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Ext 5001/41 'PERSIA – INTERNAL (Miscellaneous despatches).' [112r] (223/248)
The record is made up of 1 file (122 folios). It was created in 21 Jun 1942-15 Mar 1946. 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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likely that the court will take it into consideration; it is the fact that no one
has accused him of lining his pockets, as he might easily have done; in fact, he
seems to be a comparatively poor man, though had he wished to do so he could
have followed the example of his predecessor Ayrum and accumulated a large
fortune.
12. 1 he two chief workers against Mukhtari have been Muzaffar Firouz,
*>y tjie son of Nusrat ed Douleh, and a person named Pur-Reza. The latest develop-
lent arising out of the trial is a notice which appeared in the press of the
1 9th August saying that Muhammad Nasir Khan, the eldest son of Ismail Khan
Soul at ed Douleh Qashqai, demanded that the assassination of his father should
be the subject of judicial enquiry : a strange demand from a man who has been
defying the Persian Government ever since he fled from its custody during the
confusion of the events of last August. In actual fact, there is hardly any
doubt that Soulat ed Douleh was killed, probably poisoned, by direct order of
Reza ^hah : but that would not prevent that charge being brought against
Mukhtari as well.
13. I have reported at some length on this trial because it has aroused so
much public interest here, and because, as it brings the misdeeds of the ex-Shah
into the public eye, it cannot be altogether without its effect on the position of
the dynasty. Indeed, the Shah is known to be embarrassed by the feeling which
1ms found expression against his father. It is, however, to be hoped that the
trial will not begin a series of retributory executions or sentences of imprison
ment. and in the interests of all parties I propose to use my influence discreetly
to encourage people, so far as possible, to let bygones be bygones.
.14 I am sending copies of this despatch to His Majesty’s Minister of State,
Cairo, the Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs
Department, and to the General Officer Commanding, Xth Army, Iraq.
I have, &c.
R. W. BULLARD.
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This file consists of miscellaneous dispatches relating to internal affairs in Persia [Iran] during the occupation of the country by British and Soviet troops. The file begins with references to an Anglo-Soviet-Persian Treaty of Alliance, signed in January 1942, which followed the Anglo-Soviet invasion of the country in August-September 1941.
Most of the dispatches are addressed by His Majesty's Minister (later Ambassador) at Tehran (Sir Reader William Bullard) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Anthony Eden). The dispatches discuss political, financial and economic affairs in Persia, as well as issues regarding road and rail transport (for the transportation of foodstuffs), food supplies and press censorship,
Related matters of discussion include the following:
- British concerns regarding the extent and effect of Axis propaganda in Persia and the Persian Government's response to it.
- Relations between the Shah [Muhammad Reza Khan] and successive Persian prime ministers, and the power and influence of the Majlis deputies.
- Anglo-Persian relations, and British concerns regarding Soviet policy in Persia.
- The Persian press's response to the Allied occupation.
- The Tehran conference in late November 1943, attended by Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D Roosevelt, who were also present at a dinner at the British Legation, held in celebration of Churchill's 69th birthday (also discussed is the naming of three streets in Tehran, after Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt respectively).
- The tribal situation in Persia.
- The raising of the status of the British Legation in Tehran to that of British Embassy in February 1943.
- The United States' interests in Persia.
- The status of Polish evacuees in Persia.
- The work of the British Council in Persia.
- The question of the withdrawal of Allied troops from Persia.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 1).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (122 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 124; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/564
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- Ext 5001/41 'PERSIA – INTERNAL (Miscellaneous despatches).'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:8v, 10r:123v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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