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Coll 28/33 ‘Persia., Internal. Probable happenings on the death of the Shah.’ [23r] (45/108)
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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moment a rebellion, the leaders of which declare Soviet
principles, and perhaps ask to be incorporated in the U.S.S.R.
The rising is to all appearances a national movement and there
is little ground for outside interference.
10* The two other British interests in Persia* as a
market for trade and as an oil-field still remain, but it is
likely that the latter will be of less importance in the
future. During the last few months the Anglo-Peroian Oil
Company have considerably reduced their activities in the Ahwaz
area, dismissing a number of their European staff as well as
workmen, while the Imperial Bank of Persia branch at Maidan-i-
Haphtun ( the oil-fields ) which existed solely for the pur
pose of financing Anglo-Persian Oil Company operations has
closed down. As a market for British trade, Persia, for
various reasons, partly owing to the restrictions which the
Persian Grovernment have put on foreign trade, has for the
moment considerably decreased.
Indispensibility of Reza Shah .
!!• The progress made by post-war Persia, which can
perhaps be only fully realised by those who had experience of
pre-war Persia, has tended tc hide the essential fact that it
is probably ephemeral. It is largely the creation of one
man - Reza Shah, and - as in the case of Bin Saud - it is by no
means academic to try and foretell what will happen when he
disappears. He is about 58 years of age, that is to say
no longer young. He must one day die a natural death. He
may die any day either naturally or unnaturally* there have
been various plots against his life. He may fall from power
prematurely* there are rumours of his deterioration. He has
various clever ministers, of whom Teymourtache, Minister of
-S-
Court, is the most prominent, but they merely supply the
brains,
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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