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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [25r] (49/749)
The record is made up of 1 file (373 folios). It was created in 9 Jul 1942-8 Feb 1946. It was written in English and French. 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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A zerbaijan.
12. The press publishes a despatch from the Officer Commanding the
Persian garrison at Rezaieh, which states that there is now complete calm in the
district and requests landowners to return to their villages.
Polish Interests.
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13. The first batch of Poles to be evacuated from Russia, which was due at
Pahlevi on the 9th August (see Summary No. 31/42, paragraph 17), did not
arrive, and is now said to be due on the 11th August.
14. General Anders, Commanding Polish Forces in Russia, is expected to
arrive in Tehran by air from Yangi Youli on the 10th or 11th August,
Appendix A.
1. Dr. AH Akbar Siassi.
Born 1893. Educated in France 1911, and stayed in France till the outbreak
of the 1914 war. Took a course in pedagogy. Employed as Dragoman and
Persian Secretary at the French Legation from about 1917 to April 1941. At the
same time he was Instructor in Psychology and Law at the University of Tehran;
later Professor. Went to Europe in 1927 and took a further course in France,
obtaining a doctorate in philosophy. Married the daughter of the late Bayat,
and so acquired wealth. One of the founders of the French-sponsored “ Young
Persian Club ” in 1921. An intelligent man with a perfect command of French;
his outlook is more French than Persian in some respects. Always polite and
agreeable to talk to.
2. Dr. Ismail Marzuban {Amin-ul-Mulk).
Born about 1875 at Resht. Studied medicine in France, and has practised
as an oculist in Tehran for about the last forty years. Has had several
excursions into politics, having been Minister of Posts and Telegraphs whenever
his fellow-citizen, the late Sipahdar, was in power. President of tne Iran Club
after Jam, a post which he still holds. Universally liked and respected as an
honest old gentleman. Owns a little property in Resht, but is not rich, and still
practised up to his present appointment as Minister of Public Health (August
1942). Nephew is Dr. Hussein Marzuban, now Governor-General at Rezaieh.
One son, Manuchir, is now in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Has been a
member of the “ Taraqqi ” party for some years, but has never done much active
political work. Unlikely to do much, either right or wrong. Benevolent and
agreeable manner. Speaks French.
Tehran, August 11, 1942.
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Copies of intelligence summaries prepared on a weekly basis by the Military Attaché at the British Legation in Tehran, and received by the 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. via the Foreign Office. The file’s contents follow on chronologically from Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3503). The summaries cover a broad range of information relating to wartime conditions in Iran: the activities of the Iranian government, including political instabilities, the resignation and appointment of governments and government ministers; the financial situation in Iran, including the reappointment in 1942 and subsequent economic policies of Arthur Chester Millspaugh, who was recruited to organise the government’s finances; internal security in Iran, including increasing political unrest in the north of the country (specifically in Azerbaijan) brought about by a growing Soviet presence, wartime propaganda, and the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran; concerns over wheat production and supply, including reports of food shortages and famine conditions in 1942/43; the Iran military, including its movements, activities and appointments; foreign interests (primarily USA, British, and Soviet); reports of the numbers of Polish refugees in camps in Tehran, Isfahan and Ahwaz [Ahvāz].
The file contains a single item in French, being a copy of the declaration of the Congrès National d’Azerbaidjan (Nation Congress of Azerbaijan, f 359).
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- 1 file (373 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the front to the rear of the file.
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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 375; 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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- front, front-i, 2r:52v, 54r:104v, 106r:110v, 112r:192r, 193r:241v, 242v:261v, 262v:273r, 275r:339v, 341r:358v, 360r:360v, 362r:363r, 365r:369v, 370v:371r, 372v:374v, back
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