Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1842-01-01-1911-12-31 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Global extent: 2723 files, papers and volumes (1808-1962); 858 selected and described items, from 57 registers (1842-1911)
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This series contains general correspondence of the British embassy and consulates in Turkey (formerly the Ottoman Empire).
Before 1831 the records in this series are copies made from the general correspondence in FO 78
Creators according to the period:
Foreign Office, Consulates, Ottoman Empire, 1782-1923
Foreign Office, Consulates, Turkey, 1923-1968
Foreign Office, Embassy, Ottoman Empire, 1782-1923
Foreign Office, Embassy, Turkey, 1923-1968
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
All political and confidential archives for 1918-1939 were destroyed.
Accruals
The fonds is closed.
System of arrangement
By year and then (where applicable) by original file number. The item-level catalogue references reflect these file numbers and hence gaps occur in the sequence.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
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Name access points
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Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD(G), Second Edition, Ottawa 2000.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Catalogue prepared on June 2017
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Archivist's note
Inventory of a range of items from the collection untitled Foreign Office, Records of Embassies, Legations, Consulates, etc, Turkey (formerly Ottoman Empire), General correspondance, from Jerusalem (1842-1911), held by the National Archives (London), made by François Rimelen, 2017.