Coll 28/10(2) ‘Persia; Diaries; Meshed Consular June 1940; Khorassan Political; Khorassan Fortnightly Reports’ [‎130r] (259/1297)

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Zt><. Another «60 f ‘ of raiu fell on the 2nd June ana a till
further iFinroved prospects of a ^uujper harves t in Klio ran«
BU jalid and the Qainat huv alao had rain aurinh the period
uni i review which, it is hoped, have saved the. alartuing
situation report--u. in last Diary, para 87 c. Flyiut> over the
ITishapui’ district on 22nd May H#D 1 s Consul-0-eneral was
^s'Gonished at the sight of sever..! hundred square miles of,
apparently, flourishing rain-ir rig ted crops. Nevertheless
grain and Bread prices, pron.hly zh- highest in Persia, T 3 how
no signs of falling; the provincial wheat ring is manipu-
latfciig the market as skilfully as ever and making use of
every '’hull 11 point av a liable, such as locusts, fnglo-
Bussian disagreement, and the likelihood of post-Millspaugn
'’frenzied finance^ resulting eventually in currency
daprocration.
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issues dated <_>».)tu a
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Between Bricain and Buss laweio hawked
of Meshed. Much excitement was caused
vud' H^B .M’s Consul-General judged it ^ advisable, in consult-
aoion with his Soviet colB ague, to ins jlS t on tile; Pwisian
authorities forbidding the sale of the paper and confisca
ting the offending copies. Meanwhile soothing bulletins
plugging the meeting of the Allied generals at Berlin and
one Sotting up of a central inter-allied Military Govern^
n n t 1 a Germany will, it is hop o , restore conf ideno*
2_r tl:]: officials .
98. H.B. Agha Ali Mansur, Governor-General of Khorasan,
left Meshed on a short tour to Bujnurd on June 3ra.
Persian Military.
99. Ref .para 66, Col-Ahmed Vossouq has arrived in husxa?a
from Tehran and taken over command of the 8th Kho-rasan
Division from Col^Biglari. Col.Vossouq is a son-in-law
of General Afkhani, until recently G*0*C« Kerman and Mkir-n .
a noted Anglophile.
pol itical Parties.
100. An emissary of Sysd Zin has been in Meshed to
investigate the possibility of opening a local brunch of the
Irudeh-i-Milli party here. It is believed that he has
informed his headquarters at Tehran that although the whole
of the religious community are in favour of. the party and
would support it, nothing can be done without British
support so long as the Russians are here in strength.
Certain landowners of Nishapur headed by one namea
qazi are trying to rally popular support for a more or less.,
open campaign against the Tudeh in that important agricul
tural district.
101. Ref. par a 88. The grievances of the teachers
have now how been removed and they returned to work on thu
22nd May. 102
102. The. body of Haji Agha Mir zu Mehdi Ayatullah one
of the leading Meshed Mujtahids who died recently in Tehran
was brought to Meshed and buried in the Shrine, prhcincts on
23rd May. Mehdi ^yatullah was noted for his liberal views
and his funeral was largely attended by officials, gentry,
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