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Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [276r] (554/751)
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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14th* A Kindly, peasant tjrpe, with flashing eUver
^or steel) teeth, he was examined a^rae months ago for
proficiency in English - the local examining board
eonaiatiag or the Soviet Con sal and, by «Kf
Vice-Consul Houghton - but was later imueratooa to say
that the papers, when rnar&ed in hoaoow, had attained
a standard oi only b ->.• iQ are sorry for M« sidlpalcow*
BaX? idH FfiOj^AGAMlA $
ag« gr Vioe-Cunoul .duen tooi with hi.# propaganda
material on his tour to kennaada,) whic^i was left with
the A. I#.O' for distribution' dt-Gol. A* K« Pitt,
rolitioal Adviser, also dlstri.buted magaaxnea mid poatora
on hlw tour to Shahabad, iterinu aaa 4aar-i- ihiriiu
it). The cinema-van retumad from Hama dan at the bogiiuiiug
of the saoath* fwo important lamps hau bumod out aaring
a performance at £ nguvar anu the van i« therefore oi no
further use until replaoements arrive, a id ram sound
P 3 K>^actor haa been promised fro^^i and it la hoped
that it will arrive on the next courier lorry, 'fhis
machine, as it should sorb from the town ei#ctric ii?^t
/ mpplyTXaa it will enable ahosa to be given both in
i the Conauiate and in selected private houeea.
/ 31. hen ia aennaadaj, Ur Vice-Uoasul gdUen visited
/ the A*X. H. dieiwmeary there eud met the tee Persian
| doctor e, ^abibsadeh and Amin*, Shi gibe free eosaalta-
1 tions te poor pntui\t*. the dlifiseiiwey boob* dioweu
/ that 4,^15 free ^^reacriptiona had bees made up tdnoe
the opssing of the aiepenaary in duly iw43'
UHiUls JLAHKCaiB :
3g. nady Cornwall la, wife of H.!*. ^aesador, Bagdad,
visited Kermanshah from Bagdad over the lattv-ldth, ^Jhon
she inspected the local British military hospital' She
wao&ccamptuaied by c.wan.
A new ’Irugi Consul, HEMBOCR nEiCI, h-s been
spy -inted to i.ernnnohah in place of yelahi, '*v |v Xtut
here on aicb leave a month or «o ago ant. has since been
transferred /
(will materially extend the scope of our film activity)
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (371 folios)
- Arrangement
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