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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [194v] (388/644)
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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(3) Casualties.
295. Many minor accidents occurred during the year. The more serious
were the following :—
(i) While practising formation flying for the military review held on the
23rd February, one of thirty machines crashed on the Jalalieh parade
ground, the pilot and observer being killed. The machine, which was
one of the “ Audax ” type, was completely wrecked.
(ii) During October a machine of the £C Audax ” type caught fire at a height
of about 400 metres. The pilot managed to land, but the machine was
totally destroyed.
(iii) At the Qila Murgha military aerodrome during November two machines
of the ct Audax ” type collided head-on when landing. Both the pilots
escaped serious injury. The machines were badly damaged.
(4) New Orders.
296. It is understood that an order has been placed with the De Havilland
Aircraft Company for five additional machines of the ‘ ‘ Rapide ’ type, fitted
with £C Gipsy VI ” engines for the Iranian air mail service. This will bring the
total number of aeroplanes of this type to eight.
(5) Factories.
297. The aircraft
factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Doshanteppeh has been completed and all the
necessary machinery installed. The personnel employed is as follows :—
British adviser : Captain R. Walker.
British mechanics (Hawker) : 9.
British mechanics (De Havilland) : 1.
British mechanics (Bristol) : 2.
Iranian air force officers : 10.
Iranian air force mechanics : 40.
Civilians : 80.
298. A further four British mechanics (Hawker) will be leaving the United
Kingdom in the near future for service at the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
.
299. At present the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
is engaged on the assembly of fuselages for
Hawker and De Havilland aircraft, the reconditioning of Hawker and
De Havilland machines and repairs and overhauls. Progress, although slow, is
said to be satisfactory.
(6) Landing Grounds and A erodromes.
300. —(i) Repairs to the landing ground at Shiraz and to the road
connecting it with that town were carried out during the year.
(ii) Repairs to the Kermanshah aerodrome have been carried out. This is
believed to be in preparaaion for the commencement of the Iranian civil air line.
(7) Educational Establishments.
301. The establishment of the school for Iranian air force cadets at Ahwaz
is reported to be 5 officers, 20 n.c.o. instructors and 25 pupils.
(8) Petrol Storage Tanks.
302. Two petrol storage tanks, each of a capacity of 30,000 litres, have been
sunk at the Mehrabad military aerodrome. Although these tanks were completed
in September, it is understood that they are still empty.
(9) Photographic Equipment.
303. Two lorries, complete with photographic equipment, of British manu
facture, have been supplied to the Iranian Air Force.
(10) Foreign Air Missions.
304. The contract of Colonel Bever, head of the Belgian air mission, was
renewed for a further period of two years in May. The contracts of the remaining
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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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- 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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