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Coll 28/117 ‘Persia. Kerman, Yezd – (Bandar Abbas): Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎228r] (458/517)

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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Kerman Diary No«4 for
tie month of April 1946*
Confl&entli
C on s'jl ar Of f ic i a* 1 - s A
*15. It.Colonel R.O.AlTjan. H.r.Cr-^, Kerman, vie It |
-e4 Yezd and Sir Jan during me period under repo.rt^ - He a s !
for a short visit to Tehran on the 20th. [ O9o/
British Suhieots_t, 0 j '
516. Bishop and Urs.Thompson left Kerman forJtsfahanjmj^hejlth.
517. Mr.H.Campbell, Director of the Lynch Company Ltd.
?*.* w nf Isfahan Mr.R.L .F.Ward , together with Mr.C.Bn eve,
Ro*d2nt Representative in the Far East of Huston & Hornsby Ltd.
csTw™ t.*™ »<».«»to try
for engines and elec trio generating plant. They left ror ienran
the 29th*
518. Lt.Colonel A.Stanley, American Military Adviser, Kerman,
left for the U.S.A. via Tehran on the 3rd.
ParslAn Officials*
519. Aoai Ataullah Roohi, Deputy for Jiruft, arrived on the 10th.
II has been appointed as 'Mutavali* of the Wa 4 f properties of the
local Juma 1 Mas^id* ' i
520. Aqai Sadiq Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. of Yezd has been appointed as Chief of the
Municipality, Kerman, and is expected shortly.
521 Aoai Mohammad Hussain Sha’i, Assistant Manager of the anti-
-pl^t pSst orga^e-tlon of the Ministry of Agriculture, arrived
from Tehran on the 25th on inspection*
522. Aqai Zia Ta^vi of the anti-locust or.r-isation arrived on
the 16th from Tehran. He left for Zahidan on the 21st.
523. Reference para 508. Aqai Rashid left Kerman Tor Yezd
the 8th wtore he addressed, similar religious meetings between the
9th ard 11th and then went on to Isfahan on the 13th.
Military *
524* Sartip Qal’Mgi arrived from Tehran on the 1st to go into
the esses of military officers under detention in Kerman for alleged
mutiny some months ago*
525. Sarhang Gulpira of the Conscription Department, Kerman,
received orders of transfer to Tehran on the 15th. Captain Farshidi
is, officiating until the arrival of the next incumbent*
5
gendarmerie
526. Reference para 479. Owing to numerous complaints of
Sarhang Gocdarzi’s venality, Sarhang Gul Riz was dented to report
on the S matter. He arrived on the 11th and visited Bandar Abbas on
the 21 st •
Se curity *
527* Tww armed robbers, after scaling the walls, entered the
quarters of a clerk of this Consulate at about 2 a.m. on the 9th
and demanded his valuables and cash. They annexed two ^lan-
-kets and seme cretonne curtains and v/ere given 50 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. to abstain
from violence -after which they left reluctantly. The matter was re-

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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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