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Coll 28/10 ‘Persia. Diaries; Meshed Consular Jany 1931 – May 1940. Khorassan Political 1934 – May 1940. Khorassan Fortnightly Reports’ [98r] (198/1301)
The record is made up of 1 file (649 folios). It was created in 6 Apr 1931-13 Jul 1940. It was written in English. 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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that he was in jail until May 1939, when she approached
this Consulate. On May 16th application was made for
a member of the Consulate to he allowed to visit the
hoy in jail* After delaying a reply on various
pretexts, the (Jove norate answered on June 6th that the
case had been dealt with and the hoy released.
According to the hoy f s own statement he was never brought
before a court at all until June 1st, when the Court
Inspector told him that he had been convicted and
sentenced to 2 months imprisonment and that he was now
free. The boy himself appears to be a ne’er-do-well
and it was not considered advisable to make any official
protest*
MlftHARY AFFAIRS .
149. Col. 3hahri, the Brigadier at Zabul, who had won
golden opinions for having saved Zabul from destruction
has been suspended for some unknown reason and recalled
to Tehran. His place has been taken by Col. Shaibani
from Iranshahr.
ttfc. IBANIAB OFFICIALS .
150. Col. Mukri, Governor General of Muicran, paid a
visit to Zabul from the 17th to 21st June*
151. Major Sadri, for many years Secretary to the
Governor General in Zahidan, has been transferred to
Ispahan. He left on June 15th.
Bafaat, Iranian Consul at Quetta, arrived 1
Zahidan on June 21st and called on H.B.M’s Vice-Consul
the following day.
COMMUNICATIONS .
153. Work on the zahidan - Chahbar
undertaken in earnest and it is hoped
working in another 3 months.
telegraph line has/
to have the line ^
154. The road from Shahrud to Gurgaon is now reported
to have been completed and opened to traffic, and the
continuation from Gurgaon to Bujnurd which is at present
a nawxlxxEt mere track is said to have been formallv
sanctioned. *
155. Heference para H9.
The mail service from Meshed to Zahidan has
improved. The contractor has been fined 2.700 rials
for unpunctual deliveries.
156. Heference para 120.
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The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47.
by bus between ouetta and
E. Iran have been reported. Apparently drivers not
Acuities with the Iranian autoo^tLs in
one matter of their visas but also object to having to
pay municipal taxes in Quetta. ua*j.ug to
THE KIMfl *3
usull the was celebrated as
usual. At Zahidan British subjects were received in
the morning and the principal Iranian officials
®" t ® r ( ^ ine d J 0 dinner in the evening. in addition some
65 Indian school children were entertained to tea and
games on the afternoon of the 7th. at Iseshed thf> no„„i
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Confidential political diaries submitted on a fortnightly basis throughout 1931, on a monthly basis from May 1932, returning to a fortnightly basis in September 1939, by the British Consul General at Khorassan [Khorāsān] (Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett; Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly; Lieutenant-Colonel Everard Huddleston Gastrell; Giles Frederick Squire). The diaries describe affairs in the Khorassan region, and are arranged under a series of headings that expand and evolve over time:
- Activities of the Persian [Iranian] Government and Persian authorities, including the programme of modernisation carried out at the orders of the Shah during the 1930s, activities of the Persian military and police.
- Events at Sistan, Kain [Ka’īn], and Birjand, and in the district of Sarhad.
- Activities of the municipal government in Khorassan, including public works and urban development programmes.
- Foreign interests and affairs in the region, including British, Russian, Afghan and Turkish affairs, and the movements of foreign visitors.
- Soviet propaganda, and British and Persian counter-propaganda measures.
- Agricultural production, food supplies and food shortages.
- Trade, commerce and smuggling.
- Security, including reports of robberies, and raids on transport routes.
- Weather reports.
- Diseases and epidemics.
- Reports of locust observations and movements.
The diaries include some reports reflecting topical events: military activity on the Persia-Turkmenistan border, and reports of Russian refugees crossing into Persia from Turkmenistan; the start of the Second World War, with a focus on the activities of German subjects in Khorassan, speculation over Russian involvement in the War, and the impact upon public opinion in Iran of German radio propaganda, describing Germany’s military successes in Europe throughout 1940.
Minute papers are enclosed with reports dated up till late 1935, which frequently contain handwritten or typed notes made by 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. staff, commenting on the contents of the report.
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- 1 file (649 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 commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 650; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 28/10 ‘Persia. Diaries; Meshed Consular Jany 1931 – May 1940. Khorassan Political 1934 – May 1940. Khorassan Fortnightly Reports’
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- front, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:136v, 139r:650r
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