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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [153v] (306/644)
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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50
Kermanshah. —Muhammad Ali Rukni was appointed Governor in July.
Luristan. —Abu’l Fath Doulatshahi was appointed Governor in
November.
Tehran. —Hassan Ali Kemal-Hedayat (Nasr-ul-Mulk) was appointed
Governor of Tehran in October.
(3) Diplomatic A ppointments A broad.
344. The following changes took place :—
Stockholm. —Assad-Bahadur left for his post at Stockholm in January.
Bucharest. —A Legation was opened at Bucharest during the year, the
first occupant of the new post being Muhammad Ali Muqaddam (or
Moghadem). He is understood to be accredited also to the Bulgarian, Greek,
Yugoslav and Albanian Governments.
Warsaw. —Muhammad Shayesteh was appointed Minister in September.
Buenos Aires. —Nadir Arasteh was appointed the first Iranian Minister
in September 1935; he is understood to represent Iran for all countries in
Central and South America.
Budapest. —Anushirvan Sepahbody presented his letters to the Regent
in August. He is also accredited to Vienna, though he resides in Rome.
Par 'is. —Abu’l Qasim Najm was appointed Minister in May 1935.
Fazlullah Nabil was appointed Director of a new Iranian Information
Bureau at Paris in September.
Saudi Arabia. —On the departure of Muqaddam in September, Iranian
interests in Saudi Arabia were dealt with by the Cairo Legation.
Germany .—Mohsen Rais was appointed Minister in May 1935.
Syria. —Hamid Sayyah remained consul-general at Beirut, but a new
vice-consulate was opened during the year at Damascus, the first incumbent
of that post being Mohsen Wafi.
U.S.S.R. —Ali Reza Said-Ansari was appointed consul-general at
Ashkabad in December 1935.
Palestine. —A consulate was opened at Jerusalem in September 1935,
the first occupant of the post being Hashem Mukarram-Nourzad.
C hina. Key-Ostovan continues to occupy the new post of consul-general
at Shanghai.
Switzerland. Mostapha Adi (Mansur-es-Saltaneh) was appointed
Minister in January.
(4) Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
345. Jalal-ud-Din Keyhan was appointed head of the First Political
Department (which deals with Afghanistan, Turkey, Iraq, Egypt and Arabia)
m succession to Djawad Sineky. ""
346. Fathullah Noury-Esfandiary was appointed director of the Treatv
and League of Nations Section in place of Mohsen Rais.
Section 7 ' Yadullah Azudi was a PP ointed head of the Passports and Nationality
348. Abdullah Entezam was appointed director of the Pars news-a^encv
m succession to Fazlullah Nabil. & J
(5) Obituary.
349. During the year the only decease of importance from the British point
of view was that of the former Prime Minister, Hassan Pirnia (Mushir-ud-
Douleh),
G.C.M.G.
[Knight] Grand Cross of [the Order of] St Michael and St George (accolade).
v
(E) Majlis.
350. The tenth biennial legislative period of the Majlis began on the 6th
June^ when the Shah opened the new Legislative Assembly with a speech in
Wh V k t ? l a iv d ° n , the ^Provement of relations with His Majesty’s Government
in the United Kingdom, turkey and the Soviet Government.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (320 folios)
- Arrangement
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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’
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- front, front-i, 2r:91r, 92r:308v, 308ar:308av, 309r:320v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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