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Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎34r] (68/1237)

The record is made up of 1 file (615 folios). It was created in 16 Dec 1941-6 Mar 1946. 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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iritiian Oonsulfite-General,
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I have the honoar to give yoi in the following paragr® ha a
report on the re a# at oituati:>n ixi Azerbaijan a is accurately as X c<gn
aaoartain it# My information iis obtaiswib exclusively fnia rureian
aomcaa# 1 have aafteb my Soviet colleague if he can tell me what is
going on* but have obtained amning from him beyond an opinion that
the reports art "much exaggerated"#
2. Un ^ove&ber 14th# the Democratic Marty of Azerbaijan anoomoed
In the pr aa that the ’’Firct Fhaee of their Organ!zation H was
complete* i.e. th&t the Tabriz committee ana those in the smaller
tov.ns of the pr'OViuce vere settled* and that now the sec one phase
wca to begin up organizing sub ■commltteee of the Marty in all the
vil .ages. This announcement was accompanied bp a violent press attack,
on the gendarmerie* who, it was said* wen uctirg, the formal on
of village committees and were talcing the part of reaction ry lanl-ovn#
cm. About the same ti.ee it was ann kneed that tha Party had decided'
to ignore the deciaioa of the Tehran Government tn potitonne the
Majlis elect lane onu that Azerbaijan* under the leadership of the
Democratic M^rty, wo ..Id proceed with tna election** both for the
teujlis sna tor the Provincial end fown bounciia of Azerbaijan without
regard to what Tehran wma doing. It was said that the elections for
the Mrovlucial Council would take place either on November 2 fnd#
or on December 5rd# (brd# or 12th. Azar). Six hundred representatives*
assembled in Tabriz* it was said* would 8 l©ct the Provincial Council
conaicting of 2l. members.
5# There ie gooc reason to btlieve that the Democratic Party
expected opposition irom the Meraie>n military to their attempt to
aet up a Provincial council (wnloh wo.ld presumably tak^ over the
administration of the.- Province) avl that they anticipated that the
gendarmerie in the country places would obstruct Doth the olectlon
of representatives for the electi-n and their travelling, *h«m-
elected, to X t .briz# The first step towards securing a tree field
for thw eh oticin of a Democratic Provincial Council seems therefore
to have been conceived ab the diaaming and Lntii&ldrotion of the
gendarmerie •
4# A campaign against the gendarmerie was opened oy the sending
to i*ll the Foreign Consulates on November 15th# of s letter
accusing the Tehran authorities of exercising vi ilsnt repress ion In
this province, and giving details of various atrocities sdid to
have been committed by gendaraeg in specific places.
/5#
air A • w • Dul 1 i o, iT • T • a., T_ • X. •,
H. M. Amba&aedor,
TiiKKAS

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Reports and correspondence concerning the internal situation in Azerbaijan and Tabriz during the region’s occupation by Soviet military forces, part of the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Persia [Iran] in the Second World War. The file chiefly comprises reports, submitted on a monthly (and later fortnightly) basis by the British Consul-General at Tabriz, reporting on events in Azerbaijan and Tabriz. Reports up to July 1942 are printed, while subsequent reports are typewritten. The typewritten reports are organised under subheadings that vary from one report to the next, but generally cover: weather; agriculture, locust movements, food supply and reports of hoarding; consular tours; the activities of consular colleagues and counterparts; local government, local politics, and elections; Kurdish affairs, including events at Rezaieh [Orūmīyeh]; Armenian affairs; public order; the activities of the Persian, Russian and United States military; trade, commerce and labour; transport and communications, including convoys, and the activities of the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (UKCC); propaganda. From late 1944 onwards the reports increasingly focus on rising political and social unrest in Azerbaijan, which would eventually culminate in the Iran-Azerbaijan crisis of 1946. These later reports focus on the emergence and activities of new political parties (including the Tudeh Party and the Democratic Party), new political newspapers, and Soviet activities in Azerbaijan.

The file also includes: correspondence sent by the British Ambassador in Tehran, Reader William Bullard, forwarding the Tabriz Consul’s reports with comments to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; note sheets covering numerous reports, giving a précis of the report’s contents; the translation of a report by the Persian Minister for War, secretly obtained by British sources, describing military and political conditions at Rezaieh, dated 17 May 1942 (ff 560-564); a report of a visit to Rezaieh in February 1945, compiled by the British Consul-General at Tabriz (ff 147-154).

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 (615 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 617; 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 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎34r] (68/1237), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3524, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100069965564.0x000045> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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