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Coll 28/117 ‘Persia. Kerman, Yezd – (Bandar Abbas): Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎28r] (56/517)

The record is made up of 1 file (255 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 1942-26 Mar 1947. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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With^ie Compliments
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Under Secretary of State
App Foreign Affairs
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H* .N. Bnrlo^, H.B.J 9 & G«dfM^aiaiP» ed to Kermnn
fro^i tour on November 2&nd.
y jor V*M.T. Magnn /* #L.O. left for Yezd ana Isfahan on
the 20rd November ona reLurncd on the 30th•
Other British oubjests*
The Rev. Iliffe of the C 9 M«S» Isfahan arrived in Ker ten
on the £8th November*
fcovementr of Foie limner
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( 19118 section will be confined in future to reports
which any be of more than loc' 1 interest,)*
Mr# Jones, British subject and Mr. Oleiniltoff,Yugoslav,
arrived in Kerman on November 24th from '.phidan accompanied
by a I oil Ah woman nnmed illzabetCNina Hansevitch. as it was
understood that this woman’s return to iahidan was not
desirable they were wnrned the! she should move on to Tehran*
•>fter nttempting excuses on the ground that the woman’s
papers 'inu luggage had been left in 2 ohid*m she ana Jones
left Kermqn tor Tehr »n on the 29th. Oleinikoff returned to
^shiaen*
Mr* M* Sil^gy, Hungarian arrived from Tthran on the
2Pth and left for dahiaan on the 29th*
i-r .nian Oi.ficials*
The new Ustinuar Agha -iultan fime^iad has been settling
aov.n to work* He appears to be m a li^- ble, i not perhaps
very strong, character. Accompanied by \gha Fthimi far:u»nu3i
of Keru»an he visited Rafsinjan on the 28th November to
investigate complaints, known to be well-founded, against
the BaKhshdar of that place. The result of the investigation
will show how far he is prepared to assert hinself*
gha Rasul Razi, late Director of gricultural Depart
ment at Isfahan, has been appointed to Kerman, where he
arrived on the ESth November.
The Farmandar of Bandar ^bbas Agh?> Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. has been
isrtsdsd^it is thpu ht 9$ a result of the report of
Messrs Macdonald and Bailey( vide v o. 20 para 4(v)) who
tola H.M’s Consul that they were not at all favourably
i n re; . ed with him* The locr.l author itirs, who are # n^tura Lly
not nware of this, are understood to be much disturbed at
what they regard as the ’whim’ of the Central Government.
General opinion in Bandar \bbas seems to be that he w^s not
particularly efficient*
MILITARY AFFAIRS.
efer nee ?# o. 21 p7(1).
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Barhang TuraaJ t) # c. Gendar nerie retained from tour on
November 30th.
Reference No* 21 para 6.
93 JAN 1943
lainiA /^srof^p
InJL/l A ' 'r t 1 /C.
f.arhang Bahrami is now in dirjan taking over from
arhang zisti as Cotar&jnder of the garrison.

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Fortnightly intelligence summaries (monthly from November 1945) submitted by HM Consul at Kerman, Persia [Iran], and covering events in Kerman and its surrounding province, Yezd [Yazd] and the Gulf port of Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The reports cover: the movements and activities of Persian local government officials; the movements of British officials, British subjects and foreigners; local government affairs, including elections, and from 1945, the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran; movements and activities of the Persian military and gendarmerie; local security; roads and communications; economic affairs, with a focus on agricultural production, food supply, food shortages and food prices; and British propaganda. The file also contains some correspondence relating to a guarantee given by the British Government to Hussain Khan Buchakchi, confirming that no action will be taken against him provided he hands over enemy nationals and does not engage in ‘banditry and robbery’ (ff 52-56, ff 65-66).

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (255 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 257; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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