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Series
Southern Department and Foreign Office: Consulate, Aleppo, Syria (formerly Ottoman...
Catalogue reference: FO 861
What's it about?
FO 861
This series contains letter books, 1839 to 1898 and correspondence, 1870 to 1900 from the British consulate in Aleppo, Syria (formerly 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 861
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Title (The name of the record)
- Southern Department and Foreign Office: Consulate, Aleppo, Syria (formerly Ottoman Empire): General Correspondence and Letter Books
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Date (When the record was created)
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c1745-1956
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains letter books, 1839 to 1898 and correspondence, 1870 to 1900 from the British consulate in Aleppo, Syria (formerly Ottoman Empire).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further records see SP 110
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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, Aleppo, Ottoman Empire, 1782-1920
- Foreign Office, Consulate, Aleppo, Syria, 1920-1968
- Southern Department, Consulate, Aleppo, Ottoman Empire, 1745-1782
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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126 file(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/C8160/
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Southern Department and Foreign Office: Consulate, Aleppo, Syria (formerly Ottoman Empire): General Correspondence and Letter Books
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