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Foreign Office: Consulate, Damascus, Turkey, (formerly Ottoman Empire): General Correspondence...
Catalogue reference: FO 618
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FO 618
This series contains general correspondence and letter books from the British consulate in Damascus, Ottoman Empire. Comprises letter books, 1841 to 1843; general correspondence, 1901 to 1921.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 618
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Damascus, Turkey, (formerly Ottoman Empire): General Correspondence and Letter Books
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1837-1921
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains general correspondence and letter books from the British consulate in Damascus, Ottoman Empire. Comprises letter books, 1841 to 1843; general correspondence, 1901 to 1921.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Damascus archives prior to 1900 (or more probably 1901) were destroyed in 1921, with the exception of two copy books of correspondence, 1837-1848 and 1886-1892, and three correspondence registers, 1872-1890. These items may have survived the general destruction of archives on the rupture of diplomatic relations in November 1956, but, if so, their present whereabouts is not known.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Damascus, Ottoman Empire, 1830-1920
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 files and volumes
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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/C7919/
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