Title supplied by cataloger.Written in a small professional nastaliq script in black ink in two columns, on both sides of slips 8 x 15 cm. laid into the pages. Text framed within multiple colored lines (red, green, gold, black and blue).Page-borders are patterns of birds and animals in colors (pink, orange, blue, etc...) outlined in gold. First leave (f. 1v) illuminated.There are numerous aniconic headpieces in colors and gold, and 3 miniatures, of the Isfahan school, on ff. 14v, 47r, 95v.According to the ornamental colophon (f. 128r), copy completed on 10 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1012 AH April 9, 1604 AD in the hand of Shāh Qāsim.Bound in black morocco, gilt, with medallions in gold excavated on top and bottom boards.In a tray case, 30 cm.Persian poems.MS Typ 536. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Abstract: Translations of letters from Noskoff [Ivan Fyodorovich Noskov], a Russian officer who delivered a gift of a glass couch to the Shah of Persia [Iran], and the Persian envoy, Mirza Mohomed Alli [Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī Khān Shirāzī], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of February 1827. The letters report the arrival of Noskoff and Mirza Mohomed Alli at the Russo-Persian frontier, their reception at the border, and their communications with the local Chief of the Kozzaks [Cossacks], Asslan Beg.These documents were originally enclosed, numbered 3 and 4 in No. 40, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 23 March 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/192).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: This file consists of a letter and draft telegram between the Secretary of the Ministry of Works and the Foreign Office, regarding the arrangement of a visit to Bahrain by Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Works, Reginald Stradling, while en route to Australia and New Zealand for a mission.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 4, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains papers regarding travel and accommodation arrangements for Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe, External Affairs Secretary in the Government of India, and his wife Frances ‘Kitty’ Caroe. As well as Mr and Mrs Caroe, the primary correspondents are: Government of India; India Office; Colonial Office.Folios 30-76 cover arrangements for Mr Caroe’s visit to London from August to December 1943.Folios 14-29 cover enquiries relating to a potential visit to India by Mrs Caroe.Folios 2-13 cover discussions relating to a potential official visit to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) by Mr Caroe.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 78; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains two letters from the Government of India to the British Embassy, Chungking (Chongqing), providing details of travel arrangements between Calcutta (Kolkata) and the United Kingdom for Dr Baker of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 5; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains a copy of a telegram sent to the Foreign Office by HM Ambassador to the United States, regarding a message sent by the Sultan of Muscat to the Head of the Muscat Mission in Bagdad [Baghdad] instructing him to approach the United States Legation for travelling expenses to return to Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 3; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the travel plans of Captain Maurice Patrick O’Connor and Cornelius James Pelly (Political Agent and Consul, Muscat) to visit Southern Ireland and the potential restrictions involved. The papers include a draft telegram from Sergeant Roland Tennyson Peel regarding Tandy’s request to visit Ireland and letters from Pelly relating to his own travel arrangements addressed to Sir Geoffrey Prior (Political Resident, Persian Gulf).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 8; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file contains negotiations regarding the desire of Mar Shimun, the Patriarch of the Assyrians, to pay visit to either Iraq or Syria for ecclesiastical matters. Consisting mainly of correspondence between Mar Shimun, the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Government of India, the subjects discussed include:Whether Iraq or Syria would permit Mar Shimun's entry.Whether His Majesty's Government will continue to pay a maintenance allowance for Mar Shimun's family.The travel and visa arrangements required for Mar Shimun to be allowed re-entry into the United States.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 29; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file consists of correspondence between the Government of India, External Affairs Department, and HM Ambassador, Chungking, related to the travel arrangements for 'Mr Joerg' to Calcutta.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 7; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file consists of a single letter from the Western Department, British Foreign Office to the British Consulate-General, Rabat regarding the whereabouts and actions of Mr Robert Maugham [Robert Cecil Romer Maugham],
Observercorrespondent and son of the former Lord Chancellor.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 4, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the travel arrangements of Sir Hugh Weightman (Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department) for three separate trips, including information on accommodation and expenses.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 28; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding travel arrangements for Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, Political Agent, Kuwait, to return to Kuwait from the United Kingdom. As well as Galloway, the primary correspondents are: Commonwealth Relations Office; Political Agency, Kuwait.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 8; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.