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Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [171r] (344/751)
The record is made up of 1 file (371 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1941-6 Mar 1946. 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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total requirementa until th« and ol Tir next (July J£nd,
1944/ ere eatlmated at ^,620 tona of vrheat and 1,250 tone
of barley. The i>urehaao ol wheat by au^ar barter ceaeed
at the ead of £«fand f except for eontracte signed oeiore
that date* The blao-t mnricet price ol wheat ruae to
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
146 per xharwar in the lirat two weexa ol -arch
owing to the aoaence ol rain, but ample falls during the
second hall ol the month brought the price down fairly
^ sharply to
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
116-180 per kharwar.
gg. The last arltl^h convoy to take grain for Tehran left
on the 10th. Bince the 7th E.B.tf. lorries have been en
gaged in this work and some 100 lorries, of miscellaneous
tonnage, have been lilting about 160 tons a day. particu
lars ol grain supplied by this area to the capital, up to
Warch 27th, arc aa followa;-
Total by British convoys
previously by E.B.JU
By I.<1. *ool lorries
to Himadan
By E.B.H. since liarch 7th
U,46J toiiS
640 rt
340 w
PUQ *
12,54(5 tons
To this issay be added a further 6,600 tons still in thi®
difctrict waiting to be moved.
24. The bread situation in continued satis—
factory
An East India Company trading post.
. w <jQverarasnV* bakeries sell at the official price
of Siais 9 per man (5 kilos; - the flour bain* two-thirds
wheat and one-third barley. w i ree'* bakeries sell at
kials 12 >er man — tb® flour being 1GO wheat. Thera sms
been a ^rowing demand lor the * free’ 1 bread, so nssh fc ;
that w Qover‘iinent w bakeries complain of lack of custom.
The bepartment of smppllee now issues only 10 tons oi
Hour daily to the latter, a fall from the original
tons a-day partly accounted ior by the reduction in ths
numbers of "oobermaent** baksriss (1 ebruary Diary, pere-
im, graph 24; and partly by the popular preference (and
^ability to pay; for the better quality bre&d. QASH-i-
JFIRIh f s bread situation is equally satisfactory - only
100 wheat flour is used and the quality of the breed is
excellent.
25. On the 11th the Ustan&ar held a meeting of Iinaaee,
Supply and other official® to consider the question oi
distribution /
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Monthly political diaries submitted by the British Consul at Kermanshah in Persia [Iran]. The diaries cover much of the Second World War and the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran. The reports cover Kermanshah Province, and include summaries of: local Persian administration; the activities of local tribes; affairs in [Persian] Kurdistan; political affairs, including the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran and the local workers’ union; agricultural production, food supply and food shortages; economic and commercial activities; British interests; Soviet interests; British, Soviet, and to a lesser extent German propaganda activities. A small number of items of correspondence are also included in the file. Some of the reports are preceded by note sheets which contain summaries of the reports written by 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. staff.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (371 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Paragraphs within the reports are numbered, beginning with 1 for the first paragraph of each report.
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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 374; 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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- Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:119v, 120ar:120av, 120r:373v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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