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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [8v] (16/644)
The record is made up of 1 file (320 folios). It was created in 6 Dec 1933-27 Mar 1947. 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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85. The Persian consul at Khanaqin fell foul of the Iraq Government early
in the year owing to his attempts to persuade an Iraqi tribe to migrate to Persia
and pay Persian taxes. Remonstrances by the Iraqi Government were met, as
usual, by an irrelevant excuse to the effect that the tribe was Persian in origin.
The Iraqi Legation at Tehran were thereupon instructed to press for the replace
ment of the consul in question. The latter had meanwhile left for Persia and, so
far as is known, has not returned to his post. f*
86. In view of these and many similar incidents, it is impossible to escape
the conclusion that the obstructive and even offensive attitude of the Persian
Government in these questions is deliberate, and is designed to keep in the fore
front the question of Persia’s “ right ” to frontier rectification.
87. On their side the Persian Government developed with the utmost vigour
a complaint that Iraqi or British planes had made unauthorised crossings of the
frontier near Bujaila. Subsequent investigation proved conclusively that no
Royal Air Force aircraft had been in this neighbourhood, and the not very
convincing suggestion was made to the Persian Legation at Bagdad that the
aircraft were Dutch machines en route to the Indies. It so happened that later
in the year some Royal Air Force machines did accidentally fly over and
photograph Persian territory near Basra, but the circumstances were explained to
the Persian Minister in Bagdad and nothing was heard of the incident.
Tribal Migrations.
88. There is some hope that the vexed question of the Jaf migration
(treated in paragraphs 99 et seq. of the annual report for 1931) has been
settled during the past year. The Jaf were permitted by the Government, as the
result of an agreement with the Iraqi Government, to spend the summer months
in the Persian highlands on the following conditions : Certain selected chiefs
were to reside at Bana under the eye of the Persian authorities; grazing
taxes were to be paid at the rate of 1 rial for sheep and 5 shahis for goods; to
these figures 20 per cent, would be added to cover cattle, horses and donkeys, which
would not be counted, and 5 per cent, for customs; no arms were permitted unless
specially authorised by the Persian authorities, but bearers of Iraqi rifle licences
would be given Persian licences. On the whole the tribe appear to have been well
treated during their stay in Persia. It is of interest that the Persian Government
were moved to accord these facilities by the drop in revenue in the district in
1931, when few of the Jaf crossed the frontier.
89. Another tribal migration, that of the Harki Kurds, caused some anxiety
to the Persian authorities in June. This tribe, which numbers about 15,000,
crossed the frontier to Ushnu, south of Lake Urmiah, and refused to allow
themselves to be disarmed. The Persian military authorities were too weak to
overawe them, but with the aid of the local (Persian) Kurdish chieftains, an
agreement was reached, the Harki Kurds giving guarantees of good conduct.
Meanwhile, reinforcements of troops were despatched to the area in order to
ensure that the agreement was kept to.
Jaafar Sultan.
90. Jaafar Sultan (see paragraphs 112-113 of the annual report for 1931)
surrendered to the Iraqi authorities early in January, the military pressure
against him having proved overwhelming. The campaign was conducted in the
depths of winter, and the troops suffered intensely from the cold. The treatment
of their prisoners by the Persian authorities appears, according to reports from
His Majesty’s consul at Kermanshah, to have been barbarous in the extreme.
Jaafar Sultan only gave himself up on receiving assurances that his life would
be safe and that he would not be handed over to the Persian authorities. The
Persian Minister in Bagdad seems, however, to have misconstrued some remark
of King Feisal’s as an indication that he would be surrendered, and to have
telegraphed this to Tehran. This led to a strong demand for the surrender to be
effected, and, when this was refused, a series of violent protests followed. The
Iraqi Government, with the firm support of the Acting High Commissioner,
refused to recede from its position. The Persian protests culminated in a note
so menacing in tone and offensive in language, that its withdrawal was requested
by the Iraqi Government. The unfortunate Persian Minister, who was between
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Annual reports for Persia [Iran] produced by staff at the British Legation in Tehran. The reports were sent to the Foreign Office by HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran (from 1943, Ambassador to Iran). The reports cover the following years: 1932 (ff 2-50); 1933 (ff 51-98); 1934 (ff 99-128); 1935 (ff 129-165); 1936 (ff 166-195); 1937 (ff 196-227); 1938 (ff 228-249); 1939 (ff 250-251); 1940 (ff 252-257); 1941 (ff 258-266); 1942 (ff 267-277); 1943 (ff 278-289); 1944 (ff 290-306); 1945 (ff 307-317); 1946 (ff 318-320).
The reports for 1932 to 1938 are comprehensive in nature (each containing their own table of contents), and cover: an introductory statement on affairs in Persia, with a focus on the Shah’s programme of modernisation across the country; an overview of foreign relations between Persia and other nations, including with the United Kingdom, British India, and Iraq; Persia’s involvement in international conventions and agreements, for example the League of Nations and the Slave Traffic Convention; British interests in or associated with Persia, including Bahrain and Bahrainis resident in Persia, the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Imperial Bank of Persia, and the Imperial and International Communications Company; political affairs in Persia, including court and officials, majlis, tribes and security; economic affairs in Persia (government finances and budgets, trade, industry, agriculture, opium production); communications (aviation, railways, roads); consular matters; military matters (army, navy, air force).
Reports from 1939 to 1946 are briefer in nature, Reports from 1941 onwards focusing on the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Persia, and the role of United States advisors in the Persian Government’s administration.
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 (320 folios)
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The file’s reports are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Each report for the years 1932-1938 begins with a table of contents referring to that report’s own printed pagination sequence.
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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 321; 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 file contains one foliation anomaly, f 308A
Pagination: Each of the reports included in the file has its own printed pagination system, commencing at 1 on the first page of the report.
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