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Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [‎159r] (320/751)

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The record is made up of 1 file (371 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1941-6 Mar 1946. 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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Atoout th« at th# month mimboro oi Ar»b
trib«»n«a t estimated at about ^»re reported by tha
Oovantor of ILAM to have crosaaa the xrontlar irom ' i&A4
into . eroie in tho area, and alao at a
,>oint in tha Vith Uatan, to & raiie thair TiocRa. i'hay
stated that arran^e^Hta had bean made by the two oovem-
mente mder a oraain^ A^feement to permit t ie but no
moh information ^u reached t.oloael MAJOf nur ; when hie
reports lirat arrived In had tne Ostandar miy
knowledge o£ the A^wmmntm on the 30th 9 F^UM-ud-^jCiA-H
received a despatch from Tehraii \not in reaponae to hie
teX«torikiaat for these hud not had time to elicit a re^ij j §
giving particular a ot the Agreement* From theee it
ap:>eared that the arrangement waa exceptional and eae tor
the present year only; that the trlbee eere not to carry
arms; and grasm* dues, it ia believed, were to be waived.
The Agreement had been negotiated in Bagdad without aify
prior coneultation ©y the Persian oovemment with their
local authorities in the ereae most closely concerned.
Moreover, i'rom the TehrajEi des,^»tch to th^e Uatandar it
appeared that two months or more had elapsed held re the
aUnietry o£ the Interior passed on the iniormation
received frost the pin!etry oi Foreign Affairs. W muSb*
wiri&QWUM. Informed the Head of the aeodarmerle at once
and relayed the Information to Polonel iltlKHI* but as the
letter’s report by telegram had taAen 17 daya to reach
the aovemor-aeneral* e inetructions may also
ta e eoffte time. In the meantime, as the Arab# were
reported to be anueci with British .303 riiles, this
Consulate suggested that a Briti^x ^litical Officer from
iiUT or AMAKKH mi^ht visit the area. The Persian frontier
authorities had instructions from Colonel HfifKift to bt
circumspect, but the presence of a British oiiioer would
have an exoellent effect and reducc^he possibility of an
tmtoward incident.
itfl i?. one of the tribal leaders moved about two months ago
/Mto nw*Mi> tmm-WJtm xnzi ex. jam tPcccaber Biary,
paragraph 13> was allowed to return to his tribe during
the month on the BIi*dAM Bakhshear, K.H Mi KDARI,
guaranteeing his good behaviour.
IB. The A.B.O., Kurdistan reported that at the beginning
of February » good deal of anti«»bHXAF iceling wsa aroueed
in /

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Monthly political diaries submitted by the British Consul at Kermanshah in Persia [Iran]. The diaries cover much of the Second World War and the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran. The reports cover Kermanshah Province, and include summaries of: local Persian administration; the activities of local tribes; affairs in [Persian] Kurdistan; political affairs, including the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran and the local workers’ union; agricultural production, food supply and food shortages; economic and commercial activities; British interests; Soviet interests; British, Soviet, and to a lesser extent German propaganda activities. A small number of items of correspondence are also included in the file. Some of the reports are preceded by note sheets which contain summaries of the reports written by 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. staff.

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 (371 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Paragraphs within the reports are numbered, beginning with 1 for the first paragraph of each report.

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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 374; 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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