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Coll 28/112B Persia. Tabriz. Monthly dispatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan, & misc: reports.’ [‎87r] (174/451)

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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however fUlly determined to ensure that the political storm of the past
few months will be replaced by the fair winds of a progressive and construct
ive Government policy and not by the doldrums of inefficiency i&nd starnation
which they exnerienced under the Central Government in the past. The
Governor-General and his officials are being prodded persistently by all *
sections of the community to "get on with it" and are being given no rest.
At the same time a "whispering campaign" has been initiated by opponents of
the prime Minister to the effect that he is abrogating all power to himself,
that "nothing is being done" in Azerbaijan, that there is a lamentable lack
of security and that bribery and corruption are already in evidence.
3. I have had several talks with pimiya, with All ^ansur, with the
General Commanding the Azerbaijan Division (Zarrebi) who took over from
General Hachimi on January 1st, and with the civil governor of Tabriz. These
Officials, especially pimiya, have studied the position in the province
carefully and they have sound ideas as to what is to be done and how it is
to be done. A change of r%ime, such as Azerbaijan has just exnerienced,
implies, necessarily, all the delay and confusion of re-adjustment, and the
bulk of the peonle are willing to concede to the Government a reasonable
period within which to prove their sincerity and capabilities. It is fully
realised that a netum to normal ard the holding of elections cannot be exnact
ed until the Government is master in its own house, and the disarming of
the peasantry (who like to keen a rifle because "it makes them feel safe")
and of the Kurds in astern Azerbaijan is no easy task.
4. Meanwhile let us see, in brief, what has been done during January.
This may be summarised as follows*
(a) a combing out of unreliable elements in Government office was begun
with a view to establishing public confidence in the integrity of
the state officials,
(b) a charitable committee has been appointed, under the auspices of the
"Hm and ^ed Lion" to collect funds for the poor* and provision has
already beep made for the support of S5 r destitute persons in Tabriz.
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(c) Arrangements have been made to extend, shortly, loans to landowners
and factory An East India Company trading post. owners.
( d) The Ministry of Agriculture is taking steps to secure agricultural
/ machinery

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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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