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Coll 28/15 ‘Persia. Internal Affairs. Political and Administrative Changes.’ [136r] (272/286)
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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with no conception of the elements of sound finance, refusing to listen to or act
upon good advice, Persia seems bound to remain a poor and backward country.
She has a genius for irritating her neighbours and such ingrained distrust of
-every other country that she is, and likely to remain always, as now, without any
real friend.
23. I am sending a copy of this despatch to the Foreign Secretary to the
Government of India.
I have, &c.
R. H. CLIVE.
P.S., July 1 .—On reading through this despatch in type I feel there
is one important point to which I have not drawn sufficient attention. I refer to
the artificial growth of militarism in what is essentially an unmilitary
country. The arrogance and indiscipline towards the civil population of the
officers and men of this new army are growing more marked. /I he Persian soldier
to-day carrying his rifle does not hesitate to level it at any civilian on the slightest
provocation, real or imagined. On the public highways this is a growing danger.
Freight lorries and even private cars are considered fair game by the soldiery,
who force the drivers by threats to give them free lifts. There have been
frequent cases of the unfortunate drivers being brutally assaulted. In the
provinces, and even in Tehran and the immediate neighbourhood, rape and robbery
by young undisciplined soldiers are on the increase. I he newly enrolled conscripts
are among the worst offenders. No redress can ever be obtained. C omplaints to
the Ministry of War are simply unheeded. Meanwhile the bhah is ever increasing
the size of the army. It is said that he aims eventually at an army of 100,000
men. Two years ago there were 35 , 000 , to-day there are 41,000. The cost is
approximately 45 per cent, of the annual revenues of the country, "which neithei
requires, wants, nor can afford so large a force. The danger which ten years ago
existed from banditry is to-day tending to increase from the forces called into
being to suppress it. Having spent three years in ( hina since tne vai, I know
that undisciplined forces are as great a danger as bandits. I have some reason
therefore for considering the present state of affairs ver\ disquieting.
R. H. C.
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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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- Coll 28/15 ‘Persia. Internal Affairs. Political and Administrative Changes.’
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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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