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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [80r] (159/807)
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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have fixed what prices they would pay for the building materials. Soldiers have
been posted at many kilns and have forcibly seized the bricks produced; this
high-handed action has caused much discontent.
(iii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 7 (current), paragraph 7. The
30th Infanty Regiment has returned to Ahwaz from Ram Hormuz. This
^regiment has been suffering from typhoid fever. A considerable number of
soldiers have died in hospital and several officers are still reported dangerously ill.
(iv) Sar Lashgar (General) Attabuy, Chief Medical Officer of the Iranian
army, recently visited Khurramabad, Ahwaz, Andimishk (Salehabad), Dizful
and Bandar Shahpur. He was accompanied by four medical staff officers from
Tehran.
(v) Some 2,000 troops of the Meshed Division of the Iranian army were taken
to see the British film “ Brown on Resolution.” A lecture on patriotism was given
to the men beforehand.
(vi) Naib Sarhang (Lieutenant-Colonel) Mukri (military attache's
Personalities, No. 132), Governor-General of Mekran, has been promoted to the
rank of Sarhang (colonel). Sartip (Brigadier) Moini (military attache’s
Personalities, No. 127—Foreign Office Personalities, No. 125) has been promoted
to the rank of Sar Lashgar (general).
(vii) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 5 (current), paragraph 8 (ii).
The Iranian Ministry of War has now issued an order that officers may wear
mufti after parade hours.
12. h 'anian Navy.
Naokhuda (Commander) Bayendor (military attache’s Personalities, No. 48)
has been promoted Naokhuda Yek (Captain).
13. Tribal.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 8 (current), paragraph 5. A
consular report states that Juma Khan Ismailzai and his followers continue
indiscriminate raiding on neighbouring tribes. He will now find it difficult to
obtain asylum in Afghanistan, and, if he has eventually to leave Iran, his only
refuge is said to be with the
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
of Kharan.
(ii) Foreigners are not allowed to reside or carry on business in tribal areas.
The few British Indian traders in Persian Mekran are being forced to move to
Zahidan.
(For military attache, absent on duty),
S. MITCHELL.
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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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- 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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