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Coll 28/44 ‘Persia; Internal; Fars affairs, Shiraz Situation including Papers on Isfahan Plot.’ [153r] (305/310)
The record is made up of 1 file (153 folios). It was created in 2 Sep 1946-29 Jan 1949. 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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<3* X afraid th^t I m quite unconvinced by the
- riiae . inister’s assurances* His optidsa say have been
assuiaed or due to over confidence but it is shared by
few if any of his entourage one of whom told m later in the
evening that the despatch of troops to Basra had
strenrthened the rime inister’s hand but that he could
see no possibility of an early settlement with laerbaijan*
Cr. hmboiturl, leader of the zerbailani del 41 , has
also expressed stmiured pe*l«ls* in a recent press interview.
4. hile the political skein is being drirn up
daily tighter here, spontaneous reports from Hi» ^ftjesty’s
Consul at Isfahan are to the effect that Bakhtiari and
Kaahgai tribes have now concluded a mutual defence r&ct
against Budeh and that whil ^ paying lip service to
Government they intend to seise control of Iif&han and 1 f
Shairas on or about epteuber 31st in order to quell Tudeh
and to forestall the possibility of a general election
vhich would result In t uclah I ndoliae# Ms ol? u like
so faany others iay well come to nothing but I have
instructed lis ajesty’s Consul that he mast at all costs
avoid being drawn.
5. Che general political situation is at present so
uncertain that we should, I consider, be prepared for all
contingencies# If, as he may, the Prime tnister trere onw
to yield to , oviet pressure he would becone the prisoner
of a "democratic front 7 ' formed by a fusion of udeh with
/Azerb alien
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Papers and reports concerning a rebellion against the Persian Government by the country’s southern tribes (including the Qashqai and Bakhtiari) in the provinces of Isfahan and Fars in August 1946. The papers include: correspondence between the British Ambassador at Tehran, John Haller Le Rougetel, and the Foreign Office in London, reporting on events in Isfahan and Fars; correspondence concerning allegations made by the Persian Government that the British Consul General at Ahwaz [Ahvāz], Alan Charles Trott, was complicit in the rebellion; the British Government’s refutation of the claim; the Persian Government’s demand that the British Government recall Trott; the Persian Government’s eventual acceptance that Trott had no role in the affair; correspondence dated 1947 concerning the proofing and preparation of two reports, entitled The Tribes of Fars and Boir Ahamad, both by Lieutenant G F Magee. A draft copy of The Tribes of Fars constitutes the contents of the next file in the series: Coll 28/44A ‘Persia; Internal; Fars Affairs; Lt G. F. Magee’s report entitled “The Tribes of Fars”’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3449).
The file contains two items written in French: These are statements issued by the Iranian Prime Minister, Ahmad Qavam (ff 139-140).
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 (153 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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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 155; 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.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and French in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3448
- Title
- Coll 28/44 ‘Persia; Internal; Fars affairs, Shiraz Situation including Papers on Isfahan Plot.’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:138v, 141r:154v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence