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Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [‎215r] (432/751)

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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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allow them to settle elsewhere,; as the (ioveraisent ahould
decide. The proposal v/ae considered' at 4 melag hold
by the Ufctaii&ar with military arid Grendameile chieia,
with the ioliticai Adviser pr*seat by iiiVitation, upon
dUL^HAY/uN* a return, and although the oner was probably
temporising and otherwise unsatialttotorj, waa tele & raphed
to Tehran. It was presumably roco^iiibca as such by the
Gov£rument lor the Chiei oi the General otaii. tiA&kAHAt
subeequently telegraphed to the Or dicer GoBsaanaing the
Xe man shah (l‘gth; Brigade pruposiiig tlnee a iternat-ive
courses of action for rounGin* up the aaoEIB 1 s - (a) by
usirifc, ti ibal elements only; ^b) by senuixitj a ruliy—
equipped oolumn, with artillery, ri^om xQHUiikAiAAB^iPj auid
(c) by using looal Persian military forces, a combina
tion of anu (c> was iccoHiaenueci to Tehran and quickly
W cel wed approval* T*c Gompaniea of the nermanahah
Brigaue will be used, with tribal assistance, and at the
mni: nf the uioi*th Gh iiHElxJiShAhX v»as senuir^ oupplics to
ii£i^L.4b in I'eaainess ana was await iiig liual order a iroia
Tehran to commence operations. Rather surprisingly the
JA'ditfEUi)! 1 s are amongst the triocs wo oiier their support.
14. The proposal to disarm the relatively ».iall KhRG/J^.
ana ol,0i BIAH sections of the xwu-HUR tribe in karch and
April last (April Piary, paragraph 14) came to nothing.
A decision was tsjteu early in auxy uy the Ustanuer, xn
consultation «xth GbliBHAfAR, BtlAfiMUAdojiAhX anu the
Farmanoar oi oHAHaBAp to oauertsae this operation now
th&i the tribes ¥^ere comped in MAHduAodT, where they are
believed to be responsible xor a good ueai oi the
insecurity in thexrareo arounu the main roac. instruct
ions were iesued to the la man oar of anu tne
bakhshdar of the ivABHUR, QABIm i^Ati A 1 asAPx, but by the
ena of July little or nothing haa been done.
15. Reports were received about the JOth of impending
trouble between the A0ROHAN«*i~LAitOM end JA^ANRUDI e.
The latter had some reason to fear an attacw by ^UrAlilSAJ)
AMIN B&G of 1AV&H, son of J A 1 ArAti 8ULT4M, probably es a
reprisal for the dawanruai attac of the Spring oi 1.^0.
It was allegeu that ^UHAMliAb AMIR n>^o, who r^ceiitiy
▼isited Bagdad for medical treatmont f on his return
journey called on BAM ID BIG, former ^AB.MA^Att of ZAnA&JA
ana AFRA8IAB LARUnX, ia exile, to
AMlt'i xsBG later admitted the visit but denied un^hos ^

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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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