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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [‎300r] (599/749)

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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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(111) Sarb&ng Huaoaln Blaasi
- Bead of the 2 nd Bureau,
General Staff, to be
Director General of Itorae
in the krmy Transport
i>epartraent#
-» i-^ead of the 3rv Bureau,
9
General Btafr to be
hag let ant Corn andant of
the Officer'! 1 Colic ;©*
(v) Sarhaat: Huaeain Manucheri - Attached to the ' taif , to
be Bead of the let Bureau,
General • •
to be Head of the 2nd
Bureau, General Staff
ii#H* 4«
(vi) Sarha nr:-Dorxm Bass an Aldmvi
• to be Bead of the 3rd
Bureau, General taff
A • >
(vli) Barbang Mahseud Aminl
(vill) Sarhang All Aagar iiuoayjini
to be Head of the 4th
bureau. General Staff
A *11 • & *
IflTSKBAh GJliCimiTY*
A)r 3 a nr Kubi/tala,
Hsatleusnage is a^ain becoming evident in fuhigalu*
There eae emae minor scrapping .in the latter half of Ju xe between
the followers of Hussein Quit Hnetami and those of All Qaid 4ivoh,
loir Ahiaadi# The Boir Ahaadi ^re also said to be mixed up in an
attack made by Muhammad All Idravi on the yropertiea of his rival,
Fathnllah Khan Hint Daedl# Theae two were flatting with each
other in Jiine 1944, see Summary ]o*23/44 t caara 9, and a settlement
of their quarrel had been made some months ago by the Governor
General of Fare* Abdullah Khan Zarghanpur Is accused of now
assisting Muhammad All, but he says that it is his half brother
Khesrow, with whom only very recently did he patch up a peace
(sea Summary 19/45 pars*8)* Persian forces have been ordered to
take action to atop the fighting*
10, In spite of the pact made between hortesa ^uli iChan,
Governor of Bakhtiari, and Ha sir Haahgai (see Sugary Bo*32/44,
para 8) the Dairrehsh^i ^shgal have again been raiding into
Bakhtiarl territory in the andsmn district and levying tolls
on goods passing through their territory*
fputh Kurdlst&r:*
11, A communique Issued by the Persian General Staff says
that 1007 rifles have been collected from the inhabitants of the
famndaj and Saqqi* areas, Some of these are rifles that had
been issued to landowners and villagers for their own protection,
brth Kurniatan,
12a As e oovement rdish Independence the J,K, Society
appears to have been supplanted by tiie party known Tomla,
rdiag to faralas; sources It has been joined by chiefs of the
| Herkl, Sbakak, Jalall, of liergavar and Tergavar, of whom £er©
Hcg .^rki lr. the noet active, nnc it a activities oxtoid
j Mohabad to Malm, Zero Sag la a Hussion protege who would have
been eliminated leng ago by his neighbours if It had not been for
Hus a ian support. The Mamish, influenced by *4uralnl A^a, and the
l)eh Sukri binder the influence of Amir Assad are not yet committed
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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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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