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Coll 28/21 ‘Persia; Azerbaijan; Persia-Russian & Persia-Turkish Frontier.’ [‎357r] (713/845)

The record is made up of 1 file (421 folios). It was created in 21 Jul 1930-3 May 1946. 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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(E 6004/292/34)
Extract from Tabriz Diary No>7 for August 1935 .-
( Received in Foreign Office, October 7 )
Section B 1 .
Hats and Veils .
Now that Kemal Ataturk will not, according to report,
visit Iran before next year, there is not the same urgency to
have all men hatted and women unveiled. Nevertheless, the
authorities are moving on steadily with their programme.
Despite vague rumours of slight trouble, said to have been
quashed by numerous arrests, in Ardebil about the 20th August,
the hat question is already past history in Azerbaijan, and
attention is turning to veils. On the 6th August, celebrated
as Constitution Day, the Governor-General read publicly a
message from the Shah in which he thanked Azerbaijan for its
loyal compliance with his wishes. The citizens of Tabriz
replied that his wishes were to them the commands of a god.
One must make allowances for oriental exaggeration, but, even so
the fact remains that the Shah has this province grovelling
at his feet. There is no one in sight who would dare to oppose
him, and unless something very unexpected happens, this
formerly fanatical city of Tabriz will be among the first of
the provincial cities to unveil its women.
The first move was made by the Governor-General on the
15th August, when he summoned the leading merchants and
reminded them that the Shah desired that the women of Iran
should unveil; he suggested that they ought accordingly to
prepare their families for the change. Then on the 20th the
Director of Education summoned the women teachers, gave them
tea
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Papers concerning affairs on the northeast frontiers of Persia [Iran], with a focus on Iranian Azerbaijan, sent to and from British Government officials based in Persia, including those at the British Consulate at Tabriz and the British Embassy in Tehran, and the Foreign Office in London.

The correspondence covers the following:

  • Throughout the period June 1930 to July 1931 (ff 379-421), the situation on the Perso-Russian and Perso-Turkish borders, and relations in the region between Persia and Russia. These papers predominantly comprise reports from the British Consul at Tabriz (Clarence Edward Stanhope Palmer).
  • During October and November 1932, calls to boycott the elections to the new Persian majlis by an organisation describing itself as the Nationalist Organisation of Azerbaijan (ff 368-378). Papers include a translation of a manifesto issued by the organisation (ff 369-370).
  • In 1935, reports responding to rumours of civil unrest in Tabriz (ff 357-363).
  • In 1938, deteriorating relations between Iran and Russia, partly in response to Russia’s unease at an increase in trade between Germany and Iran (ff 337-352).
  • The political crisis brought about by the declaration of the Azerbaijan People’s Government in November 1945, and the ensuing Iran-Azerbaijan Crisis, which arose from Soviet Russia’s refusal to relinquish Iranian territory originally occupied by Russia during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in 1941 (ff 4-336). Papers include a declaration (in French) made by the National Congress of Iranian Azerbaijan (ff 259-260), and the translated texts of programmes and laws announced by the Azerbaijan National Government (ff 207-209, f 92, ff 77-79, ff 61-63).
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1 file (421 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 422; 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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