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Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [195r] (392/751)
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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to ¥«hran during In addition to the following
despatches already "lade by May *51ati
Total oy priti. ah .Kmy aouVoya
< revloualy by &• g.
4iy X.U. i^oi lorrlaa to Ramadan
By tu. B.JR. ©inco wmreft 7th
Total?
10^464?) tuna
$40 *
JWO ^
9,96? *
8b»407 tons
moat th® 'crelan Oovcrnraant axpactad from this area,
on the basin of their eotiraates laat autusm (target
eolleotlon; %% f QOQ tons; local requlrcnantss X0 V CK)O tano ?
t»aa a total of 10,000 ton > of j;rftin.
3®* ’• fisrther 900 tons or more may yet be forthcoming for
Tehran from KTTRI>I3?A» # which has not yet mnt any grain to
the capital # If cacfcs and transport are T*adic available,
20, a mall supply of sugar - five feharvmra - was sent to
II*Ar in t © first half of th* ©oiith. nothing more, bo*-
ever, has been done to bring piece-goods to thi tribes,
only in Kcrrnxnshah tom has cloth been distributed: booths
have been Installed in the principal mosque, where 74,000
persons are said to have been supplied with 8 metres of
cloth each, leovin* L»cmt 14,000 more townspeople to be
supplied*
3^* Ir* the last two months a nu;bep of retail merchants
in Komanehah hare been purilahcd by public flogging for
profiteering, A grocer, three wine-caller* arid a baker
were each given 50 laches. Another gooetr and & *tm-
eeller were each finec 201 rials. The hi^h prices of
retail goods, however, resaain unaffected*
T&A&f Aai- dOI&il&ACS» i
1 • Markets for all corTicditits wart somewhat quieter
during the month than in April, except for roghan. There
was a tende&cy for whole sale prices to weaiien and the price
of tea fell eli^htly but retell prices were maintained,
feoa^y r&ft*alne in at rang demand arid there was a further
•sisall rice in Intellect x‘&t«s to from 2&~56,..d A merchant
nsmea ’faaaaii Chalchi went bea.drapt, with liabilities
estimated at two million rials.
29. iriass of local foodstuffs wcre:
,260 per kharwar
(of SO O kilos )
heat Els
51 lAMJf
. 1,550
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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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- 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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