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Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [294r] (590/1237)
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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rr w ' A,tall of yborbourg and liion 9 moi^s
ItNMUi tin® uoviot victories la tha aaut 9 J&ava boon latorpratod a©
portending ti» f inal, and poosiblir rapi^, vlqt^^, of ajllod arm©,
wiacii even the mom rabid pro-uomaa ©lament© Ire jiow maianintr
^tnamaelv#® alter finding ©am© temporary ttMftlaUtt la Hitler?©
ispeecn and flying bomb©* But tde prospect© of trie termination of
boatllltie© does not arouse any eathusiaasa mtoag tne merchant
cla&ye© who stand to lose most of their too easily won profits, or
the bulk of the Moslem population, who oontlaa© to fear the peraamn-
ce of Hueeian occupation. X'o the ordinary observer, overl lokiag
solemn agreement®, tale is coapreheaaibl© enough, for the Soviet grip
B^emu always to be tightening even as the military necessities which
ilrst mad© it essential recede and tend to disappear. vh» diaordorB
in «©©t©m verbalj an, to which refurenoe i© made in para raph 174
below, could be checked by on© word iroa the Soviet Uonaui^te in
Ke©aieh and if not actually instigated by the kusalans, a© sane
contend, they are obviouely tolerated for their utility in further
ing soviet design©. Throughout iKascrbalJan, in fact, ituaaian action,
on on© pm text or another, and with occasional inoonaietencies,
tend© to undermine and discredit the authority of the rersian
jdovernment in contrast to our own policy of supporting and ©tremrth-
enlng the Persian administration.
The departure of the British military and U.6.O.C. persoiinsl
is tumu a® a sign pointing to the dee ire of the ttmalma to
eliminate all foreign influence and has led to the circulation of a
rumour that for the ©am© reason the British and American Oonsulates
are likewise to do©© down, -lore permiesible, however, am tlie
deduct 1 cm© made from the fact that seven soviet control posts, each
with the usual paraphernalia of wooden towers and n#d stars, now
have to be rxegotiated on the journey from Kazvia to Xabris oompamd
with a © in* le unostentatious poet six months before, while posts on
otter roads have been aimilsrly increased, iter can the fact be over
looked that the numbers of dovlet military personnel throughout
, Aserbaijan continue to increase without, so far a© i® known, ^ny
adequate explanation having yet been given.
4 1<i9# is2£.&L-artip Jawsuii, cosamariding the 3rd ivielon,
is to be replaced by bartip Ahosrovani, previously corimaader of the
lerslsA Air force.
17 °* . ia|a:U--WJa^♦«,>,», i, *» fast th»t SUsvi's or^teatlalo hav. been
rejected cy the Majlis tm& caused no outburst of indignation from hi©
supporter* who, having benefitted from his moaay and in return *lven
him their votes, are now prepared to leave him to hi© fate, hot so,
however, the supporters of ilshivari and Ipekchian, the aooeptance
of whose credentials appears very doubtful. Their Russian sponsor©
are moved with righteous indignation and are furiously aearchirv for
means to avert tfw catastrophe. Their publicity organs * Tudeh Iran.
^haivar Mov* {ee© paragraph XT2 below), Inqilab and others - are
blaring out at full blast that never were deputies so weH and truly
Wic choice of a free electorate and condemning in no unmeasured te ms
uw member© of the Mujlls whs dare oppose them. ‘The aovurnor-General
;! **?* ^Hat the azfger aiuplayod ay the Russians on this matter is
I Obliging him to soft pedal in other directions, where te would
| normally try to assert Zila authority against them. It 1© also being
suggested that the Kurdisli troubles in ©stern tserboljan and the
labour agitation in iabris (see paragraph 178 below) are being
deliberately fomented by the kussians to blackmail the iWrsian
oovurmieat into acoepting iieiiivarl and Ipekciiian. The threat© mad©
by the acting Soviet bonsul-Gexieral when the local electoral committee
aeclinea to coaflm their mjindates have already been reported (aoe
> lary Be. a, paragraph ii7). '
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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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