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Foreign Office: Consulate, Jedda, Ottoman Empire: General Correspondence, Letter...
Catalogue reference: FO 685
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FO 685
This series contains correspondence, etc., 1873 to 1912; letter books, 1859 to 1863 and 1879; registers of correspondence, 1875 to 1914 of the British consulate in Jeddah, Ottoman Empire.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 685
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office: Consulate, Jedda, Ottoman Empire: General Correspondence, Letter Books and Registers of Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1859-1914
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence, etc., 1873 to 1912; letter books, 1859 to 1863 and 1879; registers of correspondence, 1875 to 1914 of the British consulate in Jeddah, Ottoman Empire.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of the Jeddah Agency see FO 686
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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, Jeddah, Ottoman Empire, 1859-1914
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 10 box(es)
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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The consulate was closed in 1914 following the outbreak of the First World War. It was replaced by the Jeddah Agency.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7986/
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