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Coll 28/18 ‘Persia; Diaries; Meshed intelligence Summaries 1931–’ [129r] (257/299)
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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tne pas^ Tinree moutas regaraiag -one Persian auti^uae
to rerugees rrom itussia, -one numuers reacnxag Meshed
are almost} nil. mis is aue zo various causes ,
nrstily, owing tio -one improvement oi tne rood
situation in urjetral Asia tne numoers attempting to
cross into rersia nave appreciably dimished. it may
A
De said tnat tnose wno now attempt to ao so are
prompted uy some political disability ratner tnan
by motives 01 starvation, wmcn was tne cnief cause
m tne earlier part or 1935.
secondly, tne rersians nave considerably increased
tneir garrisons along tne irontier, a special Regiment
or frontier u-uaras was raised during tne latter
nalx 01 1935, and increased Military & Amnien posts
nave made it exceedingly difficult ior rerugees to
enter any distance into tne country witnout being
arrested.
orders nave ueen issued rrom Tehran tnat all
reiugees snouia be tf^onea oacic, and tms certainly
seems to nave been carried out.
During tne past two montns reiugees resident in
all rersian rrontler towns or villages, ootn Russians
* nd Rersian^ even alter two or more years* residence
m rersia, nave been collected and sent to tne
interior, rersians irom Russia have been treated
muon tne same as otner rerugees and sent to various
destinations irequently regardless or tneir original
place or residence.
ims action nas caused considerable discontent,
and a number nave returned to soviet Russia, a party
oi about iou recently mobued and attempted to beat
tne rersian uonsui at Asmabaa, ’wno nad to call m
tne Militia and d.T.u. lor protection. Tms action
on tne part oi tne Persians nas naturally been
made capitalby tne noisneviKs, wno agitate
reiugees lor tneir return.
among
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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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- 1 file (148 folios)
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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.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-148; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
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- Coll 28/18 ‘Persia; Diaries; Meshed intelligence Summaries 1931–’
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- front, front-i, 2r:149v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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