![Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎128v] (256/807)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00003e/IOR_L_PS_12_3503_0259.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎128v] (256/807)")
Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [128v] (256/807)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
4
13. Iranian Baluchistan.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 24 (current), paragraph 12. As
anticipated, Juma Khan and about thirty of his followers successfully evaded
arrest and crossed into the Chagai
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at Piran (million sheet No. 30,
square B 3). .
Intelligence Bureau, Qetta, reports that five motor buses carrying wounded
infantry have arrived in Zahidan. The Ismailzai casualties are estimated a*
forty killed and wounded. This is still unconfirmed.
14. Factories.
A large new spinning
factory
An East India Company trading post.
has been erected in Qum.
15. Egyptian Interests.
His Excellency E. P. Latif Tala’at Bey the new Minister for Egypt was
received in audience by His Imperial Majesty the Shah at the Gulistan Palace on
the 26th November, and presented his letters of credence.
16. Currency.
The National Bank (Bank i Mellie) publish a final notice calling in the
following coinage : —
(1) 1 and 2 dinars in copper.
(2) 50 and 100 dinars in nickel (1 and 2 shahis).
(3) 5, 10 and 25 dinars in nickel.
(4) 5, 10 and 25 dinars in copper.
The new coinage issue is in bronze, and consists of : —
(1) 5 dinar coin.
(2) 10 dinar coin.
(3) 50 dinar coin.
17. The Caspian Sea.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 11 (current), paragraph 16. Both the
Soviet Union and Iran are concerned over the rate at which the Caspian Sea is
receding. So far no effective solution of the problem has been found. It is
reported in the press that Soviet engineers are seriously considering a project for
changing the northern
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
, so that the streams which flow across the
steppes of Northern Russia into the Arctic Ocean would become tributaries of
the Volga and Ural Rivers, and thereby increase the flow of water into the
Caspian.
18. The Iranian Cabinet.
Members of the Iranian Cabinet on the 1st December, 1938, are given as an
appendix.
19. Cinema Films.
Within recent months a number of Indian films (viz., “ The Tiger of
Bengal ” and “ The Hindu’s Tomb ”) have been shown in Iran. These films are
most popular with the public. The sound recording of these films is, however,
either in Hindustani or in French. If it were possible to arrange for the
recording to be in Persian their success would be enormous, and a firm hold could
be established in the film market.
H. J. UNDERWOOD, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Military Attache.
Tehran, December 3, 1938.
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (401 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [128v] (256/807), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3503, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100060743949.0x00003b> [accessed 18 June 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100060743949.0x00003b
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100060743949.0x00003b">Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎128v] (256/807)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100060743949.0x00003b"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00003e/IOR_L_PS_12_3503_0259.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00003e/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3503
- 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence