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Coll 28/2 ‘Persia. Anti-British propaganda in: Case of Sewa Singh & propaganda in East Persia.’ [125r] (249/315)
The record is made up of 1 file (155 folios). It was created in 9 Oct 1929-Dec 1935. 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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Telegram ?. No.22, dated (and reed} 20tn oanuary ; •
Pf Consul, S i s t an .
sl’o Foreign, New Delhi. ,
Reference niy despatch No. 3^0
subsequent correspondence. Eevolutlonara notice tnreater.rup
murder of British Officers was exhlhited hy Sewa Sj.ngn lit
his Shop at Birjand and similar notices were posted at ^
Duzdap on four occasions and copies sent anonyir.ousli
Sirjand to Vice-Consul, Duzdap with objectionable letter an
Persian by “Ghadr party Persia'. There is no doubt that
Sewa Singh who described himself as ’Kirti* and Secretary of
Singhsaha, Birjsnd sent them. Actual postal cover m '..'.:i-h
revolutionary notices were received addressed to Sewa Singh
from Post Office Bex 395 San Francisco is now in my
possession. Pending instructions I am reteinigs hls pa33 '^
port which he has sent me for renewal. Slims fearing ream
of his activities endeavoured to induce him to leave Farstt
for India hut he declined to do so. At present mey -.re
holding aloof from him hut if we do nothing they ■'---Ni u -
likely to follow his lead. One Ghulan. son of Mohiyudin
.Paracha of Peshawar who was last year in Rissia without
'British passport and was fugitive from India and now ia
Soviet pay is employed by him.
It is believed that Sewa contemplates applying ior
Persian nationality. If possible suggest action be taken V
legation to induce Persian Government to expvl n-m ao a
political undesirable from Persia to I ndld *
(U.D.)
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Papers relating to anti-British and pro-Communist activities in East Persia [Iran]. The file consists of reports from British administrators in the region, on the activities of individuals suspected of being involved in anti-British activities, or disseminating anti-British materials:
- Reports concerning a number individuals reported to be agitating amongst the population in East Persia, including Sewa Singh (mentioned in the file title, who should not be confused with Sewa Singh Thikriwala) who was finally expelled from the country by the Persian authorities.
- Reports regarding the Soviet Consulate in Sistan, its activities and associates, and reports that the Consulate was being used as a communications channel between Russia and India, via the railway running south through Duzdap [Zahedan].
- Speculation and reports on the connections of individuals in East Persia with the Ghadr (or Ghadar) Party, based in San Francisco, USA.
- A review of the mail contract running between Nok Kundi and Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh], in response to reports of the contractor’s connections with the Ghadr Party.
- Arrangements for the detention, seizure of passports, and expulsion from Persia of suspected agitators.
The file’s principal correspondents are: the British Consul at Sistan and Kain [Kā’īn] (Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly); the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department.
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- 1 file (155 folios)
- Arrangement
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 for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 157; 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 exists between ff 2-156 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- Coll 28/2 ‘Persia. Anti-British propaganda in: Case of Sewa Singh & propaganda in East Persia.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:32v, 36r:88v, 90r:94v, 96r:157v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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