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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [60v] (120/320)
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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international fascism to include their country in the orbit of German and
Italian colonial aspirations ; and that Iranian public opinion will refuse to be
inveigled into the adoption of so inglorious a role.
2. From the Iranian Embassy here, I understand that the enormous Per
sian colony in the Caucasus has suffered greatly in the anti-Trotskist purge
notwithstanding the very humble circumstances of most of its members, and
that the Embassy has in fact renounced all hope of affording its nationals
adequate protection.
I am sending a copy of this despatch to His Majesty’s Minister at Tehran.
Confidential letter from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to the
Foreign Office, London, No. 13 (126/2/38), dated the 15th January
1938.
r, J^ VC ;‘ he '? n0 "f to inform y° u that Prince riruz, Nusrat-ud-Dowleh,
G.C.M.G.
[Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
, (No. 84 in Personalities in Persia, 1937) has recently died. It will
be seen from the 1937 Personalities Report that it had already been rumoured
at the beginning of 1937 that he had been executed. But it was later said that
he had been banished to Semran, and as far as is known he had been residing
rnfvrP' sin pa &
2. Prince Firuz had been a very important figure in his time. But since
pubhc^fe 11011 f ° r bnbery and corru P tion in 1930 he had played no part in
Jam sending copies of this despatch to the Secretary to the Government of
India m the External Affairs Department No. 6, and to His Majesty’s consular
officers at Ahwaz No. 3, at Kermanshah No. 2, at Shiraz No. 2 and at Tabriz
{Received on 19th December 1937, with Political Secretary's Letter No. 48, dated
Enclosure in Weekly Letter No. 48, dated the 2nd December 1937, from
Secretary, Political and Secret Department,
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.
.
Letter from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to the Foreign, Office
London, No. 408, dated the 30th October 1937.
T Wi lu r ® ference t0 , m y despatch No. 369 (392/30/37) of 24th September last.
\ have the honour to inform you that a notice was published by the Customs
Administration m Le Journal de Teheran ” of 12th October inviting
tenders for the construction of a wharf (debarcadere) on the Karun River at
Khorramshahr. A further notice was published on the 27th October in con
nexion with the construction of “’un grand debarcadere dans le Chatt-el-
Arabe a Khorramshahr .
2. It seems clear from these announcomfints tW. iLa
( 3 )
Copy to India No. 6.
Ahwaz No. 3.
Kermanshah No. 2.
Shiraz No. 2.
Tabriz No. 3.
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( 4 )
the 2nd December 1937.)
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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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- 1 file (158 folios)
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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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- Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’
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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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