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Coll 28/117 ‘Persia. Kerman, Yezd – (Bandar Abbas): Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎196r] (394/517)

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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Foreign ers.
4 7 71
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G>X ilndu-
Kerman Diai*y ilo.H i'or the ^
period 16th-31 at Jtaly 1945* (gv
242* Ma^or Hul\j"TiiiQ.or orSora of transfer to Shiraz,
left for his ne\ ! v post on the 17th*
243* Reference para 218* Mr•D*F«Tribonn t Director
General of Finance, Kerman, left for Tehran via ^ahifl an and
Meshed on the 26th. Aqai Jahhari is officieting until a
permanent relief is appointed*
Persian Officials*
244 ., Reference para 217. It is now confirmed tiat Aqai
Fazlulah ^ahremi, the Ugtsndar 9 ^ 7 iH not he returning to
Kerman*
245* Aqai Muzaffari, the Farraazidar of Sir jen, arrived
in Kerman on the 26th and returned to Sirjan on the 291h*
24 $, Reference para 240* Aqai Afzal Koohi, Head of the
Waqf Department, has been reinstated through the influence of
his brother Ataullah K 0 ohi, deputy for Kerman*
247 . Reference uara 240. Dr.Muzaffar Baqai, Head of the
Sducation Department, Kerman, has been summoned to Tehran for
further instructions in connection with the dispute over the
managesent of W a qf properties and is expected to return later.
Aqai Ahmad Aram will officiate in his absence.
Military.
248* Reference para 232. Sartip Sha’rl, G.O.C. # Kerman #
left for Sir jan on the l?th in connection with operations against
Murad Ali Murad and returned on the 26th. The following day he
left by plane for Sirjan and returned three hours later. H©
left again for Sir Jan by car on the 29 th*
249* Colonel Azlzl, G.Q.C.,Zabul, arrived in Kerman on
the 26 th and left fbr Tehran on the following day*
^eouri t?/.
250* Reference para 232. The G.G.C. reports that G&nbar,
brother of Murad Ali Murad, has been killed in the recent op-
-erations and that six of his gang have been taken prisoner
and are in custody in Sir,Ian. 23 rifles were also captured ft’om
Murad 1 s men. Ho further information is available at present*
Economic*
251* Reference para 161. The Central Kharbar in Tehran
have shown undue optimism by belatedly reversing their original
decidion not to take undertakings from landlords for barley.
The order came after the barley crop had been harvested and most
of the landlords claim that they have already sold their crop*
is common knowledge, however, that the hulk of it has been
stored for later sale in the black market* Unused and surplus
stocks of wheat and barley from last year’s crop, hell in gov-
-erment ’ambars’ in the remoter places such as -uabar,Jiruft,
- _jat.c*, whioh would normally be transferred to the Kerman ’ambars 1
I HCb. POL. storage and evaatual disposal .have recently been sold to
21 SEP’94R j Zjm
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. (

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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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