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Coll 28/39(2) ‘Persia. Printed Correspondence, 1937–’ [‎13r] (25/320)

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The record is made up of 1 file (158 folios). It was created in 11 Oct 1937-25 Nov 1942. 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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(xiv) Armoured cars. Four old Rolls-Royce pattern headed the
parade. Then followed 19 Marmon four-wheelers. 1 am in
formed that 31 Marmon six-wheelers exist, but they did not
appear at this parade.
(xv} Tanks. Eleven heavy 6| ton Czecho-Morawaka tanks each
1 armed with 1-37J m.m. gun and 2 heavy machine-guns
were the main feature of this part of the parade, there were
also 39 lighter tanks, of 3^ tons, from the same factory An East India Company trading post. , each
armed with one heavy machine gun and one light machme-
gun. These tanks went by in three sections, each section
consisting of 12 tanks and a separate one for the Commanding
Officer.
(xvi) Field Artillery, consisting of 12-105 m.m. guns, drawn by the
new Hungarian draught-horses.
(xvii) Mechanised anti-aircraft artillery, comprising 2 batteries of
75 m.m. D. C. A. Bofors guns.
There were no acrobatics or displays of trick-riding gy mnast ^ c ®’ ® t h c '
The march-past finished at about 4-45 P.M., and the Shah drove off in the
Rolls-Royce followed by his sons and his suits.
8 Most of the remarks as to formation, turn-out, marching discipline,
etc., madet the last report apply this year except ^a“he equipment of
the troops seemed more uniform and newer ; the boots of the men weie eit
brand new or well polished and the rank and file looked cleaner. A noteworthy
feature of this parade was the new Hungarian horses ; I hear that about
1,200 of these animals have been imported into Iran, but that they are not
standine the climate and altitude well ; several have died, and the uniortu
nate officers in charge have the unpleasant duty of reporting each casua y
direct to the Shah.
9. I have been informed by Iranian friends that the Sha ^ ^, t C .^ t
of troops^ the man picked himself up and went on, leaving his water-bottle
to be kicked by the following troop.
10 Four Iraqi army officers attended the parade, named as follows
Pol on el Baha-un-din Nouri, Major Akram Mushtaq, and Captains Rafiq
brltrots^^Tym-re^tXned on the'ISebruary aTa receptiong^ven
taiy attaches were invited, and the Minister tor t ^ he hpd heard
kept fully up to date.
take part in the day s pro g admiration which this feat evokes
“ be borne in thisCountry, which it has involved.
n Tam sending a copy of this despatch to His Majesty s Ambassador
at Baghdad No 16 and the 7 Foreign Secretary to the Government of India
No. 35.

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Printed correspondence from the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department (later referred to as the External Affairs Department), collated into yearly collections under the heading ‘Iran Series’. The original correspondence was sent by British representatives in Iran (chiefly the British Legation in Tehran) to the Foreign Office. The correspondence concerns: the announcement of laws, decrees, regulations, and budgets by the Government of Iran, the texts of which were frequently published in the newspaper Le Journal de Tehran ; reports from British consular officials covering a range of subjects, including commercial activities, foreign relations and the commercial activities of foreign individuals and companies in Iran, provincial affairs, and the activities of the Shah; in 1939 and 1940, reports concerning the impact of the Second World War on Iran, with a large number of reports from the Press Attaché to the British Legation in Tehran, reporting the dissemination of propaganda and public opinion in Iran.

At the end of the file is a single item of original correspondence, sent by the Secretary to the Government of India. Dated 24 August 1942, it announces the discontinuation of the printing of the Persia [Iran] series for the duration of the war (f 159).

A large number of items in the file are in French. These include the texts of Iranian Government laws, regulations and announcements that were published in Le Journal de Tehran .

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.

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1 file (158 folios)
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 160; these numbers are written in pencil 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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