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Coll 28/18 ‘Persia; Diaries; Meshed intelligence Summaries 1931–’ [134r] (267/299)
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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tor the month of April 1954.
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Khorasan ,
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The month of April has been exceptionally
wet this year. Heavy and continued rain has washed
away the roads in many places and held up traffic
for days at a time, oars and lorries have been
overturned Py spates and travelling in general has
Peen very difficult.
British officials.
major o.
D. ybus, Military
Attache, Tehran,
paid a visit to
Meshed between
the 24th and
29th
of April, on his
return Journey
to Tehran his
car
vas nearly lost
in a spate near
Damghan, the
water
coming over the
roof of the car
(A Baloon).
soviet Activities
in North Persia
.
M* lakisbefcoff, soviet consul general, Meshed,
paid a flying visit to z&Bul and sahidan during
the MOharrum holidays. The object of this journey
is not known. He called on the British vice
Consul at z&Pul, where he stated that he Intended
to repair and sell the soviet consulate buildings.
It is not yet known what he did in ri&hidan.
The Persian Authorities have been interested
in his movements' concerning which they are very
suspicious.
A Revolutionary committee is said to have
been discovered among the Tamut Turkomans (}ersian
subjects) of Turkmen r>arai. Extensive arrests have
taken place. The headquarters of this movement is
stated to be at the village of Ament near Chakma.
Refugees .
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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)
- Arrangement
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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- Title
- Coll 28/18 ‘Persia; Diaries; Meshed intelligence Summaries 1931–’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:149v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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