Coll 29/66 'Tehran Legation: disposal of certain documents in the Legation archives'
Date:
1933/1934
Description:
Abstract: The file concerns the transfer of documents from the British Legation at Tehran to the Public Records Office.The file contains lists of 'Special Archives', 'Oriental Secretary's Papers' and 'Deposited Documents', kept at the Legation (folios 23-64). For their secrecy, these archives were kept separate from the archives of the Legation and then transmitted to the Public Record Office.The file is composed of correspondence between Foreign Office; India Office; Government of India; the Public Record Office; and the British Legation at Tehran. The file also contains translations of two letters written in 1854 by the Sultan of Muscat, Said bin Sultan.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 79; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.