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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [16v] (32/807)
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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who had been called up for military service. They attacked with stones the troops
sent to collect the conscripts, and wounded three soldiers in the course of their
resistance.
(ii) About 600-700 conscripts are said to have reported for military service
at the Kermanshah barracks during the last week of March.
6. Security.
(i) A report from Baluchistan states that during the last half of January
1937 about forty Iranian families migrated to British Mekran to escape the new
orders of the Iranian Government in regard to compulsory education, enlistment,
cutting women's hair and putting on modern dress; which have also caused a
considerable migration to Karachi.
(ii) A report from Zabul states that raiding continues to be frequent on the
border, especially near Hurmuk. The road guards are usually too frightened, or
in too small numbers, to offer any effective protection.
7. Communications.
Roads .—A report from Shiraz states that much work was carried out on the
Bushire-Shiraz road and its bridges during the month of March prior to the
arrival of His Imperial Majesty the Shah.
8. Trans-Iranian Railway.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 5 (current), paragraph 4. The following
is a list of stations completed or projected on the southern section (Tehran-
Ahwaz) of the Trans-Iranian Railway, with kilometrage :—
Kilom.
Kilom.
Tehran
0
Hechmatabad
457,580
Tapeseyf
10,150
Do-Roud (Bahrein)
469,650
Ghassemabad
... 20,550
Gharoun
480,965
Robat-Karim
... 36,450
Bicheh
498,750
Roud-Chour
... 59,650
Sepid-Dasht
512,030
Rahimabad
... 82,900
Teham-Sangar
530,710
Nedjafabad
... 99,250
Kechwar
545,970
Kouhe-Penk
... 116,930
Tangue Haft
559,980
Andjilavand
... 133,570
Tangue Pandj
576.995
Ahmadabad
... 148,450
Taleh-Zendj
594,535
Pell
... 165,050
Chah-Bazan
608,478
Qum
... 181,040
Mazou
624,514
Sagueh
... 200,920
Garm-Amir
644,030
Ghaziabad ...
... 220,910
Do-Kouh
665,542
Savarian
... 235,030
Saleabad
682,000
Rajird
... 248,450
Sabzab
697,000
Nane-Guerd
... 267,615
Shush
711,900
Ibrahimabad
... 287,850
Haft Taffah
727,300
Motabad
... 306,550
Mianab
742,900
Sultanabad
... 322,500
Chumat
758,100
Samengan ...
... 339.250
Doz ...
776,000
Edrissabad ...
... 355,550
?
782,000
Nourabad ...
... 373,690
Kharvaar ...
790,100
Aghbolagh ...
... 389,450
Nazamieh ...
805,700
Mersian
... 407,640
Karoun
821,400
Azna
... 421,350
Ahwaz
824,000
Darband
... 442,650
A. C. TROTT.
(Acting for military attache (absent on leave).)
Tehran, April 10, 1937.
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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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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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