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The oldest documents in the Consulate fonds date back to 1843, to the foundation of the Consulate of Palestine during the Kingdom of Sardinia. According to the papers the Consulate closed in 1849 leaving the defence of the citizens to the Consulate of France.

The Royal Decree dated November 17th, 1871 establishes the Italian Consulate in Palestine. The papers cover the history of the Consulate until its closure, in June 10th, 1940. At that date the protection of Italian interests was entrusted to the Spanish Consulate. The activity of Consul Quinto Mazzolini and his Bureau in Rome (Ufficio Stralcio) lasted during 1943.

This fonds is part of the external collections (“archivi aggregati”) incorporated in the Archives of the Custodial Curia (general administration) held by the Historical Archive of the Custody of the Holy Land.

Structure of the fonds. Global extent: 107 files; 11 June 1843 - 2004; [1798]
Series A, Regulations and provisions. Global extent: 6 files; 11 June 1843 - 1981; [1798]
Series B, Correspondence. Global extent: 28 files; 23 Nov. 1870 - 24 Nov. 2003
B-I, Social Welfare Office. Global extent: 6 files; 1960- 1st Sept. 1989
B-II, United Nations Relief and Works Agency. Global extent: 3 files; 23 July 1949 - 2 Dec. 1986
B-III, Thematic arrangement. Global extent: 16 files; 16 May 1922 - 24 Nov. 2003
B-IV, Chronological arrangement. Global extent: 3 files; 23 Nov. 1870 - 4 Feb. 2000
Series C, Administration. Global extent: 17 files; 5 Jan. 1901 - 31 Dec. 2003
C-I, Inventories and accounting notes. Global extent: 4 files; Apr. 1959 - 31 Dec. 2003
C-II, Revenues and expenditure, Minutes. Global extent: 3 files; March 1969 - 5 May 1998
C-III, Revenues and expenditure. Global extent: 10 files; 5 Jan. 1901 - 1st Sept. 2002
Series D, Orphans. Global extent: 23 files; 1877-2004
D-I, Personal files. Global extent: 7 files; 1896-2000
D-II, Medical files. Global extent: 3 files; 16 Feb. 1970 - 10 Oct. 2003
D-III, Registers. Global extent: 9 files; 1877-2004
D-IV, Miscellanea. Global extent: 4 files; 1944-2000
Series E, Teaching staff. Global extent: 8 files; 10 July 1932 - 1995
E-I, Correspondence. Global extent: 7 files; 10 July 1932 - 31 July 1989
E-II, Personal files. Global extent: 1 file; 20 July 1932 - 1995
Series F, School. Global extent: 22 files; Oct. 1889 - 2003
F-I, Attendance registers. Global extent: 5 files; Sept. 1963 - May 1969
F-II, Marks. Global extent: 7 files; 1925-2001
F-III, Marks registers. Global extent: 10 files; Oct. 1889 - 2003
Series G, Chronicles. Global extent: 3 files; 28 May 1929 - 1st Dec. 1981

This fonds includes documents from the Palestinian Commission and Palestinian Comittee about schools, journeys of the imperial family, hospitals and every other issue dealt with by the institution.

This catalogue includes the majority of the archive materials of the Ministry of Police; correspondence from other ministries, state offices and provinces; the Correspondence Office, which includes the replies to these writings and letters, and the drafts from the Accounting Office; receipts for the transactions of the Office of Public Accounting and the bills returned.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this fonds are: 1262-1341.

The Central Zionist Archives – the official archives of the institutions of the Zionist Movement (the World Zionist Organization, the Jewish Agency, the Jewish National Fund, and the United Israel Appeal) and the numerous institutions that were established by, or alongside, these bodies – permanently preserves the files that were created during the activity of these institutions.

In addition, the Zionist Archives holds the files of the institutions of the Jewish population in Palestine before the establishment of the State (the Archives of the National Council, the Archives of the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (PICA), the Archives of the Hadassah Medical Organization, etc.), of the offices of the World Jewish Congress in various countries, the remainder of the Archives of the Hovevei Zion and of some of the Zionist Federations around the world.

Language of registration of the record group names: Hebrew and English (See the Record Group Guide)

Language of registration of the files: The descriptions of most of the files in the various record groups are in Hebrew. However, if most of the original documents in the files of the record group are in English, the file descriptions are in English. Most of the file titles (about 80%) are in Hebrew.

As the Correspondence Office of Imperial Treasury is a unit that acts as the secretary of the ministry, this fonds includes official letters written by the ministry to the state offices in İstanbul and in the country.
The starting and ending Hijri dates for this fonds are: 1266-1342.

The documents in Ottoman-Turkish and Arabic kept in the “Cyril and Methodius” National Library contain valuable material for the study of the social, economic, political and cultural development of the Arab countries from the XVIth to the XXth century.
They also offer a rich material for studies in the field of the Arabic and the Ottoman-Turkish diplomatics and paleography, language research, as well as for special regional and town studies.

The documents in Ottoman-Turkish and Arabic kept in the “Cyril and Methodius” National Library contain valuable material for the study of the social, economic, political and cultural development of the Arab countries from the XVIth to the XXth century.
They also offer a rich material for studies in the field of the Arabic and the Ottoman-Turkish diplomatics and paleography, language research, as well as for special regional and town studies.

The documents of this collection were sent to the editorial office of the newspaper ''Mshak''. They include articles, letters, financial reports of the newspaper, etc.
List 1 is untitled Ecclesiastical section and include 769 cases (boxes).