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Coll 28/112B Persia. Tabriz. Monthly dispatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan, & misc: reports.’ [110r] (220/451)
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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under General Ali Alavi ^pghadarn would also leave the capital in a short
time. This news was received in party circlea with dismay. Persian
troops on Azerbaijan soil might well be expected to weaken the influence
of the Democrat Party over the Azerbaijan electorate.
146^^ Meanwhile the party was fhced with dissension in its ranks.
T&e heads of the departments of pollce y transport and finance* accused
pishe^ri of being too complaisant towards the Central Government as
he had allowed the negotiations in Tehran to drag on too long* and
they threatened to take action against him* probably at the instigation
of the Russians. Pishevari said he would resign if they were not satis
fied with him, but they decided to defer action until the delegates
returned from Tehran.
147. on October 13th the delegatee, with the exception of Javld,
the Governor-General, arrived in Tabriz* and the populace waited expect
antly for an official announcement of the success which had attended
their negotiations. The days passed* but no announcement ca»e # The
deputies were uncommunicative and moody* and it soon became evident
that they had no successes of which they could boast. Javid* it was
said* was arranging a credit for the elections and would return later.
143. within a week of the return of the delegates the Democrat
Party decided that they could expect nothing from the Central Govern
ment or from the Tran Democrat party and that if they and the Tudeh
did not get a arajority in the elections they would declare Azerbaijan
independent. Farther it was agreed that the entry of Persian garrison
troops into Azerbaijan before the elections must be prevented and
accordingly they started to give the pida*is Intensive military train
ing and to send reinforcements south to Kianeh and Zenjan, General
D»nishiyan superintending the movements. The pay of the Fida 1 is was
raised from 300 Rials per month to 900* and some 200 tommy guns* recent
ly received from the Hussions, were handed over to the troops. The
Democrats obliged all workers to pay one
toman
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
towards the support
of the "cause.
/ 149. In these
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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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