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Coll 28/33 ‘Persia., Internal. Probable happenings on the death of the Shah.’ [15r] (29/108)
The record is made up of 1 file (52 folios). It was created in 15 Jan 1926-30 Nov 1931. 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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THU FUTURE OF PERSIA .
Introduction.
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In a recent demi-official Note on The Future of
Arabia an attempt was made to envisage, mainly from the point
of view of the Government of India, what would happen when
Bin Saud disappeared from that country - as of course he must
sooner or later. The point was made that his kingdom was a
" one man show w , and would probably collapse when his presence
was removed, with the consequences of a prolonged series of
raids on Palestine, Trans-Jordan, ’Iraq and Kuwait, and general
unrest along the Southern shores of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. It is
significant that North of the Gulf also is a kingdom which -
to all appearances - likewise depends largely on the life of
one man - Reza Shah, and as a corollary to the future of
Arabia the future of Persia naturally follows.
Pre-War Persia.
1.
Pre-War Persia - a convenient term - may be said to
have existed not only up to the War, but through it and for
some years after its conclusion; its chief characteristics
were weakness on the part of the Central Government and an
absence of law and order throughout the provinces. Outside
the capital and the provincial towns the government writ ran
feebly if at all, the real powers in the countryside being the
tribal chiefs whose areas are so situated that they form a
broad encircling belt on all the Persian frontiers through
which the important trade and strategical routes must run to
reach the outside world. It is not too much to say that the
leading tribes of anyone area could have taken the provincial
capital
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Correspondence and notes relating to the law of succession in Persia [Iran], and possible events in Persia, in the event of the death of the Shah, Reza Shah Pahlavi. The file includes:
- Correspondence from the British Embassy in Paris, dated 1 March 1930, informing Government of the death in France of the ex-Shah of Persia, Ahmed Kadjar [Ahmad Qajar], along with cuttings from the French newspapers Le Temps and Le Matin , reporting on ex-Shah’s death (ff 42-45).
- A report, written by Lieutenant-Colonel Percy C R Dodd, Military Attaché at the British Legation, Tehran, dated 3 December 1930, on the present relations between the Shah and his army, and its bearing on the stability of the Pahlavi regime (ff 35-38).
- A report entitled The Future of Persia , written by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard William Craven Fowle, dated October 1931 (ff 14-30).
- The text of an interview between an American journalist called Mr James, and the Persian Prime Minister Abdolhossein Teymourtache [Teymourtash], undated. Notes from a demi-official letter enclosing the text, from Captain John Ignatius Ennis, Intelligence Officer at the Baluchistan Intelligence Bureau in Quetta, dated 12 August 1931, also give details of James’ impressions of his visit to Russia (ff 3-12).
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- 1 file (52 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front 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 54; 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 28/33 ‘Persia., Internal. Probable happenings on the death of the Shah.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 13r:41v, 44r:53v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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