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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [4r] (7/320)
The record is made up of 1 file (158 folios). It was created in 11 Oct 1937-25 Nov 1942. 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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5
bo long as it involves no threat to the government, that discomfort for the
masses is perfectly proper if it is necessary for the progress of the country
as a whole. The Shah’s personal position is probably stronger than either
Hitler’s or Mussolini’s, so remote is the possibility of opposition to him in
this often, in the past, rebellious province, while he certainly can point to
progress which would not have been realised had he subordinated his schemes
to the feelings of the people. There are schools which, despite shortcomings,
do spread some knowledge; there are new hospitals which do cure some people;
factories are going up some of which are economically justifiable; gram silos
are being provided which will store the grain in better conditions; there are
quite good roads and almost perfect security. It may be possible to hope
that prosperity will have returned, and that the prince will have developed
sufficiently, before his father’s death, to take and maintain control. If things
so happen, the Shah’s present policy will be justified; otherwise, and if the
feelings which inspire the common people of this district find expression the
future will be a stormy one.
12. The foreign Consuls were not invited to witness, or to take part in,
any of the ceremonies.
Enclosure 2 to Serial No. 4.
Despatch from His Majesty’s Consul, Kermanshah, to His Majsty’s
Minister, Tehran, No. 65, dated the 24th October 1936.
I have the honour to submit hereunder a report regarding the visit to
this Consular district of His Imperial Majesty the Shah and the Royal Highness
the Vali-Ahd. After a great deal of uncertainty as to the date of the arrival
of the Royal party and as to the latter’s plans and movements, the Shah and
Vli-Ah deventually left Senneh and arrived at Kermanshah on the 16th
instant. After a brief visit to Shahbad and Gilan (the Pusht-i-Kuh district)
during the 17th and 18th instant they left Shahabad on the 19th instant for
Hamadan arriving there the same afternoon, en route for Tehran.
2. Little definite information has reached me regarding the Shah’s visit
to Senneh (Sanandej) but it appears that His Majesty was enraged at the fact
that, during the past two years, very little progress had been made at Senneh
in building modern houses and shops along the new avenues which had been
carved through the town by the wholesale demolition of hundreds of old
houses. Shahab-ud-Dowlah Shams-ul-Mulk Arayi, the Governor of Senneh,
is reported to have been roundly abused by the Shah for his slackness in
not having caused the owners of property along the new roads to rebuild,
and one unconfirmed rumour which has reached me is to the effect that the
Shah lost his temper with the Governor and gave him a thrashing. In most
countries, such a rumour would immediately be dismissed as a grotesque
exaggeration; as far as the Shah is concerned the rumour may well be true
for His Imperial Majesty, I am informed, is not above resorting to brute
force and barrack-room methods if he wishes to inflict punishment on those
incurring his displeasure.
3 The Shah is reported to have visited his troops in the Senneh district
and to have been satisfied with the manner in which they were being equipped,
trained and quartered. His stay at Senneh was, however, of short duration
and, having arrived there on the 14th instant, he left for Kermanshah on
the morning of the 16th instant.
4. His Majesty (accompanied, of course, by the Vali-Ahd) arrived a
Taq-i-Bostan on the outskirts of Kermanshah about 4 p.m. on the 16th
instant. Awaiting their arrival at Taq-i-Bostan, were the Governor (Ah
Naghi Beglari), the four Deputies representing Kermanshah at the Mejliss,
the Senior Military officers and most of the garrison, Heads of the various
branches of the Administration and a deputation of notables and members
of the Chamber of Commerce. Presentations to His Majesty were made by
Amir-i-Kull, one of the four Deputies referred to above. The Consular
Corps were not invited to the above reception.
4‘2(C'Er Affairs Dept.
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Printed correspondence from the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department (later referred to as the External Affairs Department), collated into yearly collections under the heading ‘Iran Series’. The original correspondence was sent by British representatives in Iran (chiefly the British Legation in Tehran) to the Foreign Office. The correspondence concerns: the announcement of laws, decrees, regulations, and budgets by the Government of Iran, the texts of which were frequently published in the newspaper Le Journal de Tehran ; reports from British consular officials covering a range of subjects, including commercial activities, foreign relations and the commercial activities of foreign individuals and companies in Iran, provincial affairs, and the activities of the Shah; in 1939 and 1940, reports concerning the impact of the Second World War on Iran, with a large number of reports from the Press Attaché to the British Legation in Tehran, reporting the dissemination of propaganda and public opinion in Iran.
At the end of the file is a single item of original correspondence, sent by the Secretary to the Government of India. Dated 24 August 1942, it announces the discontinuation of the printing of the Persia [Iran] series for the duration of the war (f 159).
A large number of items in the file are in French. These include the texts of Iranian Government laws, regulations and announcements that were published in Le Journal de Tehran .
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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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
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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 160; these numbers are written in pencil 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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- front, front-i, 2r:7r, 8r:11r, 12v:14v, 16r:16v, 20r, 23r:32r, 34r:41v, 42v:48r, 50v:55r, 56r:61r, 63r:65r, 68r:69r, 71v, 75v:77v, 79r:81v, 82v:85v, 89r, 91r:91v, 92v:93r, 94v:96v, 97v:101r, 102v:108v, 115r:118r, 124r, 125r:130v, 132r:134r, 136r:139r, 141r:141v, 145r:146v, 149r:151r, 152r:153v, 154v:159v, back-i, back
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