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Coll 28/29 ‘Persia. Russia. Russian Refugees in Persia.’ [131r] (261/411)
The record is made up of 1 file (204 folios). It was created in 29 Aug 1931-17 Dec 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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Meshed Intelligence Summary No. 22 for the period endirg 3rd December 1931.
I.— Khorasan.
Persian Affairs.
Military. 1. Burjnurd Rebellion. —The
situation in this district seems now to be
settled. It is very improbable that there
will be any further trouble at any rate
durirg the winter. A reinforcement of
about 100 men dressed in Turkoman
custume joined the rebels about the 12th
or 14th of November.
It seems that the reported detachment
of 2,000 Volunteers raised in Askhabad
has not materialized other than as above
mentioned.
Two or three small skirmishes took
place during the first ten days of Novem
ber and on the 16th and 17th major
operations were undertaken by the
Persian troops against the rebels. In a
two days’ battle in which both sides are
stated to have suffered heavy casualties
the rebels were driven back across the
Soviet frontier and the band seems to
have been finally broken up.
The troops from Tehran and Astarabad
have been withdrawn, but the detach
ment from Meshed is remaining for the
present in the Burjnurd District.
2. Trouble in Arabistan. —Unconfirm
ed information dated the 2nd December
reports a rising among Arabs who are
Persian subjects. The locality is not
known but thought to be in Arabistan.
It is said that the detachment from
Tehran which was withdrawn from
Gumbad-i-Kabus has been moved to
south-west Persia and that a wire has
been received in Meshed demanding the
despatch of a contingent from there
also. Further particulars are awaited.
3. Troop movements. —The Lutfabad
garrison was reinforced by 20 Cavalry
sowars on the 22nd November, and the
Bajgiran garrison by 15 on the 30th. 50
Infantry were sent from Meshed to
Kuchan in lorries on the 24th November
to strengthen the garrison there.
4. Conscription. —Conscription has
been started in Sabzewar from the 20th
November. Many complaints have been
received against the Conscription Officers
in Turbat-i-Haidari. Two officers have
been sent frem Meshed to cany out an
enquirv. I 'd
5. deal
of quarreling going' on amongst officers
Dated 17 MAR. 1932
Recel.ea 4 APR. 1932
of the Eastern Army. Sarhang Iraj
Khan, tbe Amir Lashkar does not seem
to be much of a disciplinarian.
The Governor of Kuchan is complain
ing against the Officer Commanding
troopi of that place Sayid Jalal Khan.
He has also protested to the Governor
General.
Sultan Mahmud Khan, Commanding
the Infantry at Bwrjnurd has come to
Meshod to complain against Sarhang
Ali Reza Khan, the Officer Commanding
troops.
Yavar Akhmad Khan Tahir Nia has
been appointed Adjutant of the truops
in Meshed.
6. Communications. —The road from
Neshupore to Sabzewar which was
damaged for a distance of 80 Kilometers
by recent heavy rains and is being
repaired.
7. Persian Officials. —Asadi, the head
of the Meshed Shrine returned from
Tehran on the 28th November.
Aun Jazari-ul-Sultaneh, Assistant
Governor of Meshed died suddenly on
the 23rd of November. The Bolsheviks
lost a good worker.
8. Foreigners. —The Turkish Minister in
Kabul left for Meshed on the 2nd of
November via Kandahar and Herat. It
is not known if he has arrived yet. He
is said to bo returning to Kabul via
India.
Professor Masse, a French Archaeologist
is at present staying in Meshed.
9. Soviet Activities. —(i) Four Russians
of the Khlopkom (Cotton Industries) who
recently went to S tbzew^ar ostensibly to
buy cotton have been engaging in pro
paganda. The Police have ordered three
of them to return to Meshed forth
with.
(ii) In connection with the 14th anni
versary of the revolution the Soviet
Government informed the Persian Gov
ernment that all prisoners in the Soviet
Jails who are Persian subjects were to be
released the number is about 1,000 some
of them have already reached Persia.
(Hi) On the night of the 25th/26th of
November the Sharq Company burnt
down their premises, one of the largest
buildings in Meshed the property of
Nasirbegcff (A wealthy Persian mer
chant who deserved a better fate since
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Correspondence and papers collected in response to an influx of refugees arriving in the northern provinces of Persia [Iran] from Soviet Russia, reaching a peak during 1932 and 1933, as a result of a chronic famine affecting parts of southern Russia.
- Extracts from consular diaries and intelligence summaries, submitted by the British Consulates and Vice Consulates at Meshed [Mashhad] (Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett; Major L G W Hamber; Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly), Tabriz (Clarence Edward Stanhope Palmer) and Resht [Rasht] (Archibald William Davis).
- Reports and memoranda on refugees from Russia in Persia (their numbers, condition, treatment at the hands of Russian and Persian authorities, movements) compiled by British officials at Meshed, Tabriz and Resht, and submitted to Government by the British Legation in Tehran (Reginald Hervey Hoare).
- Correspondence exchanged between 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. and Foreign Office representatives in response to the reports received from Persia, discussing what actions might be taken.
Many of the reports and correspondence provide evidence of British officials’ suspicions of Communist (or Bolshevik) conspirators amongst the refugees, whom they suspect of intending to foment unrest in Persia. The papers also give indication of the various different ethnic groups and peoples comprising the refugees from Russia (including Turcoman [Turkmen], Armenian, Khirgis [Kyrgyz], Bukharan Jewish), and differences in the treatment and movements of these different groups, including, for example, Bukharan Jewish refugees’ attempts to obtain visas for travel to Palestine.
The file contains a single item of correspondence in French, being a copy of a letter from the Secretary General of the League of Nations (f 9).
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- 1 file (204 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 (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 205; 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 28/29 ‘Persia. Russia. Russian Refugees in Persia.’
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- front, front-i, 2r:9r, 10r:20v, 21v:30v, 33r:85v, 90r:201v, 202v:205v, back
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