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Coll 28/112B Persia. Tabriz. Monthly dispatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan, & misc: reports.’ [‎152r] (304/451)

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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democrat policy under the National dovern&ent aimed at
financial as well as political local autonouiy. In dune the
long projected Azerbaijan National ^ank waa opened, it was said
to have a capital of five million tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. fully suoscribed by the
Azerbaijan national Government, but at the end of the month its
oificials were still a little V 8 t,ae about the legality of its
transactions* it is not yet clear how the Agreeiaent will affect
the financial position, ihe Geraocrats have scored two points in
winning the right to appoint tueir own director of 1 'inance and to
retain 75,. of the revenue for local expenditure (which is what
they proposed last December), but obviously an intimate financial
connection with Tehran must continue and what part an Azerbaijan
National naiik can profitably play in the country’s economy is
uncertain*
The ’National currency’ which the Azerbaijan Government
was rumoured to be issuing in march turned out to be simply ooupom
of one to fifty tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. in value which could be exchanged against
monopoly goods at the Government snops* 1'hey were really a
device for paying Government servants partly in rationed goods
instead of cash*
15 * frauc and inaajtr;/ * fhe National Government tackled the
trade deadlock early in the year, and in February began to permit
the export of .izeroaijan products under a scheme of licenses and
export dues graduated to encourage the trade in carpets, skins,
leather, dried fruits and tobacco, but to place a check on the
export of dairy products and staple local food-staffs as part of
an effort to reduce the cost of living* Licenses were granted
only against undertakings by the exporter to bring the whole of
the sale proceeds back to Azerbaijan, nut in practice many
merchants found that an undertaking to return cash proceeds was
not accepted* an equivalent value of imported goods was demanded*
throughout these six months the Auasians bought and exported to
Ausaift considerable quantities of w.-aat and livestock without, it
seems, encountering atij such difficulties*
In fulfilment of their pledge to protect and develop
native industries and natural resources, the Government passed
laws forbidding the Importation except under special licence of
any kinds of ’industrial products’ which could be manufactured in
Azerbaijan, arid requiring all Government servants to use only
textiles made in Azerbaijan, haws for the encouragement of
mineral exploration ana grants for prospecting were also discussed
The Government took over one textile and one leather
factory An East India Company trading post. , tae ovuiers and directors of which nad fled to Tehran
arid which v.ere on the ver^e of bankruptcy before the revolution*
^ut lack of funds, skilled hanas and managers and above all the
lack of a market for the factories dear and shoddy products
hampered this venture* In an attempt to reduce costs serious cute
in workers * allowances were maue* The customary grants of fr^e
clotaing, boots, bread and charcoal were xatitcc abolisned and in
some cases cash wages wex*e reduced* nut some of the privately
managed factories found it impossible to impose these cuts.
employment during the period was, on the whole, better
than before, chiefly because of the public works undertaken.
A new habour was discussed by the ^raesldium, but at
the end of June it had not been published*
14. cult are * Abundant winter and spring rains gave promise
of a good harvest in most parts of the province, but no striking
results of the Geiaocrats* agrarian policy are to be looked for
tnis year. The division of Gtate lands has not materially in
creased the area under cultivation, since many of the recipients
of parcels of this land are too poor to provide seed and means of
cultivation for more than taeir original holdings. Under tne
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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.’ [‎152r] (304/451), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3525, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100063070657.0x000069> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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