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Coll 28/117 ‘Persia. Kerman, Yezd – (Bandar Abbas): Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎150r] (302/517)

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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299. Li«ut®annt Colonel /. '.D. V«iifeou^hty, Hit. I®
left for Arbnbad on the 5th r®t®rn«6 Oik tlMi 9tli
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300. a inr ?t. Haesan, left for Bp^dar Abtaa on the 3rd
ret’irned on the 11th.
301. Captain h.A. 'oCona^hej, his oleaty’e Oontul, Bandar Alhef
arrive^ fro f, i Bandar Ahbna on the 10th.
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302. Blentenant Colonel Bhier, AdminS tive Conmanclent f i a&i-
fW^C^t, Ian and ’a,1or xs 4«teL of Ute Indian Long Squadron arrived fro®
^ahidan on the 3rd and left on the 5th.
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30 3. Inference porn^raph 28C. Aqai Aardari, the former Director,
of Firm me, nao been replaced b> Aqai Nasiraadeh. He left >.ermari
for TVhrnn on t of* l 2th, bnfc as h* has hope a ot return in^ to Kerm«i
in the oane oapaeity, he has not taken hia fart fly with him.
304. Reference para/rapii 287. Ac;ni Bahman akki tirrivef from
Tehran on the 9 til to take iq hie ap ointment no lead of the * e^lc-
tratlen Departs-vit t forjaerly held by rai Baorulah a.Hvil.
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305. Reference par ^graph 271. Colonel A .like.i # hteff ( fficer to
the General Officer Oomaendlri^, returner from Sir Jen on the 6th.
306. Colonel (whadi, the C lef Co leal (f leer, i.emen # her re
ceiver telegraphic orders of suspension. It ir aurracted that
tnia is the result of adverse rer ortn ooncerninr hir intefTity mode
to by the 0. . •. Co' v>el Owhadi is ret crte<* to have
accepted bribes amounting to I'omimc 15,550 since he arrived In Per-
ian, in connexion v;ith the exe ration o<' cert’* in perrons i'rom con
scription.
307 . The local. > he rhnr offlofale oori^ence' a tour of all the
houses iu Cernian on the 11th August with lit* intention of issuing
Bat ion Control Cards to the public. heads of familitt hove been
instructed to take their Identification Cards tc the funioiialit^
for examination, after which, permits tc purchase rations for the
months of < r uly, August and September will be issuer. The 1 inanee
>apnrtm^nt is to be the distribution centre , where it U inter' c d
that 500 in liv! duals will be insued with rations daily, although
the scheme appears to be a good one, the poorer classes will find
it almost impossible to pay at once for three month’s r n t. ions, v i th
tne result that they will either sell nnrt of their purehase- per
mits t anyone who can afford to buy the articles issued, cr leave
the rations with the shopkeepers for sale in the block market in
; exchange for n financial consideration.
‘‘he inhabitants of the outlying village have come to heiMrn
hoping to benefit from this scheme.
^C~». Tiie bakers of ttovornmeiit bread aave ccwplaim that thfir
expenses are far greater than t .c ir receipts, their daily lota
amounting to 25 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. . They have publisher a petition in the
local .reus requesting the authorities concerned tc consider thfir

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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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