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Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [259r] (520/751)
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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52* Toward» the end at’ the ihjnttt, public attention h&
«aa pri-uccu^ieo with th* aitnaticn in the oapltal ariaind
out oi the Wmmmimik demand T*>F mi oil c^nce&ai^n in the
north* i^umuure &i dlaturbeftees in Tehran were current•
Opinion, «e tnr ae it cm be asccrthinea, %& eatidly
behin the Ooiremmeiit ‘ t stand* Jlairlier 9 the .irnnerit
Onbinet was nut given a long tile* sane oT its mesdHirs
being e ni.jaratively unknown here. ?ahir4-un-Douieh
declared that hie old friend (whu # the Qovernor-
Otneral could not on occaoion reslat meritioniRg, w«®
simple reraian Consul at Balm when he dime*!! w»s Acting
binirter for Foreign ttnira), was one of few with resl
ea ->erieacc • he was w Kinietre aes Affaires aux Etrangers”
whereagthe rest were w rini«tres dtrai gers non sifaires^.
Bd. britij&h military strength is to iacrease In this area.
Xq addition to the existing ^ub-Area K.v. euio its? units,
we are soon to see a brigade stationed here throughout
tlM ; f -r, • list a rigade ststisMd nt Kfeanlletn i->. t u,
winter is to be quartered here during the tiwmmr months.
Qaapa oi a seml«permanent nature for two brlg&aea are now
under c instruction near Biaittin and ere stated to be
nearing completion.
5s. on the 11th, British military guards on the £eman*hal
Petroleum Omnpafliy's reiinery here and the pumping stations
between Kcmanahah mm haft-i-Shah were withdrawn, in
their place, Oompany** guard a sac aeridarraerie are now
reepoftsible for security. Xfm «n loyment of the latter
ie a further drain on the seriously undemrnnru Gendarme
rie of this .©tan.
5b. security oh the whole hfete been sat 1 afaator 1 ly maln-
talneu. ao incident© have bean reported on the n&ln road
from the frontier. Investigations into the aoIaB/U* hoia-
up of September »"ra (SsptsmlNir Maryf paragraph SO, are
'" going on* lour out oi five suspects have been rrreeted
aud some of the stales property recovered, a quantity of
copper wire has been recovered free? a village near
KAttSIit* SiSpicion attaching to the KaKAWAHP tribe.
Migration of the tribes to the Oarmalr, which began a
little earlier th&st usual v*win t> to poor grssiag on the
plateau, has proceeded steadi ly throughout the month -
the usual warning to l® ©p their floct© off the< main road
h&s been given* ^ /
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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.’
- Pages
- 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