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Coll 28/33 ‘Persia., Internal. Probable happenings on the death of the Shah.’ [21r] (41/108)
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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for reducing th.e country to law and order, the army was
ignored as a possible factor, faith being pinned to various
schemes of gendarmerie under a European staff, of which one
under Swedish officers finally materialised. ( It proved of very
doubtful efficacy and disappeared during the War }•
Pos t Wfa,r Persia *
6 . ¥ os t War Persia of today, that is to say the Persia
gradually created by Reza Shalt since he first came into power
in 1921, presents a very different picture to the old pre«war
Persia. Pirst, and most important, an efficient army has been
organized - efficient that is to say from Persian standards -
which has on the whole been able to tackle with success its
principal task, that of subduing the tribes. There is hardly
a tribal confederation in the country that the army, in the
course of the last seven years or so, has not campaigned against
and forced into some measure of obedience to the Shah. Certain
tribes have been disarmed, at least in part, and revenue collect
ed from them. Parts of the country which were from time
immemorial independent or semi-independent of Tehran, such as
Arabistan, Bujnurd and Bampur, have been brought under the
Central Government by successful expeditions, and their Chiefs
either ’detained* in Tehran - like the Shaikh of Mohammerah,
hanged like the Khan of Bujnurd, or shot like Dost Mohammad of
Bampur. The work of subduing the tribes is of course not
completed, but, especially in comparison with the old lawless
conditions in Persia, a very great deal has been accomplished
for which Reza Shah, and his assistants, deserve full credit.
Their methods have it is true been ruthless at times, but one
hardly judges Persian affairs by western standards.
7, Side by side with the army, and only less important
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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)
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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 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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