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Coll 28/112B Persia. Tabriz. Monthly dispatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan, & misc: reports.’ [73r] (146/451)
The record is made up of 1 file (223 folios). It was created in 18 Mar 1946-16 Mar 1948. It was written in English. 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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authorltli* a bad haadacha Praeaura from Paralan troopa haP dlacovarad a
aurprlalng da^rraa of tactical efcill on tha part of tha Baraanla as wall aP
auparb flithtlm qualltia®. Tha Pardon* r a am to hava cut off, affoctlvaly,
tha maan* of an a*capa of tha Haraonle to tha north (whara, tha Paraian* faar,
tl^y might anliat tha aupport of tha Persian Kurd* - and ovm sack afylum In
Buaala) but It 1* proving a difficult ta*k to raduca tha BarKanir in Thhnu
district idhara thay ara now concantratad. Iha Chiaf of tha Parsian (?an#ral
f taff, Oanaral W^nara, vloitad tha *cana of operation* on Warah Pfth, and at
tha and of tha month thara wara «lgf5* that tha narzonl/’ might ha weakening.
16 # Tha elections In Tabriz, which began on Uorah 19th and which ara
due to terminata on April 2nd (tha pariod having baon twice extended) can, I
think, safely be character is ad as a miserable failure* -nly a minority ha*
cast votes* It ifi doubtful If the total vote* will exceed tan thousand * and
this in a city of about a quarter of a million inhabitants. I hava made numer
ous enquiries as to tha probable six? of the electorate and tha general qoinion
la that this ia not lac3 than fifty thousand, which saenc a conaervative figure
\
To what, than, must be attributed the fact that only about one fifth of tha
voteragone to tha polls? T have coma to tha conclun if>n that tha^e ire
three main reasons* (a) di*»ati*faction with the candidates offerlnr therr>-
ealveft - it is fait that they will do little of practical value to Azerbai
jan in the new Parliament, (b) disgust at tha sharaele** buying of vote* by
candidates, (c) the influence of some fsnatlcal lulla* ^ho hava told the
people not to vote, alleging that tha new lari lament "will not be a good one
as insufficient regard will be paid in it to the religious needR and welfare
of tha country’.
political prophets hava bean busy forecasting tha success of this
and that candidate, whatever tha results may be, it seams unlikely that thara
will be any ^leftists’ amongst tha new deputies.
British Consulate-General,
Tabriz.
March "Tlot., 1947
U Mitchell Caree,
H«% Consul-General.
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Monthly reports submitted by the British Consul General at Tabriz, concerning events in Tabriz and Azerbaijan. The reports, which span the period January 1946 to January 1948, cover: the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Azerbaijan following the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran during the Second World War; the short-lived existence of the Azerbaijan People’s Government, declared in November 1945; the activities of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan and its leader Ja’far Pishevari; the Iranian Government’s reassertion of control in Azerbaijan in 1947. The reports include sections describing: the general situation (with a detailed chronology of events given for reports covering January 1947 to May 1947); the activities of the Democratic Party of Azerbaijan; military operations; internal security; trade and industry; finance; communications; agriculture; Kurdish affairs; Armenian affairs; British, Soviet and American [USA] interests, including propaganda. The file includes an English translation of an agreement between representatives of the Government of Iran and the Azerbaijan People’s Government, the original of which was published in the newspaper Azerbaijan on 16 June 1946 (ff 165-167).
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 (223 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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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 225; 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.
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- Coll 28/112B Persia. Tabriz. Monthly dispatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan, & misc: reports.’
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:146v, 148r:164v, 168r:197v, 200r:224v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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