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Coll 28/112B Persia. Tabriz. Monthly dispatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan, & misc: reports.’ [‎134r] (268/451)

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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accounts is curious and suggests that the Tteraocrate really believe
that they can achieve a large measure of financial independence*
The demand is not likely to be comnlied with.
^arly in July a new manager of the Bank Hill! arrived here*
a certain ^akhoradian* an Armenian, formerly manager o^fcthe
Meshed branch. He soon began to comnlain that the authorities would
not let him do normal business in the bazaar, to which the Bamocrats
retorted.that he could do normal business after he had brought in
the missing fifteen millions, triable to see his way out of the
impasse, Bakhoradian took a trip to Tehran.
The newly founded National Bank of Azerbaijan, on the other
hand, in spite of its doubtful foundations, is doing a roaring
trade, lending money right and left at 9 r £, on, seemingly, no
security other than Democratic principles*
It is reported but not yet officially confirmed that the
Azerbaijan Customs dues imposed by the National Government will in
future be payable to the Tabriz Municipality. Under the Agreement
the administration of Customs returns to the control of the Central
Government, but the Democrats obviously do not intend to give up
any source of revenue* Certain of the export dues, however,
appear to have been cancelled.
105. Comunications* The postal service between Tabriz and Tehran
resumed normal working after the Agreement, and by the end
of July most of the five or six months’ accumulation of mails had
been disposed of. Little if any mail seems to have been lost or
destroyed during the long hold up. The Post and Telegraph service,
being controlled according to the Agreement by Tehran, provides an
indication of how the Democrats will a^ply the Agreement* the
Party maintains two censors in the Tabriz Post Office and all mail is
is well sifted. The chief aim seems to bo to stop reactionary news-
nap ers, and it is reported that the censors have orders to stop
all non-Tudeh newspapers except those addressed to foreign Constilates.
The Journal de Tehran addressed to the British Manager of the
Imperial Bank of Iran is anparently being stonped.
Abbas Gull Tahiri has been appointed Director of Telegraphs
in Tabriz. He is an old emnloyee of the Tele^aphe and under
the National Government he was assistant to Babi* i Kablri, then
Fin later of Communications. After the nominal withdrawal of the
°oviet censor last year Tahiri was retained by the ^issians to
report on all telegrams handled by the Tabriz office. Tehran seems
to have had little to do v/ith his new appointment.
The prohibition on the sending of code telegrams by commercial
firms and individuals imposed by the National Government has now
been lifted.
Aza d Gill at, the official newspaper of the Provincial Council,
announced on June 30th. that “travellers in Azerbaijan and to other
parts of Iran 11 no longer required an Azerbaijan police permit.
Later, however, the Chief of Police published a notice saying that
persons who were members of the Gendarmerie before the revolution
and those former Government employees who were discharged after
December 12th*, 1945, may not travel to Tehran unless provided with
a police permit.
Foreign Consuls may travel in their district only with the
written authorisation of the Governor-General. The authorisation
is strictly interpreted and no deviation from the named route is
permitted.
Travellers to and from Tehran are still searched by Fide’Is
at the approaches to Tabriz. One of the excuses alleged Is the
prevention of the importation of narcotics. Moreover^ while the
normal transfer of funds through the benks is new permitted, the
Hida*ls still prevent travellers taking out currency with them.
Abul Ha assn Sadlqi, a member of the Central Ministry of
Coaanunigations, and some other railway technicians arrived by road
with the new Governor-General on July 4th. Their business, accord
ing to Dr. Javid, is to make preliminary surveys for the Mianeh-
Tabriz railway. The line will follow the trace which was made
before the war, and pass through Maraghah, approaching Tabriz
from the south of the Bah and Fountain. The same party was to
survey the main roads of Azerbaijan.
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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.’ [‎134r] (268/451), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3525, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100063070657.0x000045> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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