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Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [92r] (184/1237)
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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After
.incident should brii% on a wider covenant of revolt % calm seems
returned &au the normal lethargy of £****&&• fhe complete inaction
jof the local aathoritiea maxes it plainer than ever that the only real
ernment in this province its that e^ereioed by the Soviet authorities
the i'ubeh *varty and the irade union*
lews of the announcement that British and Baa si an troops would
evacuate Tehran gave an occasion for some feats of Journalistic
g/ianastica by the freedom front* the result* after the most tortuous
evolutions* being always the samel that beyyiu bia ui din* the
reactionaries nd the '‘Colonisers are to blame for everything,
iiusaian officials mentioned the news . 1th dubious and c^slcul^ted head-
shakings* while their police were busy la suppressing' it as much aa
po ss ucle»
The return ox a i»abour government to power in Bi‘itaia has been
well written up by the Freedom front on the lines that now there will
be a chant,© for the better in British foreign policy and the hexes of
Iranian reactionaries will be dashed. Propertied classes here, judging
tnv ue.. British Government oy thoss© who acclaim it in Azerbaijan,
are still not reassured*
1P4* iers^an ufilcials * Becent events and alarmist telegrams to Tehran
have elicited a ply from preaumably responsible quarter* there that
in a few days a new uav©x‘aor-C»eaeral for the lixird Uetan will be
appointed, mehdi Badvar * a chances of returning to nis old post are
still being aiscuased here* Another name *ut forward la that of
Mansur ul molk, ex-dovernor of Ah rassan.
Meanwhile* the Acting Uoveraor-Oeatral* whether his resignation hai
been accepted or not*, appears to have withdrawn from public af: aire.
lie is not to be found either at ihe Governor ..te-Gcneral or at his off
ice in the GUctome house* hit retirement to his tsnt argues a certain
r©ali&kai the presence or absence of a Governor-General makes not the
tlloutest uifrerenec.
Bart ip Durakhshani who uas so fax' appeared to be a strong and
popular character haa been shaken by the ruceat ludeh Party attucks
oxi him. He has lout his Ghiei of Staff* Gariiaug Varahraa, who
previously drew the enemy's lire, and Gurajkhshani* having to bear
the brunt oi it himself now* is not liking it. hi. attitude in the moart
recent scare raises gi'ave d udts whether hu would fulfil the promise
of firmness v*hich he aeemeu to give earlier. It iu probaole, anyway*
that at th© first attempt to use his power he will be out of Tabriz
with as little delay as Ms predecessor*
Gbulan Mesa Ilhami* Head of the Tabriz Municipality* who was
recalled to Tehran in January this year (See Diary Bo. £* para 16)
has returned to his post. He has not yet appeared in public.
The new Faraandar of Maku, Sadie Shahbazi, arrived there to take
up his duties about July 28th.
The Chief ot Tabriz Police, S&rhang Khakpur* la ta ting a well-
timed i^liaay at Gulmankhaneh on %m other side of Lake Urmia.
The Chief of Gendarmerie from Mianduab (see last Diary* para 138)
has replied in the columns of to a statement i i the
freedom front newspaper A 4 avar-i-Boy taat he was expelled from Mi&nduab
and sent to Tehran under custody. He is not in Tehran* he points out*
but in ft.bris* and that ox hie own free will* and he is re^dy to reply
to any chargee brought against him. he told his friends privately,
though, that he had heard that the Soviet ,,mbaaay had informed the
Persian Government that if the Commandant of the Soviet garrison at
Mi&nduab made an* complaint about him he was to be removed at once.
That seems to havi- happened.
RECO. POL. D-. i.
31 AUGI9* C
INQIA OFFICE
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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.’
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:69v, 71r:136v, 138r:150v, 150ar:150av, 151r:194v, 196r:197v, 199r:300v, 302r:420v, 424r:560v, 565r:575v, 577r:581r, 583r:616v, back-i, back
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