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Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [317v] (634/807)
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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recover their power and prestige; and a host of place-seekers endeavouring to
better themselves. The newly-granted liberty of speech has an intoxicating effect:
tongues wag hard.
8 . Telegraphic communication, interrupted by the Russians, has now been
restored between Tehran and Meshed and Tehran and Tabriz.
9. From Khuzistan the Persian Government has reports of anti-Government
and pro-Arab propaganda being carried on among the Persian-Arab tribes. They
allege that this propaganda has its sources in Iraq.
10. In Pars the Qashgai are restless. Naser Khan, the son of the notorious
Soulat-ed-Douleh. who fled from Tehran, where he was a hostage, during the
confusion of the first few days of the invasion, is now at Firuzabad in the
Qashgai garmsir. He refuses to come to Tehran unless given a guarantee of life
and property by His Majesty’s Legation. With the tribe he is a potential source
of trouble.
11 . In the Bushire hinterland the Dashtis and Tangestanis have begun to
cause trouble. It will be remembered that it was these people who harboured
Wassmuss during the last war and could not be bribed to surrender him.
12 . The situation in Kurdistan is still out of hand. The Kurds say they
have British backing, and Persians are inclined to believe it.
Persian Officials.
13. The following appointments have been announced :—
Minister in London : Saiyid Hasan Taqizadeh (294) (210).
Ambassador in Cairo: Mahmud Jam (Minister of the Court to Reza
Shah) (130) ( 102 ).
Governor of the National Bank : Hussein Ala ( 11 ) (7).
Minister of the Court: Muhammad Ali Farzin (91) (69).
Chief of the General Staff: Major-General Yazdan Panah (301) (216).
Commandant of the Officers’ School : Major-General Zarghami (307)
(219).
Note. —The first number in brackets against each name refers to Military
Attache’s List of Personalities; the second to the Foreign Office List.
Persian Army.
14. The situation has not improved. Desertions continue and generally
morale is extremely low. Discords and jealousies among the generals do not
improve matters. The 1 st and 2 nd Divisions in Tehran are now probably
incapable of operating. The officers’ school has temporarily closed down.
15. A number of Persian officers are still held prisoner by the Russians.
It is popularly believed that the younger ones, already discontented, are being
converted to bolshevism.
16. Considerable quantities of munitions of all kinds were captured or
seized by the Russians. None has been returned to the Persian army.
Gendarmerie.
17. The reorganisation of the gendarmerie (Amnieh) is now under con
sideration by the Persian authorities. An increase of pay is promised. General
Zahidi has been appointed head of the force. For some years past the
gendarmerie has had no central command, all units being under the command of
the military commander in whose area they were situated. A central administra
tion should be an improvement.
British Interests.
British Troops.
18. His Excellency the Commander-in-chief in India and the General Officer
Commanding British Forces in Iraq and Persia arrived in Tehran on the
27th September and left on the 30th and 29th respectively. They met General
Novikoff, commanding Russian forces in North-West Persia.
19. The 2 nd Armoured Brigade relieved the 9th Armoured Brigade at
Tehran on the 27th September.
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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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