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Coll 28/18 ‘Persia; Diaries; Meshed intelligence Summaries 1931–’ [20r] (39/299)
The record is made up of 1 file (148 folios). It was created in 16 Mar 1931-12 Oct 1934. 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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INDEX TO MESHED INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY No. 8.
L— Khorasan.
(a) Persian Affairs—
Military
Persian Officials
(b) Soviet Affairs —
■ Sovieto-Persian trade .. .. .. '
Activities of the “ Shark ” Company
Soviet “ Khlopkom ” Department in Meshed
Lebedev of the “ Shark ” Company
IL Herat.
Peace prevails
IL —Central Asiatic Republics.
Information from Tajikistan ..
IV. —Caucasus.
Reported unrest in Ganjah
Paragraphs.
.. 1
• • 2 (i) and (ii)
.. 3
.. 4
.. 5 (i) and (it)
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.. 8
.. 9
Meshed Intelligence Summary No. 8 for period ending 25th
April 1931.
I. —Khorasan.
(a) Persian Affairs.
1. Military. —8arhang Iraj Khan Matbui,
the officiating G. 0. C., expects to proceed
©n short leave to Teheran.
2. Persian Officials :—
(i) Hojarb Kalali, Governor of Har-
. akhs, has been recalled to Meshed.
He has been relieved by Mirza
Ibrahim Khan Bnzurgzadeh.
{ii) Jafar Khan, Afshar, referred to in
my Summary No. 6, paragraph J
(rv), has arrived in Meshed to relieve
Ardabeli as Head of the Metalled
Roads Department in Khorasan.
W Soviet Affairs.
2. Sovieto-Persian trade.—It is reported
that the Persian Government has issued
instructions to the Persian Customs authori
ties limiting the annual quantity of Soviet
oil imports into Persia to the undermen
tioned values:—
Into Khorasan (via Bajgiran)
Into Azarbaijan (via Julfa)
To Astara ..
Into Ghilan (via Paklevi)
Gold Rials.
4,133,333
4,133,333
833,333
17,299,999
Gold Rials,
Into Mazanderan (via Meshed Ser) 2.386,866
To Astrabad (via Bandar Jaz) .. 1,666,666
Total
30,533,330
It is understood that the Soviet Trading
Agencies have given an undertaking to the
Persian authorities to purchase Persian
goods for a correspondence value and to
import them into the U. S. S. R. The
Soviet agencies are said to have also pro
mised to sell their goods imported into
Persia at moderate rates and to abstain
from hoarding.
mately 2 shillings.
4. Activities of the “ Shark ” Compnay.—
It is reported that Oganoff (please see No.
19, Meshed <k Black List ”, sent under No.
o80, dated 3rd January 1931) who recently
became proprietor of the hitherto badly
patronised Cinema-i-Nadiri in Meshed, has
now established fr endly relations with the
“ Shark ” Company, which has promised
to supply him exclusively with Moscow
films. Oganoff intends to reduce his prices
below those charged in the other two local
Cinemas as soon^as he recei ves th ese _pro-
mised Soviet films. liriCLCSURc IN
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Printed and typewritten fortnightly intelligence reports, submitted by staff at the British Consulate at Meshed [Mashhad]. Reports dated up to June 1931 were submitted by the British Military Attaché at Meshed (Major Leo Steveni). Reports after June 1931 were submitted by the Secretary to the British Consul at Meshed (Major Lancelot George Werge Hamber; Major Richard Henry Stevens).
The reports are organised into three geographic regions: 1) Khorasan province in Persia [Iran] (including Meshed); 2) Herat province in Afghanistan; and 3) the ‘Central Asian Republics’ (corresponding to present-day Turkmenistan, as well as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan). Each report is further arranged under miscellaneous subject headings that include:
- military affairs, including conscription
- administrative and civil affairs
- economic affairs
- trade and customs
- roads and communications
- specific to Khorasan: Persian officials, refugees from Russia, and Soviet activities in Persia
- specific to the Central Asian Republics, the activities of the Basmachi movement
Minute papers are enclosed in front of many reports, containing 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 items of note in the report.
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. The subject headings and subheadings in each report are numbered with Roman numerals. Reports dated to September 1931 have indexes at the front, which refer to these headings and subheadings.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 149; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at 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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