Coll 28/111(2) ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political Diaries.’
IOR/L/PS/12/3523
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The record is made up of 1 file (73 folios). It was created in 7 Mar 1946-21 Nov 1947. 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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Monthly political diaries submitted by the British Consul at Kermanshah in Persia [Iran]. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/11 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3522). The diaries cover the post-war period, with some reference made to events in Azerbaijan in December 1946, and the actions of Iranian Kurdish nationalists. The reports focus on local political affairs, including the actions of key officials in Kermanshah, the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran and Democratic Party, and local government elections. The reports also cover: the activities of local tribes; agricultural production and food supply; economic and commercial activities; British, Soviet and American [USA] interests.
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 (73 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 75; 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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Archival file
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- 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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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3523
- Former external reference(s)
- Coll 28/111/2
- Date(s)
- 7 Mar 1946-21 Nov 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
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- ReportsLocal government
- Places
- Kermānshāh (inhabited place)
- People & organisations
- British Consul, Kermanshah
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3523
- Title
- Coll 28/111(2) ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political Diaries.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:74v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
