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Coll 28/21(2) ‘Persia. Azerbaijan: Persia, Russian and Persia – Turkish Frontier.’ [143r] (291/763)
The record is made up of 1 file (377 folios). It was created in 3 May 1946-15 Dec 1947. It was written in English and French. 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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(To United Kingdom Delegation to Council of *°^^ ers)
D. 2.40 p.m. 9th Decemher 1946
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9th Docemher 1946
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Moscow No. 940
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Persian .hnbassador enquired of Sir Orme Sargent
on the 5th Decemher what the attitude of His Majesty s
Government would he when the Persian communication to
the Security Council about Azerbaijan came up for
discussion. Sir 0. Sargent pointed out to him that now
that the Persian delegate in Now York had been instructed
to address a communication to the Security Council he
would presumably discuss the whole matter with you and
with Mr. Byrnes and would no doubt receive satisfactory
assurances regarding British and United States support
in the unfortunate event of the Persian Government
having subsequently to apoeal to the Security Council
on the ground of the integrity of Persia being
endangered.
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The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/21 ‘Persia; Azerbaijan; Persia-Russian & Persia-Turkish Frontier.’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3417). It chiefly comprises copies of telegraphic correspondence exchanged between British officials in Tehran and Tabriz, and the Foreign Office in London, and covers events of the Iran-Azerbaijan crisis of 1946, and its immediate aftermath:
- Reports and eyewitness accounts of the withdrawal, in May 1946, of Russian troops from Tabriz and Iranian Azerbaijan, and the efforts of an Iranian Government delegation to verify the Russian evacuation.
- Negotiations between the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan (referred to as the Democrats), led by Ja’far Pishevari, and the Iranian (Central) Government, led by the Iranian Prime Minister, Ahmad Qavam, leading to an agreement on 13 June 1946 for the Iranian Azerbaijan Parliament to be changed to a Provincial Council (ff 278-279).
- From October 1946, amidst a deteriorating political situation, and in the run up to December elections, preparations in Iranian Azerbaijan for armed resistance against Iran.
- From 10 December 1946, reports of Iranian troops launching attacks in Iranian Azerbaijan, prior to their arrival in Tabriz on 13 December 1946 (f 156, f 115).
- Discussion amongst British officials over their role in supporting the Iranian Government, with support from British (and US) officials being declared on 10 December 1946, immediately after the Iranian Government’s military action against Iranian Azerbaijan had been confirmed.
- Continuing reports of violence in Iranian Azerbaijan and the Mahabad District of Iran, including the arrest, imprisonment, and killing of individuals associated with the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan.
- A secret report on a tour of Iranian Azerbaijan, made by the Assistant British Military Attaché, 6-15 April 1947 (ff 25-40).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (377 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 378; 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.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3418
- Title
- Coll 28/21(2) ‘Persia. Azerbaijan: Persia, Russian and Persia – Turkish Frontier.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:19v, 21r:53v, 55r:61v, 64r:110v, 113r:123v, 127r:172v, 174r:233v, 240r:246v, 249r:297v, 299r:300v, 306r:307v, 309r:332v, 337r:378v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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