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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [286r] (571/807)
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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13. Jalali, A mir. —Officer Commanding Mechanised Brigade of Tehran.
Cossack officer. About 48. Speaks French and Russian.
14. Zahidi, Fazlullah. —Born about 1880, son of a middie-class landed
proprietor of Hamadan. Joined the Cossack Division in 1915. In 1920 he was
a first lieutenant. Rose rapidly after Reza Khan’s coup d’Etat and was a colonel
|^n 1922. W as appointed to command the Fars Brigade of the Southern Division
when Divisional Headquarters was at Isfahan; promoted Sartip. In 1924
transferred to Khuzistan Brigade, and later Northern Independent Brigade. He
made a considerable amount of money in Khuzistan. He is more of a politician
than a soldier. A poor disciplinarian, lacking in energy, but a clever intriguer
with a taste for diplomacy. Being capable of generosity he is not unpopular with
the troops. Little is known of his political sentiments, but it is doubtful if he
has any definite principles.
Arrested in July 1929, but liberated and reinstated in the army a few weeks
later. Went to Europe August 1929. Returned 1930. Chief of Police December
1930-April 1931. Dismissed for allowing certain prisoners to escape. Is now,
1935, a partner in the Kazadema Trading Company (Ford agents) in Tehran.
Sent to Europe in 1935 to purchase military stores. President of Officers’ Club
of Tehran. Attached to General Headquarters. Inspector of Cavalry, 1940.
15. Riazi, All. —Chief instructor of engineering in army (Director of
Engineering School). Former military attache in Paris. Speaks French well.
About 50. A good officer.
16. Porzad, Mohd Khan. —Cossack officer. Commandant of the Tehran
Military Police. About 60.
17. Firuz, Muhammad Husain. —Born 1889. Educated in a German school
at Tehran and military college at Petrograd. Enlisted in gendarmerie in 1911
and was in a regiment which joined the Turks in 1915, though he himself did not.
Promoted sarwan 1916 and sargurd in 1918. Commanded the gendarmerie in
Meshed in 1919. He annoyed the Shah so much by keeping one Russian mistress
after another that he was recalled to Tehran in 1920. Promoted sarhang dovum
in 1921 and returned to Meshed as Chief of the Divisional Staff. He is married
to the divorced wife of the Russian Zervald, but left her for a Miss Namazi, the
rich and beautiful daughter of a merchant of Hong Kong and Bombay, whom he
married. In 1924 he was appointed Chief of the Staff of the Southern Division,
and in the following year came to India with four other officers to the Northern
Command manoeuvres. In 1926 he commanded the forces against the Lurs, and
in 1929 against the Qashgais. Imprisoned for a few weeks in 1929 on a charge of
peculation, but released and dismissed from the army. Is reported to be a
capable but indolent officer. Speaks Turkish, French, German, Russian and
English. Is very attached to his brother, but is not on good terms with his
father. Is residing unemployed in Tehran.
18. Giranmaya, Ghulam Hussain. —Educated in Germany. Commander
in military school thirty-two years ago. He was then without a post till after the
last war, when he became commander of a regiment in Tabriz at the time
Qavam-es-Saltaneh was Prime Minister. Now unemployed. About 60.
19. Zand, Ibrahim Khan. —Governor of Khamseh tribes 1929. Gained a
victory over the Baharlu near Fasa, May 1929. Governor of Pusht-i-Kuh 1930.
Governor of Luristan and Pusht-i-Kuh 1931. Officer Commanding Shiraz
Brigade 1931. Recently sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment for murder and
extortion.
20. Shafai, Ismail. —Officer Commanding Military Arsenals in 1932.
Went to Europe with the mission to purchase military stores in 1932. Again,
1934, went to Europe and returned in 1937. Trained in Russian Military School
in Tehran. Speaks German and Russian. About 42. Head of Munitions
Department in Ministry of War.
21. Rahimi, A li. —Commanded the Kerman Brigade in 1930, the Mixed
Independent Regiment of Shiraz in 1931, and the Kurdistan Brigade in 1932.
Cossack officer. Retired. About 58.
22. Alborz, Abbas. —Commanded the Mixed Independent Brigade of
Kerman in 1934. Commanded the Baluchistan Brigade 1932-34. Ardebil
Division 1939-40.
His tactless and, on occasions, barbarous treatment of the tribal leaders was
the main cause of the tribal unrest in that area (Baluchistan) in 1933 and 1934.
Relieved of his command in 1934. Unemployed in Tehran in December 1937.
Reported to be avaricious and sensual. Retired. About 50.
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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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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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