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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎54r] (107/807)

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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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(n) A jabs. According to an official source from Khuzistan unrest is
pievaient among the Arab tribes and many tribesmen have escaped into Iraq
owing to persecution from the gendarmerie and military.
Bukhtiam.—At is reported that the Government has begun to exchange
the JBakhtiari chiefs properties in Bakhtiari regions with Government properties
m the vicinity of Tehran. It is stated that Murteza Quli Khan (P. in I., No. 46)
has been offered estates at Varamin (25 miles south-east of Tehran).
(iv) Khamseh. Trouble in this area has ceased, and the troops sent to Lar
have returned to Shiraz.
(v) Kuhgilu and Bamai.—Ahowt 3,000 men from the 7th Ears Division are
still out on active service, though from Shiraz there is no news of recent fighting.
From Ahwaz it is reported that the rebels are besieged by the military on the
Kuh-i-Mungasht in inaccessible country some 40 miles east of Haft Khel oil-field.
Operations are stationary, and it is believed that the plan is to wait till the winter
cold and a shortage of supplies force the rebels to surrender (a separate report
has been submitted).
10 . Iranian Navy.
The Majlis has voted an advance from reserves of £79,829 for the construction
of a slipway at Pahlavi.
11 . Iranian Air Force.
An unconfirmed report states that twenty officers and men of the Iranian air
force have been selected to proceed at once to Germany to undergo instruction in
aircraft maintenance.
The same source reports a rumour to the effect that twelve Junkers Bombers
(Type 86 .K.) have been ordered by the Iranian Government.
12. The It 'anian Press.
The latest article in the foreign press to engage the attention and rouse the
fury of the Iranian press is an article in the French paper Vaugirard Grenelle
under the signature of a M. Marcel France describing the tortures employed in
modern Iran.
G. D. PYBUS, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Military Attache.
Tehran, December 4, 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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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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