.’
- Date:
- 1935/1937
- Description:
- Abstract: Correspondence stemming from an enquiry made on 2 August 1935 by the Acting Consul at Kermanshah, Charles Alexander Gault, to HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at Tehran, Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugesson, as to whether traders and ulemain the town could take bast (asylum) in the Consulate. Other papers in the file include a circular despatch from the Counsellor at the British Legation in Tehran, Nevile Montagu Butler, dated 14 April 1936, containing instructions to consular officers on how to handle asylum requests in Persia [Iran], and a note from the Iranian delegation to the League of Nations dated 28 January 1937, stating that the ancient right of bast in Persia has ‘not for a long time past existed in Iran.’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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 13; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Note that folios 5 and 6 appear in incorrect order.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Asylum
- Geographic region:
- Kermānshāh (inhabited place)
Iran
Persia - Rights:
- رخصة المشاع الإبداعي لأغراض غير تجارية
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000045_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000045_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3509
IOR/L/PS/12/3509