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Coll 28/117 ‘Persia. Kerman, Yezd – (Bandar Abbas): Intelligence Summaries.’ [132r] (266/517)
The record is made up of 1 file (255 folios). It was created in 1 Sep 1942-26 Mar 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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2 .
165.
Au/mst Bu^tar, liuagarian, i aaraan ^aikoh, ^yptian, and -arc
de Trey, Latvian, arrived from 2aMdan orjfApril 21»t and left j or
Tehran on the 22nd.
Persian wffioi&iL*,
1#^4. Kef er«noe para.76. Aqai ^onqi , Inspector of the education
^ Department left for Tehran on April 20th.
lorn n’.ir. i oat Iona..
165. On April 22nd/23rd the fezd road T/as out by floods on the
he man side of Labutar ^han.
^ecuri ty^
166. Refer*ence para.144. A military post has now been established
at Oohre on the Sir f 1an-Bandar Abbas road t and other troops are
to be sent temporarily to Ha^Jiabad as soon as fivids are aveilablr.
167. With the cooperation of Hussain Lh&n ^uchakchi a notorious
robber named Larim belon^in/r to the Birman ere? has been rounded
up. The d.O.C. informed H.r’s Consul that he had promised hue-
-sain Khan to recommend his cose to Tehran if he continued to
be helpfxil. Possibly Hussain Khan any be allov/ed to have a few
armed retainers. If he can be twisted this may lead to increased
securi ty» if not the same old story will be repeated and he will
abscond a>?*in.
168. Relations between the -ilitery and gendarmerie ore deterio-
-rating ran idly. The military accuse the gendarmerie of doing
nothing to prevent robberies and sharing the proceeds. The gen-
-darmerie accuse the array of non-cooperation, and say they have
neither the srms nor the transport nor the reserves to .maintain
security effectively, v/hatever the truth the genrarmerie are iin-
-doubteily Inefficient, an 1 it would be an excellent thing if
Col.^onwartzkopf could spare the time to visit this area and see
thi ngs for himself.
^1 lona^
169. Reference eara.148. Aqai Rnfii eventually accepted election
for Baa. It is^sbsurd Afcate of affairs that this man whom no-
-bedy really wants, should be able to worm his way to the front.
It remains to be seen whether his credentials will be challenged
in the •tvi ajlis.
Economic Condi txona.
(a) Kerm an•
170.
3 /-
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Fortnightly intelligence summaries (monthly from November 1945) submitted by HM Consul at Kerman, Persia [Iran], and covering events in Kerman and its surrounding province, Yezd [Yazd] and the Gulf port of Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The reports cover: the movements and activities of Persian local government officials; the movements of British officials, British subjects and foreigners; local government affairs, including elections, and from 1945, the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran; movements and activities of the Persian military and gendarmerie; local security; roads and communications; economic affairs, with a focus on agricultural production, food supply, food shortages and food prices; and British propaganda. The file also contains some correspondence relating to a guarantee given by the British Government to Hussain Khan Buchakchi, confirming that no action will be taken against him provided he hands over enemy nationals and does not engage in ‘banditry and robbery’ (ff 52-56, ff 65-66).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (255 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 257; 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 28/117 ‘Persia. Kerman, Yezd – (Bandar Abbas): Intelligence Summaries.’
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:28v, 29ar:29av, 29r:256v, 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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