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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [139r] (277/749)
The record is made up of 1 file (373 folios). It was created in 9 Jul 1942-8 Feb 1946. 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
Persian officials could reconcile this with the subsidy recently promised to
Khosrow Zarghampur on condition that he supported Government against his
brother Abdullah.
Kerman.
10 . Minor operations have been carried out by the troops of the Kerman
4 ^ivision against the notorious robber tribe of Buchakchi living in the Sirj an
district, fhey have been for months past pillaging widely under their old chief,
Hussain Khan, and a younger rival, Murad Ali Murad. Preliminary operations
have been successful in occupying some of their villages and in driving
Hussain Khan with some 100 followers into hiding in the hills.
Bakhtiari.
11. Although Bakhtiari appears to be settling down under Morteza
Quli Khan, there has been an outbreak of sheep stealing and pillaging on the
northern limits in the district of Feraidun. The culprits are small tribes of
Bakhtiari stock who are not now included in the Bakhtiari Governorship, notably
the Zallaki and the Khajeh Mehdi Quli’s tribe.
Khorassan.
12 . Soulat-es-Sultaneh, the Hazara chief who rebelled against the Persian
Government in January 1942 (see Summary No. 4/42, paragraph 9), has been
killed while attempting to escape from a gendarmerie patrol who had been sent
to summon him from his village to Meshed.
Russian Affairs,
13. In Summary No. 21/43, paragraph 13, it was reported that the Soviet
authorities were establishing a hospital in Tehran for Persian patients. This
hospital was opened on the 24th May and it is said to have treated 4,000 patients
during the first two months of its operation. It is well equipped and well staffed
by Russian doctors and is a good advertisement for the efficiency of Russian
medical science. The fees are generally high and there are no special facilities
for the poorer classes.
14. M. Maisky arrived in Tehran on the 10th October on his return journey
from London to Moscow.
Polish Affairs.
15. The number of civilian Poles in Persia on the 30th September was :—
Men.
Women.
Children.
Total.
In Tehran . ...
1,108
4,799
2,000
7,907
Isfahan
81
553 *
1,594
2,228
Ahwaz
306
938
549
1,793
Total ...
1,495
6,290
4,143
11,928
Tehran, Wth October, 1943.
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Copies of intelligence summaries prepared on a weekly basis by the Military Attaché at the British Legation in Tehran, and received by the 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. via the Foreign Office. The file’s contents follow on chronologically from Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3503). The summaries cover a broad range of information relating to wartime conditions in Iran: the activities of the Iranian government, including political instabilities, the resignation and appointment of governments and government ministers; the financial situation in Iran, including the reappointment in 1942 and subsequent economic policies of Arthur Chester Millspaugh, who was recruited to organise the government’s finances; internal security in Iran, including increasing political unrest in the north of the country (specifically in Azerbaijan) brought about by a growing Soviet presence, wartime propaganda, and the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran; concerns over wheat production and supply, including reports of food shortages and famine conditions in 1942/43; the Iran military, including its movements, activities and appointments; foreign interests (primarily USA, British, and Soviet); reports of the numbers of Polish refugees in camps in Tehran, Isfahan and Ahwaz [Ahvāz].
The file contains a single item in French, being a copy of the declaration of the Congrès National d’Azerbaidjan (Nation Congress of Azerbaijan, f 359).
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- 1 file (373 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the front to the rear of the file.
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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 375; 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.
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- front, front-i, 2r:52v, 54r:104v, 106r:110v, 112r:192r, 193r:241v, 242v:261v, 262v:273r, 275r:339v, 341r:358v, 360r:360v, 362r:363r, 365r:369v, 370v:371r, 372v:374v, back
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