Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎8r] (16/1237)

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i rlmo Minister
Atinieter of Interior
Am/ Ministor
Minister of Agriculture
Ministor of .-duea t ion
Minister of Health
minister of Finance
Miniater of Justice
minister of itoads» ^ oft8,
Telophonef* end Telegraphs
Minister of Jo^iaerce
%vey/id Jaafer Fishavari
Jr* ClaiaiUah Jsvid
^aafar Gavi&n
dr. Mehtaah
Mohaiatd Biriya
Dr* Orengi*
Ghulaa* Reza Ilhejai
fuauf Azina
Rahi , i Kabiri
Reza Rasuli
The ivinietry of Labour was taken by t m Frime Miniater until
auch time as another Minister enri be appointed* It is ruramred
that this portf ilio ie being kept for Abu* 1 Fath Sikjou, formerly
Director of Customs in Azerbaijan and Acting Goramor-Gcneral
until October, who wee elected in absentia to the National
Dtrl lament as me mb., r for Tabriz* A Pr^ alaent of the Court of
A:> eel ^id a public Prosecutor were ap ointed at the %n* session.
The latter la Faridun Ibrahlmlt ex-sub editor of the former Tudeh
(and now Democrat) paper y- .
In the Declaration referred to above it ie stated that the
National committee would also organise elections for the Majlis
Thurai Mini, i*e* the Central Iranian Majlis, in Tehran. 3ut
notning has been hoard oi this lately. Local &ovvrnm-.nt in the
province is to be entrusted to tve jorta of loc^l Councila: Vi lay at
njuraa .lari ana Shahr Aajiuaaalari, i*e. Provincld and Town Councils*
For the rest, the structure of admlnigi.ration remains the same,
e qe. t th t it h?t. been ’* urgedoi rt ■.otim-.ry personnel* In
theory even the gendarmerie will not be ab >11 shod, but there ie no
si t ja of the force being re-constituted yet, and the gervioe of
security it* perlormed by the ’Fida’llar Caetaai" - a lei *d of
iregular Democrat militia*
Turk! is, of c ’Ur r, the official language of adiaiaiatrati n*
8St). ^l^u^.,, , ii _ a f-_;,^gaiL.fei..t i K ii .a^ o i (;r ay . . It Is possible to give only
brief outline of the insurrection which enabled the National
Government to ssduiae control* As described in the last >iary, the
Persian gendarmerie and military forces in the districts of S^rab
..hi; hianeh were attacked first* % November 3Cth* Mianeh was
completely in the hande of the Demo crate and the ;endarmeri© had beei
driven fro.D every o/ie of their posts between that town end. Tabriz*
Bands of Democrat riflemen, the majority of them Muhajird,
controlled the main road and prevented any movement of Persian array
personnel or of civilians not authorised to travel by the National
Gommlttee* Daragch, tc the South of Tabriz, had bt^n controlled
by the Democrats since the end of August, slid by November lVth»
or 18th all the villages between Marageh and Tabriz had been
cleared of Gendarmes* The main force of Democrats cammed in the
villi.\£« of Khoeh /uair between M a rageh ond ^ianduab and began to
invest the email * ersi n military garrison at the latter r>laoe.
. oBt of the members of this Southern Amey were local peasants*
They had commandeered the horcea of several wealthy landlowners and
formed a cavalry '’regiment f ’.
The region Test of Tabriz was next tackled, and by December
let. Maraud, %hol and Dhapur wer^ in Democrat hands* As in the Rest
there was little resistince by the gendarmes, but a number of these
were killed, either in combat or la revenge for past injuries. At
Maraud the District magistrate, the Telegraph Master and several
Ifndlords also killed* On>. of the latter was the agent for
British publicity literature. The Democrats seemed to have no lack
of rifles for their forces - all of them Brno rifles of the type
u^ed Oj the Persian imy, and there were a few light automatic
we ap onu and p 1 s t oVav a 11 ;i b 1 e
also*