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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [‎128v] (256/644)

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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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via Tabriz and Diarbekr on the 24th October in order to be present at the celebra
tions of the anniversary of Turkish independence. The outward and homeward
journeys were completed without mishap.
508. Thirty-eight pupils (of which fourteen eventually qualified) underwent
instruction as pilots at the flying school at Mehrabad and were posted to
1st Regiment of the air force. a/ -
509. The Persian air force took a prominent part in the manoeuvres carried
out by the troops in the Tehran garrison during November, which lasted three
days. No invitations to witness the operations were issued by the Persian
Government to foreign military attaches.
510. The erection of a factory An East India Company trading post. for the assembly of aircraft is being proceeded
with at Tehran. It is estimated that the factory An East India Company trading post. will turn out eight machines
annually.
511. Of the establishment given above 5 D. H. Tiger “Moths”; 1 Hawker
“Audax”; 1 Soviet “R.5” and 1 “Junker” are undergoing repairs and are
not airworthy.
512. It will thus be seen that in the near future the Persian air force will
be augmented by 8 Hawker machines and 10 D. H. Tiger “ Moths,” and later will
be further so by the arrival of 34 Hawker and 10 He Havilland machines which
complete outstanding orders.
(C) Navy.
513. No new vessels have been acquired by the Persian navy during the year
under review.
514. The vessels on order—all from Italy—are as follows :—
(i) A 7,000-ton floating dock.
(ii) A lighthouse tender of 1,100 tons.
(iii) Three motor vedettes of about 65 feet length for service in the Caspian
Sea.
(iv) A tug and some lighters for service in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
515. The Persian sloops Babr and Palang paid a return visit to Indian
waters in the spring. They called at Karachi, Bombay and Colombo. In Bombay
they underwent an extensive overhaul in the Royal Indian Marine Dockyard.
516. The Majlis has voted 800,000 rials for the construction of a marine
workshop, rest house and naval officer’s sporting club at Mohammerah.
517. Major Bayendor, Commandant of the Persian Navy, was promoted
lieutenant-colonel in March 1934.
518. Commandant Campaynolli—Italian naval officer lent to the Persian
navy—sent in his resignation in June and returned to Italy.
519. Unpleasant incidents in the Gulf, due to the truculence or ignorance
of the Persian navy, have occurred, but on the whole 1934 has been a quieter
year in this respect than 1933. The unauthorised visit on two occasions of a
Persian sloop to the island of Tamb were probably the most noteworthy of these
incidents.
(D) Gendarmerie.
520. Colonel Ghulam Ali Khan Zand was appointed Commandant of the
Gendarmerie in August 1934 in place of General Azizullah Khan Zarghami,
appointed Acting Chief of the Central Staff.
521. During the past year the force continued to work unobtrusively and,
on the whole, efficiently.
o22. Some ten casualties were reported, most of which occurred in
Kurdistan, where, as in other parts of Persia, gendarmerie posts of three men
are frequently left to fend for themselves in areas where tribal risings calling for
prompt military action have broken out.

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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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