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Coll 28/15 ‘Persia. Internal Affairs. Political and Administrative Changes.’ [11r] (21/286)
The record is made up of 1 file (141 folios). It was created in 22 Jul 1931-30 Jun 1940. 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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
EASTERN (Persia).
CONFIDENTIAL
[E 7485/1281/34]
Sir H. Seymour to Viscount Halifasc.—{Received November 14.)
(No. 345.)
My Lord, Tehran, October 31, 1939.
AS reported in my telegram No. 165 of the 28th October, it was announced.
after the meeting of the new Majliss on the 26th October that M. Jam, the
Prime Minister, had been appointed Minister of the Court, and was to be
succeeded by Dr. Matin Daftary, the Minister of Justice. It has since been
announced that M. Bader, the Minister of Finance, has been replaced by General
Amir Khosrovi, the president of the National Bank. No statement has been
made as regards any future employment for M. Bader, who disappears from
the Government. The remaining Ministers are, I am informed, to continue in
their present posts.
2. The main interest of this reshuffle is thus the elimination of M. Bader,
who has generally been regarded as the most pro-German element in the late
Cabinet. As I have previously reported, it has been clear in recent months that
a struggle for the control of financial policy w^as proceeding between M. Bader
and General Amir Khosrovi. This has now 7 resulted in victory for the General,
who will find himself in control of the country’s finances at a singularly difficult
moment. There is reason to believe that his first activity will be a purge of
those elements of the Ministry of Finance who are most closely connected with
M. Bader’s policy. The financial abilities of General Amir Khosrovi remain
to be proved. He has certainly acquired some knowledge of banking during
the last few years, but has always struck me as having rather optimistic ideas
of the expenditure which this country can afford. Direct experience of the
Ministry of Finance may, how 7 ever, engender a more cautious attitude.
3. 'The selection of Dr. Matin Daftary for the post of Prime Minister
has caused surprise. He is one of the youngest of the C abinet Ministers, and,
while he has been quite an effective Minister of Justice, he is a man of the
official or civil service type, rather than one of any popular appeal. But so
long as he can accurately carry out the orders of the Shah the personality of
the Prime Minister is of no great importance at present.
4 . The appointment of M. Jam as Minister of the Court fills a post which
has been vacant since the fall of Teymourtache. The Minister -of the Court
ranks next to the Prime Minister, but does not attend Cabinet Councils. M. Jam
has expressed to me great pleasure at his new appointment, which is likely, in
his case, to be of honour rather than of great influence. I think, however, that
such influence as he may be able to exercise at Court wdll be in the right direction.
5 The Ministry of Justice wall mwv be in the hands of the present Under
secretary, M. Mohammed Sorouri, as Acting Minister, and General Amir
Khosrovi is succeeded at the National Bank by M. Mohammed Ali Farzin.
6 . A copy of this despatch is being sent to the Secretary to the Government
of India in the External Affairs Department, and to the Middle East Intelligence
Centre, Cairo.
I have, &c.
H. J. SEYMOUR.
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Correspondence relating to changes within the Persian Government: the appointment and dismissal of ministers by the Shah of Persia (Reza Shah Pahlavi); the resignation or death during duty of ministers; the reorganisation of governmental departments (both central and provincial) at the instigation of the Shah.
Items of note in the file include:
- A text containing a number of articles concerning changes to addresses and titles in the Persian royal and government hierarchy. The text is undated and with no indication of author, but is presumably a translation from the French or Persian and dates to around 1935, being part of the Shah’s programme of modernisation of Persian society (ff 102-103).
- A translation of regulations relating to the reorganisation of the Persian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ff 80-89).
The correspondence is chiefly sent by various officials at the British Legation in Tehran (Robert Henry Clive, Reginald Hervey Hoare, Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen, Victor Alexander Louis Mallet, Nevile Montagu Butler, Horace James Seymour). A small number of items in the file are in French.
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- 1 file (141 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 main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 142; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-141; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
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- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:51v, 52ar, 53r:76v, 78r:79v, 89r:94v, 95v:102v, 105r:116v, 117v:129v, 131r:142v, back
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