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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [124r] (247/320)
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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3. I happened to meet Monsieur Hikmat yesterday and took the
opportunity of congratulating him and asking how he expected to like his
new duties. Monsieur Hikmat said that education was his real bent and
that no other work could be so satisfactory to him. He hoped, however,
to find a useful sphere of activity in the department of public health, of
which, as Minister of the Interior, he is the head. Monsieur Hikmat’s
work at the Ministry of Education has shown that he has considerable energy
and driving power, and if he is given a chance he should be able to accom
plish valuable work in his new Ministry. In the domain of public health
he will at any rate, except in the large towns, be starting more or less from
scratch.
4. A copy of this despatch is being sent to the Secretary to the
Government of India in the External Affairs Department.
Enclosure II to S. No. (15).
Despatch from His Majesty’s Minister, Tehran, to the Foreign Office
London, No. 43-(252/2/39), dated the 11th February, 1939.
I have the honour to report that Monsieur Ibrahim Alain has been
appointed Minister of Posts and Telegraphs. Monsieur Alam, who was
formerly known as Muhammad Ibrahim Shaukat (Shaukat-ul-Mulk),
C.I.E., was formerly Governor-General of the Province of Ears. An
account of his career will be found in my 1938 Personalities Report under
No. 195, where the name should have been given as Alam, not A’lam.
2. The last Minister of Posts and Telegraphs was Monsieur Nizam-
ud-Dm Hikmat, who died in January, 1937. No successor to Monsieur
Hikmat was appointed, and the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs has
been in the hands of Acting Ministers, of whom Monsieur Mohamed Hakimi
was the most recent.
( 16 )
Enclosure in Air Mail Letter No. 10 , dated 7th March 1939, 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.
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Enclosure in Foreign Office covering letter, dated 4th March 1939.
Despatch from the British Embassy, Moscow, to the Foreign Office
(Northern Department), No. (E.-1424/106/34) (57/3/39), dated the
17th February, 1939.
The Commercial Secretary had a conversation on the 16th February
with the Iranian Ambassador on the subject of the new Commercial Treaty
between Iran and the Soviet Union. The Ambassador said that the
Delegation from Tehran had already arrived in Moscow and had had two
interviews with M. Mikoyan, the People’s Commissar for Foreign Trade.
The previous treaty was signed in 1935 for a period of three years which
lapsed in June last. It was not renewed because the Soviet Union wished
to alter the basis of the agreement which provided for an exact balance of
trade between the two countries. The Soviet Union wanted a more elastic
arrangement.
The Ambassador did not know how long the delegation would remain
in Moscow; that would depend upon circumstances. He explained that
the function of the Delegation was simply to prepare the ground for the
conclusion of a new treaty. Such a treaty if and when concluded would
be signed at Tehran and not at Moscow.
We are sending a copy of this letter to the Chancery at Tehran
(S) 61 EAD
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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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