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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [‎155r] (309/644)

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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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ments were made. Shortly afterwards the Ministry for Foreign Affairs informed
His Majesty’s Legation that Colonel Pyper would be allowed to practice for a
further three months.
369. It is to be noticed that, only a short while before, the Iranian Govern
ment had issued a medical licence to Dr. Fazl Haq, His Majesty’s vice-consul at
Birjand.
(5) Salar-ud-Douleh.
370. This troublesome Qajar prince has been living at Alexandria during
the year in a state of penury. The Foreign Office have been approached by his
lawyers for “ compensation ” for the damages which his arrest by British troops
at the end of the war and his arrest by the authorities in Iraq in 1926 gave rise.
The lawyers indicated that failing this the Prince might wish to take legal
proceedings and asked that His Majesty’s Government should appoint some
official as a nominal defendant (an action against the Crown by petition of right
being ruled out by the fact that no breach of contract can be alleged). It was
explained to them that His Majesty’s Government could not possibly appoint a
nominal defendant in this way and that the Prince must, if he wished, take
proceedings against the various offices and officials whom he conceived to be
responsible for his arrest and detention at various periods.
(6) Nomenclature.
371. His Majesty’s Minister informed the Minister for Foreign Affairs
early in the year that His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom agreed
to the Imperial Government’s request that the terms “ Iran ” and “ Iranian ’
should be used as from the 21st March instead of “ Persia ” and “ Persian ” (see
paragraph 345 of the 1934 annual report). He pointed out, however, that some
delay’must inevitably lapse before the change became generally known. In reply,
M. Kazemi assured him that no precipitate action would be taken of a kind likely
to interfere with normal communications.
372. The Anglo-Persian Oil Company and the Imperial Bank of Persia
both made the desired change in their title, and the Mesopotamia Persia
Corporation adopted the designation “Mesopotamia Iran Corporation’’ for all
their branches in Iran.
373. The names of a number of towns were changed during the course of
the year, the most important change being that Mohammerah became
Khorramshahr.
374. In general, active steps were taken by a newly-formed academy to
purify the language of Arabic and other foreign words.
IV.— Internal Affairs (Economic).
(A)— Finance.
(1) Budget 1935-36.
375. The budget for the Iranian year 1314 (ending the 21st March, 1936),
was passed on the 6th March. The budget provides for a revenue of
751,123,487 rials (£11,555,000 at the rate of 65 rials to £ ruling at the time), and
for expenditure of 750,827,790 rials (£11,550,200), the increase over the previous
budget being about 130 million rials (£2,000,000). The principal increases in
revenue estimates include 51 million rials (£784,600) from monopolies, of which
26,233,100 rials (£400,000) from the newly-formed cotton goods monopoly, and
51,000,000 rials (£784,600) from indirect taxation.
376. Increases on the expenditure side include 20,000,000 rials (£307,600)
for the Ministry of War, bringing the figure up to about 250 million rials
(£3,846.000) representing about 33 per cent, of the total (exclusive of the special
credit of £2 million for the purchase of military supplies referred to below);
40 million rials (£615,000) for public industrial undertakings, 30 million rials
(£461,000) for the capital of the grain stabilising company, 15 million rials
(£23 o!oOO) for the capital of the National Insurance Company, and 20 million
rials (£307,600) for road construction.
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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)
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.

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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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