![Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎176v] (352/807)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00003e/IOR_L_PS_12_3503_0355.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎176v] (352/807)")
Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [176v] (352/807)
The record is made up of 1 file (401 folios). It was created in 11 Feb 1937-29 Jul 1942. 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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
7. Gendarmerie.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 6 (current), paragraph 5 (ii). The
approximate number of Amnieh (Road and I rontier Guards) now absorbed in the
Imperial Iranian army is reported to be 10,600 all ranks, hach battalion of
Amnieh is reported as having four machine guns; this, however, is unconfirmed.
8. The Iranian Air Force.
Mr. F. Knight, Chief Technical Adviser at the Doshantappeh Aircraft
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
, has left Tehran for England on leave. Flis contract has been renewed by
the Iranian Government for a further period of two years.
9. German Interests.
(i) Reference Intelligence Summary No. 12 (current), paragraph 9 (ii)
Mine. Elli Beinhorn left Tehran on the 26th June, flying solo to Berlin.
(ii) Twelve master artisans’ assistants, all of German n ationality, have
recently been engaged by the Iranian Government for a period of three years at
the various schools of arts and handicraft throughout the country. Several of
those engaged have previously been employed in the same capacity.
(iii) Herr Otto Moser, technical director of the Majlis Government Printing
Press, has had his contract renewed by the Iranian Government for the third time.
10. The Iranian Army.
From a reliable Swedish source it is reported that an order for sixty Bofors
anti-aircraft guns (4-5-mm.) was placed several months ago. Delivery of these
guns is expected within the next three months.
11. Census.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 11 (current), paragraph 5, and Intelli
gence Summary No. 10 (current), paragraph 3. A trial census of Kashan and
neighbourhood was carried out from 1800 hours on the 22nd June to 1800 hours
the 23rd June under the personal supervision of M. AH Ashgar Hikmat,
Minister of the Interior (Military Attache’s Personalities, No. Ill—Foreign
Office Personalities, No. 99). The signal of the commencement of the “ curfew ”
period was given by means of sirens and
factory
An East India Company trading post.
hooters. Census officials were
identified by a special brassard, and made house-to-house visitations.
12. Elections.
Reference Intelligence Summary No. 8 (current), paragraph 11. Active
preparations are being made throughout the country for the coming elections of
Deputies for the Twelfth Legislative. Electoral Committees have been set up in
all towns and districts.
13. Boy Scouting.
As was done last year, several short courses of instruction for patrol leaders
and scoutmasters are again being held at Manzarieh, near Tehran.
14. Communications.
(i) A new road 24 feet wide, well graded and bridged, is nearing completion
between Shahrud (million sheet No. 15, square A 3) and Kutal-i-Zardaneh Naudeh
to its junction with the main Gurgan-Gumbad-i-Kabus road. This road will
facilitate traffic between East Mazanderan and Khorasan.
(ii) A new motor road is being constructed along the Caspian Sea coast from
Rud-Sar to Cham Khaleh (million sheet No. 8, square C 3).
15. The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company are constructing several large new store
depots for bulk petrol and oil at Meshed. Filling stations are to be constructed on
the main Tehran-Meshed-Zahidan road. A tank storage depot is also being
constructed at Semnan near the railway station.
16. Olympic Games.
The Iranian press state that Iran will be represented at the forthcoming
Olympic Games. Preliminary preparations are now being taken by a special
committee under the patronage of His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince.
About this item
- Content
Copies of intelligence summaries compiled on a fortnightly basis by the Military Attaché at the British Legation in Tehran (Gilbert Douglas Pybus, Herbert John Underwood, William A K Fraser), 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. Many of the summaries are preceded by cover sheets and 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. notes sheets, the latter frequently containing handwritten notes giving a précis of the summary’s contents. The summaries cover a broad range of information, including: the activities of the Shah of Iran, Reza Shah Pahlavi, the Crown Prince, and other members of the royal family; activities of the Iranian Government and its officials; activities, organisation and strength of the Iranian army and Iranian air force; communications and transport, including wireless radio, and civil aviation routes into and out of Iran; British interests in Iran, including oil companies, specifically the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company; foreign interests in Iran; the Iranian press, focussing specifically on its criticism of foreign press and actions; commercial activities in Iran, including mining and factory An East India Company trading post. production; tribal matters, including those in the Bahmai and Baluchistan provinces, and the Qashqai; place name changes in Iran. Proceedings prior to and during the Second World War are also covered in the summaries. These include: German activity in Iran (commercial, political, propaganda, Nazi organisation); movements of peoples; public opinion in Iran in response to events in Europe in 1940; the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in August 1941; the abdication of Reza Shah Pahlavi; public opinion in Iran in the wake of the Anglo-Soviet invasion and occupation; social unrest and anti-British feeling.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (401 folios)
- Arrangement
The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 403; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [176v] (352/807), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3503, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100060743949.0x00009b> [accessed 21 June 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100060743949.0x00009b
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100060743949.0x00009b">Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎176v] (352/807)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100060743949.0x00009b"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00003e/IOR_L_PS_12_3503_0355.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00003e/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3503
- Title
- Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:113v, 115r:123v, 125r:139r, 140r:143v, 145r:148v, 150r:197r, 198v:243r, 244r:309v, 311r:348r, 349r:403v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence