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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [7v] (14/807)
The record is made up of 1 file (401 folios). It was created in 11 Feb 1937-29 Jul 1942. 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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The company’s lines may carry petroleum from wells in Iran or Afghanistan,
which may belong either to the company itself, or the Amiranian Oil Company,
or other companies, whether Iranian or foreign, who have the right to extract oil
in Iran, such companies being known as “ the public.’’
(3) Both concessions are for sixty years.
5. British Travellers.
Sir Aurel Stein, owing to illness, has abandoned all ideas of further
archaeological survey in Iran this winter, and has left the country.
6. Security.
An outbreak of disorder of more than usual importance is reported to have
occurred during December near Zohab, on the Iraq frontier. About 200 Babajany
tribesmen, who are said to have been actively engaged in smuggling and
brigandage for some time past, are reported to have carried out an attack on
Amnieh posts and, armed with rifles, to have inflicted serious casualties on these
forces. As a result, a battalion of troops was sent from Kermanshah to the
Zohab and Qasr-i-Shirin districts about the 15th December to reinforce or replace
the Amnieh there. Agahi of the Kermanshah garrison is in command of the
column, which hopes to quell the disturbance and to capture, if possible, the ring
leaders among the tribesmen responsible for the disorders. The Babajany
tribesmen in question are said to be a particularly wild section of the Jaf tribe,
a large part of which is settled in Iraq, across the frontier. It is, therefore, highly
likely that the tribesmen who caused the present trouble have fled into Iraq.
7. Communications.
(a) Roads. —(i) It is reported that, owing to lack of funds, the scheme for
making a road from Sahneh via Dina war to Sunqui (Sanghur), and thence to
Hamadan, has been abandoned.
(ii) The construction of a new road from Langarud to the Caspian port of
Chamkaleh has been begun.
(b) Railways .—Construction trains on the northern section of the Trans-
Iranian Railway are running as far as Talemabad—a distance of only 22 kilom.
from Tehran.
8. Prohibition of the Use of the Latin Script on Shop Signs.
The police have been active in enforcing this order which was issued some
days ago.
9. Earthquakes.
A shock, not resulting in damage, was reported from Khoi on the 10th
January, and from Hamadan on the 22nd January.
10. Military Journals.
The first number of a new journal entitled Infantry appeared in January
1937.
Tehran, January 23, 1937.
G. D. PYBUS, Military Attache.
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Copies of intelligence summaries compiled on a fortnightly basis by the Military Attaché at the British Legation in Tehran (Gilbert Douglas Pybus, Herbert John Underwood, William A K Fraser), 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. Many of the summaries are preceded by cover sheets and 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. notes sheets, the latter frequently containing handwritten notes giving a précis of the summary’s contents. The summaries cover a broad range of information, including: the activities of the Shah of Iran, Reza Shah Pahlavi, the Crown Prince, and other members of the royal family; activities of the Iranian Government and its officials; activities, organisation and strength of the Iranian army and Iranian air force; communications and transport, including wireless radio, and civil aviation routes into and out of Iran; British interests in Iran, including oil companies, specifically the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company; foreign interests in Iran; the Iranian press, focussing specifically on its criticism of foreign press and actions; commercial activities in Iran, including mining and factory An East India Company trading post. production; tribal matters, including those in the Bahmai and Baluchistan provinces, and the Qashqai; place name changes in Iran. Proceedings prior to and during the Second World War are also covered in the summaries. These include: German activity in Iran (commercial, political, propaganda, Nazi organisation); movements of peoples; public opinion in Iran in response to events in Europe in 1940; the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in August 1941; the abdication of Reza Shah Pahlavi; public opinion in Iran in the wake of the Anglo-Soviet invasion and occupation; social unrest and anti-British feeling.
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- 1 file (401 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 403; 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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- Title
- Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:113v, 115r:123v, 125r:139r, 140r:143v, 145r:148v, 150r:197r, 198v:243r, 244r:309v, 311r:348r, 349r:403v, back
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