Record revealed
The 1951 Refugee Convention
The 1951 Refugee Convention defined international obligations to refugees, but also exposed global tensions in a context of decolonisation and ongoing conflict.
Series
Foreign Office: Consulate, Beirut, Ottoman Empire (later Lebanon): Miscellanea
Catalogue reference: FO 616
What's it about?
FO 616
This series contains registers of correspondence from the British consulate in Beirut, Ottoman Empire (later Lebanon). Comprises general registers of bonds, instruments of protest, shipping movements, etc.
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 616
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Beirut, Ottoman Empire (later Lebanon): Miscellanea
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Date (When the record was created)
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1822-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registers of correspondence from the British consulate in Beirut, Ottoman Empire (later Lebanon). Comprises general registers of bonds, instruments of protest, shipping movements, etc.
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Foreign Office, Consulate, Beirut, Lebanon, 1920-1968
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Beirut, Ottoman Empire, 1820-1920
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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5 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7917/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
689,247 records
Within the department: FO
Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office
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Foreign Office: Consulate, Beirut, Ottoman Empire (later Lebanon): Miscellanea
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