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The 1951 Refugee Convention
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Series
Foreign Office and predecessor: Political and Other Departments: General Correspondence...
Catalogue reference: FO 78
What's it about?
FO 78
This series contains general correspondence relating to the Ottoman Empire.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 78
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office and predecessor: Political and Other Departments: General Correspondence before 1906, Ottoman Empire
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Date (When the record was created)
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1780-1905
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence relating to the Ottoman Empire.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For correspondence relating to Serbia after 1878 see FO 105
For correspondence relating to Egypt before 1818 see FO 24
For correspondence relating to Montenegro after 1879 see FO 103
For correspondence relating to Romania after 1878 see FO 104
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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5491 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Middle East
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7398/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Foreign Office and predecessor: Political and Other Departments: General Correspondence before 1906, Ottoman Empire
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