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Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎411r] (824/1237)

The record is made up of 1 file (615 folios). It was created in 16 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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woti'^-r thuijd«r*»torai on July
with a dmt salary in X‘&bri£
alum in ‘•Daaart Victory^.
Euaaia wa« wmtsu** m% a«ar Maraad*
30tii broi%iit aora pours of
Uost m mwtwm 4#sort soals
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144* iiaivaatlim is proc^^ding trsimuUly apart xrom
ttootuir/ staawsrs sad soms sxcifc^«at In tbs $sXaas and KUoi
districts (soe para 149)*
Tbs gr&ps barvsst of Assr^aijsn prmisss to 0« sron mora
pmamitially good tarn u*j mas at*
It is said fcixat t,at Oorarnor*uan#raX das prmissd L'wiwm
that as will colls at BO»000 tons of wim&t from AsorUalJnn tills
ya&r and will do mo along old fasbloned llnss /nH «i tbout tbs
bslp of fancy now ci ^ Jil&iil i* ^ S loos* Pros tb@ss BO 9 ,)00 tons vlU os
fad laurls and ti& towns too li*rga to bo If-support lain the
! j&h&sXaZift 9 so psopl^ say 9 **111 pot ins r&*$t«
It Is sasy to forss as la?** prwssurt on assrbnlJan wiio at
supplies mxt
tint Arasss*
tar*
fnors »111 be
ny bungisr a^utbs north of
X4*. ..situaUoa See para 132.
149 000 tons of grain mid ara still
allocs l«d to the Oovernor~Gsnsral for
ins haiss .> mite a rc a&»ing 30 9 1 ^ ars
avsll&uls to bring food for tin city;
colons* grain is avail&bls in
it ought to cuiis forward in substantial
in tbs JUiasdintc ns igiibourhood of Xaorls
<digns%»
lbs quality of tin people’s bread remains u
alone of t/is towns 01 Ass-rbaldsn still supplies it at tne
controlled price of ill ale 2 s kilo* lh$ 0 oat e mor^trener si
loath to put it up| all the greybeards appointed to
Issue ef arcad in the various quarters of the city assure I
there will be trouble if the price is raised* in the ate ax
the authorities iisvc been trying to minimise tuelr loss by
Russians nave now had
acre* Of UO lorries
collection of gr&int
and only IT
z is still on
lots as yet,
| fra* villages
in Urn first week of
adulteration and by cutting to a minimum
quant ity of
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and
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but
at this cheap rate*
fhey had got the individual ration down to 3b0
they tried a further cut to BOO, the population re
lobbed the office of ttie Food Miaiutiy on July 12th.
ok over
the blood of tie now execrated fv&hrajaani who to
Vivian was squee m d out* Kahrsiasni kept out of
unfortunate farm end nr came on the scene mid was
t soias one was put up to previse a larger ration
orowe dispersed*
A atosy ims been going round that the silo is full
shout ins
that the j&o &s i ans ainIn it and
It is* of course* not
is trite that the Hues
won’t let me people tmrw It*
true tnat tue silo Is full of grain; but it
ns have been taking delivery of e
deal of grain* and the people know it* fin Hu* si an* # as
xiave ali^n Uu&imvIvvu sensitive t • v >uyiic opixiion in mi© uatter
**£ Efbln deliveries 1 the General aid the Vice Qoneul in charge of
the wensulate General called on tie G3Vernor-denerul to protest
that the Huesisne must not ce blamed for the bread situation in
labrlsj and indeed some part of tue bla^e is attributable to
rersian inefficiency and dish one sty*
/It is a
beg*, pa. DtPiap^
A SEP1943 |
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. *
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Reports and correspondence concerning the internal situation in Azerbaijan and Tabriz during the region’s occupation by Soviet military forces, part of the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Persia [Iran] in the Second World War. The file chiefly comprises reports, submitted on a monthly (and later fortnightly) basis by the British Consul-General at Tabriz, reporting on events in Azerbaijan and Tabriz. Reports up to July 1942 are printed, while subsequent reports are typewritten. The typewritten reports are organised under subheadings that vary from one report to the next, but generally cover: weather; agriculture, locust movements, food supply and reports of hoarding; consular tours; the activities of consular colleagues and counterparts; local government, local politics, and elections; Kurdish affairs, including events at Rezaieh [Orūmīyeh]; Armenian affairs; public order; the activities of the Persian, Russian and United States military; trade, commerce and labour; transport and communications, including convoys, and the activities of the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (UKCC); propaganda. From late 1944 onwards the reports increasingly focus on rising political and social unrest in Azerbaijan, which would eventually culminate in the Iran-Azerbaijan crisis of 1946. These later reports focus on the emergence and activities of new political parties (including the Tudeh Party and the Democratic Party), new political newspapers, and Soviet activities in Azerbaijan.

The file also includes: correspondence sent by the British Ambassador in Tehran, Reader William Bullard, forwarding the Tabriz Consul’s reports with comments to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; note sheets covering numerous reports, giving a précis of the report’s contents; the translation of a report by the Persian Minister for War, secretly obtained by British sources, describing military and political conditions at Rezaieh, dated 17 May 1942 (ff 560-564); a report of a visit to Rezaieh in February 1945, compiled by the British Consul-General at Tabriz (ff 147-154).

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (615 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front 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 617; 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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Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎411r] (824/1237), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3524, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100069965568.0x000019> [accessed 16 June 2026]

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