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Coll 28/127(1) ‘Persia. Indian Interest in Cultural & Technical Development.’

Title	Coll 28/127(1) ‘Persia. Indian Interest in Cultural & Technical Development.’
Author	an Iranian mission to India
Publication Date:	9 Feb 1944-20 Jul 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject	1
Type	Document
Language	eng,fas
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	63
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/L/PS/12/3540
Record ID	vdc_100000000648.0x000065
Library Location	British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date	9 Feb 1944-20 Jul 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	Correspondence and other papers relating to a trip made by an Iranian mission to India, at the invitation of the Government of India, to promote closer cultural relations between the two countries. The file includes: correspondence between the British Ambassador at Tehran, Reader William Bullard, and the Government of India, relating to the initial invitation and subsequent arrangements for the visit; details of Iranians who will be on the mission, including the Iranian Minister of Culture Ali Asghar Hikmat [Mirza Ali-Asghar Khan Hekmat e-Shirazi]; press notes and press cuttings about the mission; the Iranian mission’s proposal to bestow medals of the Order of Nishan [Nishan-e-Aqdas] on certain educational leaders in India; a copy of a souvenir brochure (written in English and Persian) commemorating the Iranian cultural mission’s visit to India (ff 8-31). The brochure includes: an introduction written by the Governor-General of India, Archibald Percival Wavell; the texts of a number of speeches made by Ali Asghar Hikmat; the text of a lecture on Iran’s history and people by Hassan Suhrawardy; maps of the mission’s itinerary; and numerous photographs of scenes of India and the mission’s visit. 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.
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Düzenleme	The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)	Coll 28/127/1

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Coll 28/127(1) ‘Persia. Indian Interest in Cultural & Technical Development.’

Author an Iranian mission to India

Publication Date 9 Feb 1944-20 Jul 1945 (CE, Gregorian)

Subject 1

Type Document

Language eng,fas

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 63

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/L/PS/12/3540

Record ID vdc_100000000648.0x000065

Library Location British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Date 9 Feb 1944-20 Jul 1945 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes Correspondence and other papers relating to a trip made by an Iranian mission to India, at the invitation of the Government of India, to promote closer cultural relations between the two countries. The file includes: correspondence between the British Ambassador at Tehran, Reader William Bullard, and the Government of India, relating to the initial invitation and subsequent arrangements for the visit; details of Iranians who will be on the mission, including the Iranian Minister of Culture Ali Asghar Hikmat [Mirza Ali-Asghar Khan Hekmat e-Shirazi]; press notes and press cuttings about the mission; the Iranian mission’s proposal to bestow medals of the Order of Nishan [Nishan-e-Aqdas] on certain educational leaders in India; a copy of a souvenir brochure (written in English and Persian) commemorating the Iranian cultural mission’s visit to India (ff 8-31). The brochure includes: an introduction written by the Governor-General of India, Archibald Percival Wavell; the texts of a number of speeches made by Ali Asghar Hikmat; the text of a lecture on Iran’s history and people by Hassan Suhrawardy; maps of the mission’s itinerary; and numerous photographs of scenes of India and the mission’s visit. 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.

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Düzenleme The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Eski Harici Referans(lar) Coll 28/127/1