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Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [366r] (734/751)
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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6 3/3^-
/TkAir* H. OeLiGtsd
bncknei Officju.
With the Compliment*
qO^ i^jC^'^^Under Secretary of State
tor Foreign Atf^lm
i/iO a'J-L■» 1 [ jLj
I l
Despcitcn i'io, ”00
Foreign 0.. ficy anaj
l^o # to TGiiran. - 1 /
, 3
f lA> veafber
- O
JAN 1^40
of tho rno iuh, uie evacuatioa oi ^ne xveimaA^iidu ^
district by the British Army, passed almost unnoticed.
hX-^ L GOVd arjMBJT,
The Governor-General, Aqa Kalaatari, .ent to
Hamadan on Hovemocr Id oh and rsturned to Kermanshan on
November loth. Apparently he had been asked by the
Ministry of Interior for a ocrsonal report on one trouoie
be tecen the Governor ox Ha mad an, oardar Anmn*, and hi ^
wife concerning the village of LATGAii, ^ nis last^remaining
property. Tne Barasr 1 s niIc rants a divorce out t ils
Baruar, eno is vdr.y hard up, is not prepareu to 0 rant
anloss the laay aill consent to leave him in actual
possession, as trustee of the cnilnren ? oi the disputed
four-sixtiiS offthe village which would m normal Persic^
practice have ecen her marriage aowry and uo'ala nave come
to ner on ner nusoan^s divorcing her, out which ,«as^
se 11 lad on the children instead in till $ cuo ~ • ine l<-*d^ ,
•who perhaps has her reasons, declines to -leave ner ?
property in ‘the hands of nor nuseand and went ..i^n hfei
lawyer from Tehran out to the village to secure n~i
rights.. According to the story the lawyer mas .pre -cy
sounaly* beaten up oj the peasants oi hatgah, /<Aiuieupon_
he ana tne lady returned to Tenran, where her xrnlue^itic*!
family connexions secured t’ne suspension or dismissal Ox
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Akram, it is not quite clear which, frot.i the
Governor ship. Aqa Kc lan tar i stateu on his return that he
had thoroughly investigated the affair and found it a
purely personal and- orivate quarrel and nothing whatever
to do with the
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
*s official functions. Kalantari
therefore proposed^he said^to recommend to the *uinistry
of Interior that
Sardar
Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Akram be reinstated in his
Governorship.
3 S Dr Muavin , nd Aqa Gasan. Majlis Deputies for
Kerman shah, visited ‘their constituency at tne end Ox
November, aoubtlsss to prepare the ground for their rc-^
election, Aqa oasan’s project for the supply ol .‘ater ioa
K ermanshah town ( c.f. July Diary, papa d ) seems «-o -m.
havin., a rough passage. The lanaowners of 3AHA3, v;no also
o>vn the »..ater which-ho proposed to utilize tor tne to .n
supply-, have banded, together to oppose the sc no me which
would leave their very valuable lanes without „ater, ind
Municipali ty also oppose-s the seneme, largely oecause it
iatenus to start a ^oiuewhat -similar one later eneh woria
prices become rwors reasonable, and the uovemor-General, -iaaO
is joint-true tee with 1 Aqa Besan^ of tne Biian s oi^ t Ox
Hi a Is A,c00j 000 towards tne cost of tne scheme, also seems
lukewarm in hie support of the project. Thanks^ to tnis
opposition mang* of , those wno iiaa formerl v pro**.-sea to cay
shares now declined to mono ; ur their engagements, ana Aqa
Basan was therefore not aeie to raise tlie capital required
to start work oa the project. '
; i /It »as thereiore
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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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