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Coll 28/10 ‘Persia. Diaries; Meshed Consular Jany 1931 – May 1940. Khorassan Political 1934 – May 1940. Khorassan Fortnightly Reports’ [605r] (1212/1301)
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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Meshed Consular Diary No. 18 for the period ended 30th September 1931.
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Personal.
374.
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
Bahadur Yar Jur g arrived
in Meshed from Tehran and left for
llerat, Kandahar and Kabul.
375. Asadi on taking up the post of
acting Governor General at once left his
card at th : s Consulate^Generai, The
Consul-General and his staff called on
Asadi on 19th September and the call
was returned in person.
Persian Interests.
Head of the Soviet Wool Purchasing
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, 2 other Itussian men and 2
women were travelling by car from
Derajaz to Kuchan on the 2lst September
by the new road. When near Inchah
they were attacked by 5 mounted Kurdish
robbers who stripped them of their cloth
ing and carried off all their belongings.
The Russian Consul-General protested
to the Governor General, who declined
responsibility on the ground that these
persons were travelling on the new road,
which had not been declared officially
open, and along which Amnieh posts had
not yet been posted.
376. {a) Military .—Russian activities
across the frontier have led to a large
increase in the number of refugees into
Persia.
On the 15th September 25 armed and
mounted Turkomans surrendered them
selves to the Persian Officer Commanding
at Lutfabad and were disarmed. A
further batch of 30 came to Lutfabad on
the 17th. In the same manner 60 armed
Turkoman refugees have been crossing
the frontier near Bujmird, and “large
numbers ” are reported to be coming
across the Shams Khan frontier.
The Governor General assures me that
the general policy is to permit Turkomans
to enter Persia provided they allow them
selves to be disarmed and submit to
transportation to some point distant from
the frontier.
377. Confidential .—There appears to
have been a small mutiny among the
garrison stationed in the Bujnurd dis
trict. It was caused by an officer’s
brutality towards a
Wakil
Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator.
Bashi. Re
inforcements have been hurried up to
Bujnurd from Meshed, but the mutineers
have hitherto met with some trifling
successes.
The utmost secrecy is being maintained
by the Military authorities and it is heard
that any person guilty of divulging
information is liable to summary execu
tion.
378. Khorasan is to supply 8,00J
recruits to the army this year. The Con
sulate employees are more than usually
interested this year, as two of their mem
bers have received calling up notices.
379. (6) Amnieh .—The Soviet Vice-
Consul at Derajaz, accompanied by--the-~
ENCLOSURE
At the same time Asadi assured
the Russian Consul-General that strict
measures would be taken to bring the
offenders to justice.
380. (c) Nazmiyeh .—The discovery of a
Communist plot has been reported which
led to the arrest on the night of 18th
September of 4d artisans and apprentices
all young men. These young men had
formed a committee of suroor to help
workmen and depressed classes of people.
All except four of those arrested were
subsequently released.
381. A man named Hassan was
arrested on the 17th near the gate of the
Russian Coi sula e. He was searched
and documents in Turki and Persian
were found on him, the contents of which
called on his countrymen to shed their
blood for the liberty of the workmen and
depressed classes of the people, and to
check the tyrannies of the rich and the
capitalists. This Hassan is a Persian
who had come from Russia via Hr-rat,
where he had been preaching Bolshevism.
382. A man named George, who claims
to be an Aleppine and a French subject
has been arrested on suspicion that he is
a man wanted by the French Police on
a serious charge.
{d) Education, (e) Baladiyeh, (/) Health t
{g) Maliyeh, (h) Customs .—Nothing to
Report.
383. («) Opium .—The decrease of the
banderol tax has increased the receipts
by 25 per cent, and reduced smuggling of
opium.
383-(a). (/) Communications. —Forth©
first 25 miles as far as Imam Quli the
road follows the same alignment as the
road jfrom Kuchan to Bajgiran. From
INDIA FOREIGN SECR ct ^y’S
Letter No J 5.8 A. j
Dated 5IV0V 1331
j Receivea 23N0V. 1931
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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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- front, 2r, back-i, back, 2v:136v, 139r:650r
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