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Coll 28/10(2) ‘Persia; Diaries; Meshed Consular June 1940; Khorassan Political; Khorassan Fortnightly Reports’ [283r] (565/1297)
The record is made up of 1 file (647 folios). It was created in 8 Aug 1940-28 Aug 1947. It was written in English. 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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jar it isa uonsul&te oandr&l or or
i.hon» ®n, ^eshea ■ Persia* ■ ,
i’he 9th July 194a. '
,ii±> DomVAiXbiU'
«n*i
H18 QQnml&r urtic?era *
221* i&r* 0«^*UianD«» ills consul
General Tor Khorasant loft neehed for xiirjana on Jul/ 1st
1943 ana returned on July 7tn*
&i2* His ^jeety v 8 /tee Uoneal tour a the
lur Oat-i-if^idori ar^ oetween June 2/jid and. June <d3th and
vlalted u&l6i3i and ^uJuieh*
Hrneno^^
223* aeferenoe para 206. lonn&ges of goods delivered
by the United kingdom commercial corporation to the uovlet
authorities between June 6th and June 26th were s«
At b&Jglr&n 3106 tons
At ihahrud 983 tons
'lotal./’TOJF ton’s
iAirlng the fortnight under report Messrs L&rter and
ulnolair of the United kingdom commerolal corporatlon 9
lehr an ana mt« ijullmore its J>elhl represents tlvo met &t
meshed to discuss the i^ast Persian transport situation*
Ihey all returned to fehran on June 30th*
kPM>Lk!iXA
224* on June &QU\ xruioours began to reach meshed of a
Kurd "revolt" and it was said that f&rajullah Meg (para 37
of 1942 Miaryj had occupied uhirwan with his trlbesnien*
cater it beoame known that it was merely a feua between
two rival sections of the Kurds* air Mussaln Khan Nlgehfean
had quarrelled with *11 Khan Mloharanlu and had wounded
him in the arm* sir husaaln was Joined oy iraj Mohammad of
quohan and fighting broke out round uhlrwan in which there
were about 6*i0 casualties* Ihe despatch of Persian troops
to the spot was delayed oy imsslan obstructiveness and was
not effected till June 26th 9 and even then the Husal&ns
only allowed some 150 men to go* iiir hussain la reported
to have Immediately surrendered to the Government and the
situation appears to be in hand as travel from Mujnurd to
(^uehanjC throu£i jhirwan Is no longer interrupted*
225* deferenoe para 2(37* a hub si an locust party under
xTofessor coerblnovski with captain jazanov and two other
officers arrived in Mlrj&nd on June 13th 9 visited fa has and
>ehhed 9 and returned to Mirjand via furbav-i-saiderl and
uun&bad* fhey marked out temporary landing grounds at the
last two named places and established their headquarters
at nirjand where the landing*ground was cleared by local
Persian troops* un 26th June they oommenoed operations
with the help of one Russian and three Persian two* sea ter
aircraft fitted with polson*bait spraying apparatus* fhe
area selected was in the la Jan valley 26 miles south of
x>ir Jan a* fhe operations? though very limited in soope 9 were
successful and a vary large proportion or the locusts round
were destroyed with the help of the villagers.
226* on 27tn June word was received fxbm cuetta that a
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The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/10 ‘Persia. Diaries; Meshed Consular Jany 1931 – May 1940. Khorassan Political 1934 – May 1940. Khorassan Fortnightly Reports’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3406), and contains political diary reports, submitted fortnightly (and then monthly from late 1945) by the British Consul-General for Khorassan [Khorāsān] in Meshed [Mashhad] (Giles Frederick Squire; Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Ponsonby Watts; Reginald Michael Hadow; Clarmont Percival Skrine). The subject matter covered by the diaries changes during the course of the Second World War and immediate post-war period. Between June 1940 and August 1941, the diaries focus on the War, and cover:
- public opinion in Meshed on developments in Europe
- British and German radio broadcasts in Persian
- German and British cinema programmes in Meshed
- German interests in Khorassan, including the activities of German individuals, and German commercial interests, including the ordering of raw materials, such as wool and skins, bound for Germany
- the Russian invasion of Khorassan and occupation of Meshed in August 1941
- the abdication of Reza Shah Pahlavi
From late 1941 onwards:
- the security situation in Khorassan
- railway construction and communications
- food supplies and shortages, with particular emphasis on wheat supplies
- transport of supplies, including the activities of the East Persian Auxiliary Transport Service (EPATS) and the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (UKCC)
- Russian government and military activities
- German and Russian propaganda
- local affairs, including Persian (Iranian) government affairs at Khorassan, Birjand, Zabul, Zahedan
- the movements in Khorassan of Polish child refugees
The file also includes four six-monthly reports on the political situation in Khorasan, produced by the Consul-General at Khorasan, spanning the years 1945 and 1946. Minute papers are enclosed in front of most reports, with typewritten notes made by 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. staff commenting on the contents of the report.
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- 1 file (647 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 648; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 28/10(2) ‘Persia; Diaries; Meshed Consular June 1940; Khorassan Political; Khorassan Fortnightly Reports’
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- front, front-i, 2r:648v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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