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Coll 28/111(2) ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political Diaries.’ [43r] (85/150)
The record is made up of 1 file (73 folios). It was created in 7 Mar 1946-21 Nov 1947. 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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tit
'SECHET
Despatch No 27
to F.0. & No 22
to Tehran,
KERMANSHAH
MONTHLY
DIARY
October 1946 ^
KERMANSHAH:
, , SHAMS MOLK ARA (Shahab-ud-Dowleh K C V 0 ) «
replaced AHMAD SALLAIil as Governor-General of the Vth Ustan.
to Meshed as^hirector'of Ffnanc^^ IS ‘ <ANDARI > who S-e
ALAVI has been in Tehran for some time it -»o
EdScationfMaMI? 3 " bS rePlaCSd by the former director of
TRIBAL:
district during L pr ? m ™ ne ^ i ndlvidual ^roughodt the entire
ais^nct; darrng the last month has undoubtedly be-n 0UBAD1MN
This position was somewhat forcibly thrust upon him by'the
wireless of an article in the Daily Telegraph
otating. that it had long been possible for Qubadian to capture P
Kermanshah and the erroneous report by Reuters that Kermfnshlh
ad in fact been captured by the tribes. The knowledge that he
Swners 1 ' m orga n isation Un thM W hi Ch had ^°- ned with the " ew lan ^
uwuttis organisation, that his sympathies and desires corree-
ponded largely with those of the tribes to the South and that
efuqu^efo 37 ^?h e m ??ths been in contact with the British
eu?^ , either u di f eCt ^ ° r throu g h intermediaries gave
nT^fn in § r 0U ? d S t0 m0st P eo P le for believing that some such
Iritish d we?e f behind e ?^° r . Wa ? b?ln f^ contem Plated and that th>
The same hope may have been in Qubadian's mine .since he in
messages saying that he ought to have been consulted if c-ininT*
action were expected here.Mt cannot® howeve^fbe deniedhnaf 1 ^
aDoreciahl’f 6 . ^ 3ritlsia ! anQ the British Consulate, roje
pp e lably when it seemed'that we were wieldinv a stick aid
showing signs of life, and the denial of the truth of SeMe^’s
report was merely considered an official' statement which had
to be. made. Resignations from the Tudeji parcy came 'fast a no
cnDtvJ 3 and r 01- - some days the club was completely abandoned
and the newspapers filled with names of those who wished to ■■ho-
discretion. The reaction of the left-wing paper ^isitun.v 3 l
somewhat desperate and violent; in fact fts articles abMt
Qubaaian and his relations with the British bee-. S o venomous
G n ne?a? C 8 na i-h hat i-^ e S r@ * en,:a,:i0ns W;re madu t0 tht;i tew GoveMc-
General, with satisfactory results. In an attempt t) U ° /e "' c
16 °PPosing tide, the paper has now taken to printing t
names of those who have resigned from the Democrat par 1 "-
^ appears evident that the authorities in Tehran
considered the situation to. be more serious than ;he people o.'
Kermanshah, as both the new Governor-General and the Tehran
Ghiex of Police, General SAFARI ? were asked specially to inves-
and report on Qubadian’s activities and pc^ible plan^
Qubadian, who had been brought under order of arr-st bv Sail-hi
the former Governor-General-• refused to come to Kermanshah
count
g the
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Monthly political diaries submitted by the British Consul at Kermanshah in Persia [Iran]. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/11 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3522). The diaries cover the post-war period, with some reference made to events in Azerbaijan in December 1946, and the actions of Iranian Kurdish nationalists. The reports focus on local political affairs, including the actions of key officials in Kermanshah, the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran and Democratic Party, and local government elections. The reports also cover: the activities of local tribes; agricultural production and food supply; economic and commercial activities; British, Soviet and American [USA] interests.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (73 folios)
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The papers 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 75; 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.
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- Coll 28/111(2) ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political Diaries.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:74v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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