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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [80v] (160/320)
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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( 28 )
Copies to :—D. 0. T.
India No. 49.
Baghdad No. 15.
Letter from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to the Foreign Office,
London, No. 113 (82-4-38), dated the 24th March 1938.
I have the honour to report that it has been announced that work has-
been started on a branch line to connect Semnan with the Trans-Iranian
Railway at Qishlaq, 114-5 kilometres from Tehran. The new line will be of
about 114 kilometres and is intended for the transport to the foundry under
construction at Aminabad of the Semnan iron deposits. I understand that
no great engineering difficulties are involved in this scheme.
2. Work on the southern section of the railway is being hastened, and it
would appear that the whole line might be completed by the end of this year.
3. I understand that a stock of 30,000 tons of cement is held at the fac
tory near Tehran for use on the Tehran-Tabriz Railway, which will presum
ably be commenced on the completion of the Trans-Iranian. The proposed
alignment will apparently follow the Tehran-Tabriz road up to Zendjan,
when it will turn to the west in order to avoid the mountainous districts,
and will probably go near Saoudjbulagh and through Maragha to Tabriz.
From Tabriz to Qotur on the Trurkish frontier the branch line of the Djulfa
Railway, from Sofian to Sharafkhansh on the northern shore of Lake Urmia,
may be used, or possibly a new branch line may be laid from Morand through
Khoi to Qotur. Though the detour from Zendjan will lengthen the distance
from Tehran to Tabriz, it is expected to save expenditure as apparently
very little tunnelling will be necessary.
4. I am sending a copy of this despatch to the Department of'Overseas
Trade, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs
Department, and to His Majesty’s Ambassador at Baghdad.
( 29 )
Copies to :•—India No. 54.
Baghdad No. 18.
Ahwaz No. 21.
Letter from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to the Foreign Office,
London, No. 120 (272-12-38), dated the 26th March 1938.
With reference to Mr. Seymour’s despatch No. 75 [S. No. (22)] of the
25th February, I have the honour to inform you that on the 14th March, His
Majesty’s Vice-Consul at Khorramshahr reported that a final order had been
received there that all Jews must leave there within three months. No
similar order has been issued at Ahwaz, though rumours are current there
that Jews in that town, the majority of whom are Iraqi subjects, will be
ordered to leave on the expiry of the period of grace given to the Jews at
Khorramshahr.
2. No orders for the expulsion of Jews from frontier regions have been
reported from other parts of Iran. It seems clear that the present action
of the authorities is confined to the frontier regions of Khuzistan, and that
it is the result of the smuggling activities of the Jews in that area. His
Majesty’s Consul at Ahwaz reports that the success with which the Jew*s
have evaded the exchange restrictions has aroused the resentment of their
business competitors, and that it appears likely that the powerful local
merchant, Mirza Jallal Mowaqqir, head of the Sherkat-i-Kashtirani Karun
and other concerns, has used his influence with Colonel Bayendor to oust
business rivals in this way.
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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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- 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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