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Coll 28/9 ‘Persia; Internal affairs; Shah’s tours in Persia: general situation reports’ [9r] (28/1038)
The record is made up of 1 volume (514 folios). It was created in 17 Feb 1931-27 Apr 1938. 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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THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT
PERSIA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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October 25, 1937.
Section 3.
[E 6259/904/34] Copy No.
Mr. Seymour to Mr. Eden.—(Received October 25.)
(No. 380.)
Sir, Tehran, October 8, 1937.
I HAVE the honour to inform you that recent telegraphic reports from His
Majesty’s consular officers at Shiraz and Khorramshahr indicate that tribal
discontent in the south is beginning once again to take active form.
2. It had been reported in the early summer that troops had
been moved into the area north-west of Behbehan and east of Ram
Hormuz occupied by the Bahmai sub-tribe of the Kuhgilu; little resistance
was encountered, a number of prisoners were brought into Ahwaz, some rifles and
ammunition were confiscated, and by the middle of July the expedition’s active
work was thought to have been completed, although the troops were not with
drawn.
3. On the 25th and 27th September, however, His Majesty’s vice-consul at
Khorramshahr reported unconfirmed rumours to the effect that tribesmen had
raided Behbehan, killing the Governor, and that the troops had suffered severely.
While particulars are not available, it seems to be confirmed that the troops had
in fact suffered a reverse and that wounded have been arriving in Ahwaz.
Although some time must elapse before the details of the rising become known,
it is clear that the reported submission of the Bahmais earlier in the summer can
have been nominal only, and that they must be in possession of considerable
quantities of arms. The situation must be a cause of some anxiety to the Anglo-
Iranian Oil Company as one of their new oil-fields is situated not far from
Behbehan.
4. It appears from a report from His Majesty’s consul at Shiraz that at
the same time the Bahmais were rising on the eastern side of the Kuhgilu district,
the Boir Ahmedi sub-tribe were engaging troops in the Western Kuhgilu; they
are reported to have inflicted a reverse on the troops, who are being hastily rein
forced from Shiraz. There are also rumours, unconfirmed as yet, current in
Tehran that the trouble has spread from the Kuhgilu to other southern tribes, and
that Khamseh tribesmen have been attacking road-guard posts in the neighbour
hood of Ear.
5. I shall not fail to inform you of further developments.
6. I am sending copies of this despatch to the Secretary to the Government
of India in the External Affairs Department, No. 180, and to His Majesty s
representatives at Bushire, No. 85; Ahwaz, No. 51; Kermanshah, No. 31; Shiraz,
No. 25; and Tabriz, No. 13.
I have, &c.
H. J. SEYMOUR.
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Correspondence and reports submitted by British officials in Persia [Iran], along with newspaper cuttings collected from the British and Persian press, relating to the Shah of Persia, Reza Shah Pahlavi. Subjects covered include:
- The Shah’s tours and visits around Persia, including to the towns and cities of Sistan [Zabol], Bushire, Shiraz, Meshed [Mashhad], Kermanshah, Tabriz, Ahwaz [Ahvāz].
- Reports of economic and political conditions in Persia.
- The first Minister of the Persia Court, Teymourtache [Abdolhossein Teymūrtāsh], including his dismissal by the Shah in 1933, and his subsequent trial, imprisonment and death.
- Speculation over the health of the Shah.
- Treatment of the Bakhtiari tribes by the Shah and his Government.
- The Shah’s programme of modernisation in Persia, including the enforcement of European hats for men and unveiling of women, military reforms, and schemes for urban development.
- A rebellion and massacre at the Goharshad shrine in Meshed in July 1935, provoked by a backlash against the Shah’s modernising tendencies. Papers include a secret report written by the British Consul-General for Khorasan and Sistan, Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly (ff 218-222).
Principal correspondents in the file include: the British Legation at Tehran (Reginald Hervey Hoare; Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen; Nevile Montagu Butler); the Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran (Victor Alexander Louis Mallet); the British Consul-General for Khorasan and Sistan (Daly).
Newspaper cuttings from the Persian press are written in French.
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- 1 volume (514 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 510; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves have not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is present in parallel between ff 222-510 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 28/9 ‘Persia; Internal affairs; Shah’s tours in Persia: general situation reports’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:6v, 8r:43v, 45r:144v, 148r:180v, 182r:182v, 185r:232v, 235r:242v, 244r:248v, 250r:304v, 309r:312v, 316r:319v, 321r:324v, 326r:333v, 335r:343v, 345r:350v, 352r:354v, 356r:359v, 361r:377v, 380r:390v, 391v:394r, 395v:398v, 400r:401v, 403r:419v, 421r:431v, 433r:436v, 439r:493v, 495r:510v, iii-r:iv-v, back
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