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Coll 28/67 ‘Persia. Annual Reports, 1932–’ [‎300v] (600/644)

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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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Although a number of objections were tabled in the course of the year, the
credentials of only three Deputies were definitely rejected.
The Deputies concerned were Durri, member for Daragez, and Khoyi and
Pishavari, both of Tabriz, whose election was said to have been secured by
irregular means.
107. The Tudeh group in the Majlis originally numbered eight, but was-^
reduced in August to seven by the expulsion of one member, Khalatbari, Deputy %
for Babul. In October, however, the passing of the credentials for Ovanassian,
Deputy for the Northern Armenians and a founder member of the Tudeh, again
raised the number of the group to eight. This group published at the end of
February its programme for the 14th legislative period. It was a surprisingly
moderate programme of reform w^hich might have been produced by any of the
progressive elements inside or outside the Majlis. The Tudeh may indeed have
started as a genuinely left-wing Persian movement, but its subservience to Soviet
influence had become increasingly clear by the end of the year, and the cohesion
and well-organised activities displayed throughout the year by its representatives
in the Majlis confirmed the belief that the party owed much to Russian influence
and support.
108. Other groups or “ fractions ” continued to exist and function in the
Majlis but they were more like associations of friends than political parties.
Efforts to form an effective Government majority in the Majlis by a coalition of
various “ fractions,” however, achieved temporary success towards the end of
August when about eighty-five Deputies agreed to combine to support Saed’s
reconstituted Cabinet. This coalition survived until October, when the Russian
demand for an oil concession caused a crisis which eventually brought about
Saed’s resignation, whereupon the coalition of fractions formed to support him
began gradually to dissolve. The process of disintegration was accelerated in
December by further disagreement among the Deputies over the Millspaugh
question.
109. By the end of the year 130 out of the full complement of 136 Deputies
had taken their seats in the Majlis, though the credentials of two of their number
still remained to be examined.
110. The Majlis passed little legislation during the year, having been
preoccupied with the credentials of elected Deputies, the Millspaugh question,
intrigues over the composition of Cabinets and the crisis caused by the Russian
demand in October for an oil concession. The Chamber had failed 1 by the end of
December to approve the Budget for the year 1323 (21st March, 1944. to
20th March, 1945), and adopted the course of financing Government expenditure
by Votes on Account. Among the measures passed was article 12 of the Com-
pulsory Education Bill providing for increases in teachers’ wages, new school
pi emises and facilities for the education of workers; a Bill for an additional
credit of 150 million lials for the armv; and a Bill tabled by Dr Musaddio on
the 2nd December prohibiting the grant of an oil concession to anv foreign
Government or company. °
(b) Internal Politics.
111. Soheily s Cabinet, which had been appointed on the
16th December, 1943, remained in power until the end of the elections when
realising it had lost the support of the Majlis, it resigned. Soheily was succeeded
by Sa’ed who, on the 26th March, presented the following Cabinet to the Shah : —
Prime Minister : Muhammad Sa’ed Maraghe’i.
Agriculture : Mahmud Fateh.
Commerce and Industry : Amanullah Ardalan.
Communications : Hamid Say ah.
Education : Sarlashkar Ali Riazi.
Finance : Mahmud Nariman.
Foreign : Muhammad Sa’id Maraghe’i.
Interior : Abdul Hussein Hajhir.
Justice : Asadullah Mamaqani.
Posts. Telegraphs and Telephones : Abdul Qasim Furuhar.
Health : Dr. Qasim Ghani.
War : Ibrahim Zand.
Without portfolio : Murteza Quli Bayat, Mustafa Adi.
The Majlis did not take long to signify its disapproval of this Cabinet. The
Deputies wanted more of the young and progressive elements. Much of their
opposition was concentrated against Zand, Dr. Ghani and General Riazi, who
were thought to be nominees of the Shah. His Majesty’s continued intervention

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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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