Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [224v] (448/644)
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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58.
Organisation.
265. No important changes in organisation have been made during the past
year. Except for the disappearance of the Turkoman Sahra Independent
Composite Regiment, the present organisation is the same as that given in para
graph 270 of last year’s annual report.
266. In July a rumour was current in Tabriz that the local General Officer
Commanding was to proceed to Tehran to raise a third division of the Central
Garrison. Up to the close of the year, however, nothing more had been heard of
this scheme.
A rmament.
267. War material of all kinds has been pouring into the country, and in
July it was estimated that 10,000 tons of miscellaneous military stores had
accumulated at rail-head at Salihabad awaiting transport by lorry to Tehran.
Further consignments of an order placed for tanks and tank-carrying lorries are
known to have arrived, and the rate at which re-equipment is progressing may be
judged from the fact that in the past nine months more than thirty batteries of
105 millim. guns have been received.
Changes in the Higher Appointments.
268. In December it was rumoured that Sar Lashgar Ismail Agha,
Amir Fazli, had been dismissed from his post as Minister of War. The rumour
has turned out to be true. There are two versions current of the story of his fall.
According to the first, the Shah, on one of his visits to the Ministry, was annoyed
at Ismail Agha’s ignorance of some matter under discussion, and curtly told him
that he was a fool and had better go home. According to the second version, the
Shah paid a surprise visit to the Ministry and found the officers chatting,
smoking and drinking tea and the Minister absent from his desk. When
Ismail Agha arrived the Shah felled him to the ground and continued to thrash
him with his cane. It is not known which version is correct, but the second
appears to be more in the Reza tradition. Up to the end of the year no successor
had been appointed. Sartip Ahmad Nakhchevan, who, after his return from
Europe in October, had been appointed assistant to the Minister of War, has been
officiating as Minister.
269. Sartip Ibrahim Zandieh, the General Officer Commanding, 7th Fars
Division, was recalled from Shiraz in August and placed under arrest in Tehran.
He is implicated in the widespread corruption which was revealed in almost all
the branches of the administration of Fars. His successor is Sartip Muhammad
Hussain Amidi.
Reviews and Parades.
270. The usual military review to commemorate the anniversary of the
coup d’Etat took place on the Jalaliye parade ground on the 23rd. Counting the
civilian elements (girl guides, boy scouts and students), approximately 30,000
people were on parade. Fifty-two aeroplanes (De Havilland “ Tiger-Moth ” and
Hawker “ Audax ” and “Fury” in almost equal proportions) flew past in
formation. Thirty-nine light and eleven heavy tanks were seen on parade.
The parade followed the line of last year’s, but showed some improvement in drill,
turn out and equipment.
Manoeuvres.
271. Manoeuvres for the' Central Garrison was held from the 12th to the
16th September, about 35 miles east of Tehran. His Imperial Majesty the Shah
was present for three days. Aircraft participated. No invitations to military
attaches were issued. No accounts were published in the press. As on previous
occasions, nearly all the available taxis and lorries were commandeered for about
a week.
272. Some manoeuvres for the Ahwaz Brigade of the 6th Khuzistan
Division, held near Dizful in April, are worthy of mention because of the interest
they aroused in Iraq, where rumours spread to the effect that 24,000 Iranian troops
were concentrated in Ahwaz, Khurramshahr and Hawizeh.
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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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