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Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [183r] (368/751)
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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Total by Brltlah coarivoytt
Pre vlouely by
By X«o» Pool lorri#» to ftim&Ajm
By .&• 3. R* al^co r<rf> 7tb
10 9 460 tuna
th<» ante a nirtH^r 3 f 600 ton© or whftat tmd fc,OOQ
ton© of b«rl«y *©r© awaiting treneooFt.
iJ4# blue wiar< ©t price ol wheat remained fairly
•l*tiemery at abrnt V&b Toman© © xharwar and eueh inr^e
qnentities are eoming on the mv r>et that during the last
five days of the month tetnl issues of Gore mas nt flour
to ‘Government’* bnkerle© in Kenmmehah town arsounted to h*
little ©s 0#9 tons* Fre^tlemlly the whole town Is no%
living on ’free bre w d # nt 4 rtftls the >:llo ©a tt^rinat the
t^ovem/nent price of 3 rials* The people prefer the •free 1 *
all—wheat bread and say it costs them no more because they
are able to eat it if necessary without cheese or other
eoudimonts, which they could not do with the doverr raent
bread, adulterated as It was with onc-thira barley* The
baKers, buying grain on the blac . market at the equivalent
of little ?aor« than 4 rials a Kilo and gaining 30 or iaore
la weight of bread in the baking, ere of course happy to
©ell at the figure of 4 rials*
&b* The abundance of blac or "free* wur «t *u>plies of
grain which makes possible this virtual withdrawal of the
Ooverument from bread distribution is a reflection of the
outlook for the next harvest, which is util i ver; good,
than, s to adoquate rains during the month. There was a
good rain on the 9th, with s sprinkling of miow on the
hills; more good rains on the 1C-17th, when strong winds
blew; aud at the end of the month one or two showers*
These rains h*vc somewhat improved the pros^wots of an
adequate w^ter supply in the sumer manths*
fe£6* Further supplies of sugar and piece-goods arc believed
to have been rent to the PUSHT-l-KOft (sea arch Biary,
paragraph ^6) but
lac
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of funds in the ^in^noe Department
to pay for transport which the load Tra/isport Dopartraent
are wllllag to provide appears to bo aelayiii^ remlly
adequate dlati ibution of these <»m^dltlea* It is to be
hoped /
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3522
- Title
- Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:119v, 120ar:120av, 120r:373v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence