'Who's who in Persia. Calcutta: General Staff, India, 1916'

Title:

'Who's who in Persia. Calcutta: General Staff, India, 1916'

Date:

1916/1923

Description:

The volume contains brief biographical statements on individuals active in Persia [Iran], often including comments on their character, reputation, political affiliations, language skills, and attitudes towards European and regional powers. It also contains a number of genealogical tables, and information on important families.The volume has been annotated in several places, comprising additions or removal of material from pre-existing biographies, or the addition of new entries. Clippings from Government correspondence have also been pasted in. These additions are often stamped with a date, which range between 1920 to1923. Additional pages have been added to the volume at several points, most notably at folios 3-8, which contain details of appointments to the Persian Cabinet in 1920 and 1921.1 volume (254 folios)Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 256; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.Additional pages have been pasted into the volume, alongside a number of annotations in blue pencil and black ink.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Reference materials

Geographic region:

Persia

Extent:

1 volume (254 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000091_ar
81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000091_en
IOR/L/PS/20/223

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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