File RAS COLL4/2/7 - Portrait of Sir Mortimer Durand

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GB 891 RAS COLL4-RAS COLL4/2-RAS COLL4/2/7

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Portrait of Sir Mortimer Durand

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  • 20 October 1943-23 October 1943 (Creation)

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Typed and handwritten, 3 pieces

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Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1823-

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Royal Empire Society

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Oriental Club

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Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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Correspondence regarding the disposal of a portrait of Sir Mortimer Durand:

  • Letter from Alex Godley, Deputy Chairman of Council, the Royal Empire Society, to the Secretary of Royal Asiatic Society to thank for the offer of the portrait but due to damage of their building in air raids of 1941, they have nowhere safe to keep it. Typed, 1 piece, dated 20 October 1943.
  • Letter from Hon Secretary, Oriental Club, to Royal Asiatic Society to inform they have insufficient space to accept the portrait. Handwritten, 1 piece, dated 23 October 1943.
  • Note to say that the Foreign Office had accepted the portrait for their office in Tehran. Handwritten, 1 piece, undated.

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