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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [159v] (318/749)
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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to the Government of Saudi Arabia, who had been informed that unless adequate
compensation w T as made and guarantees given for the future safety of Persian
subjects the Government of Persia would prohibit the pilgrimage to Mecca for
all Persians.
Economic.
4. Dr. Millspaugh finds that revenue is coming in better than he expecte^ft
He publishes the following figures :—
Ordinary Commercial
account. account.
Receipts to 22nd November
Disbursements to 22nd November.
Rials.
2,504,728,801
1,773,840,271
Rials.
1,944,075,741
1,835,370,753
5. An official announcement in the press gives the following figures as
reerards cereals :—
& Tons.
Undertakings to 15th January ... ... ... 330,000
Deliveries ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 250,000
Stocks in Tehran ... ... ... ... ... 17,000
A ppointments — Civil.
6.—(i) Ghulam Reza Nurzad to be a Director-General in the Ministry for
Foreign Affairs.
(ii) Hassan Pirnazar (F.O. 155—M.A. 210) to be a Director-General in the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
(iii) Muhammad Zand Neapur to be Farmandar of Qum.
Persian Forces.
A pyointments — Military.
7. The following officers have been retired : —
Sarlashkar Abdul Majid Firuz.
Colonels: Hussein Shaibani; Qasim Vujdani; Amanullah Jalveh
(Medical).
Internal Security.
Fars and Kuhigalu.
8. A meeting recently took place near Behbehan of Khosrow Qashgai and
Abdullah Zarghampur which was attended by His Majesty’s Consul-General for
Khuzistan and Colonel Humayuni, the officer commanding the Persian troops
in Khuzistan. Ostensibly the purpose was to discuss with Abdullah Zarghampur
,i the surrender of the Germans known to be in his territory. He denied that they
were there, but also promised that he would expel them within twenty-twenty-five
days. He gave assurances to the Persian commander of his desire for peace and
promised to surrender some of the arms taken from Persian troops at Semirum.
There is no particular reason to believe any of these assurances.
9. It does not appear that General Jahanbani’s fears that Abdullah
Zarghampur may create trouble in the vicinity of the oil-fields area have any
substantial justification at present. His Majesty’s Consul-General considers that
the reinforcements of three battalions which are being sent will exercise a
sufficiently steadying influence.
10. In Fars the Mamassani are unsettled and will remain so until a settle
ment is made of their land claims. Jahanbani has been discussing with Nasir
Qashgai the question of the latter’s lands. He says he told Nasir that an essential
condition of settlement was Nasir’s submission to Government and the disarma
ment of the tribe.
Bakhtiari.
11. It was feared that the long-standing jealousy between the two branches
of the family of the Bakhtiari Khans—the
Ilkhani
The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran.
and the Haji Ilkhani—might
lead to trouble. Morteza Quli Khan, the Governor, has been appointing his own
relatives to all available positions in the Bakhtiari to the exclusion of the other
branch of the family who were beginning to show signs of restlessness. Morteza
Quli, not content w T ith the present boundaries of his governorship, tried to
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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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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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