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Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [386r] (774/1237)
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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w >uld rorwaru the z\?^u«ist t3 tOB proptr autxaritioa
but tu&t a re qua et lor traiigport could not be oritertaiiied, at least
uatiil ti*#y ucid properly explored all Uie oWcr caaaaela. It is too
i^acii to hope tor iu iersla that suci'i aasistaace, in view oi the
aerciiants* oiyiag need lor transport lor their own O oo&*, would ever
oe used exclusively lor the purpose for which it was requested. Ho
i^rsieu merchant caats Me oread upon the waters except as a last re
source and 160>000 rials aubecribad to charity will be expected to sring
^ooa earthly dividend.
fhs situation in thd city or Tabriz is likely to deteriorate as
in past years with the conin 0 oi uinter a*id the influx into the t--)wn
oi agricultural labourers 1 or whou tncra is no work i.i liald*.
fhere ax*e also reports that ti** ni^h cost or living is being felt
tuh ^> 11 ^.st whs agricultural oo&L&uhltles who are> in cone cases? reiusi'*ig
to hand over the landlord's 6u*are of t-.e crops*
nocal govsrii*.,b?nt enployues *iave b-en up in arwis against the cost
of living and at a netting on October 19th t.ity decided to cone out on
strike unless they were aff orded soiae help* The direct >r of Fiaa -ce
informed them that he would look into tneir grievances aM the crisis
was temporarily averted*
^36* fr^de In gciiisrM there iias been li ttle activity on the rrket*
1’iiere has ixien a dec^iiiu fix the price ox almonds and also in cotton
yarns. Uarpeta nave iouxiu no buyers and prices have tended to fall,
bn batch or 18th ^ oterling gold found few nuyars at nials 540.
uii bctober 23th it i^d risen to dials 69b su"id by uotober 61st to Rials
610, with buyers plentiful* vver the aa «e period 10 roubles gold has
r^. sen from hi ala 040 to uxulc 66 h#
bo.pnuu^r .hollc;ues The Turkish Oo*niu.I—dsncral is away on
luuve xh Turkey. On October 29th, Turkish hational bay, the furkish
JOiniul held au oiiicial reception* Mb invitations bore the curious
legend tu.vt i:m would ae holding the reception 'in uniform'. however,
in view of ixie fact that tM British are the only foreign representa
tives in fabric with uniforms and that, since the Russian occupation,
it iias not b«cn aust fiiary tx wear tiiem, a astomin^, coat was conaidered
B«>re fitting for txie occasion. To our surprise we found our Turkish
colleague similarly attired. ..-e Had expected at least evening dress
complete with white tie*
m The Iraqi bonsul iias riad ins tract! one frtaa Bagdad
not to grant any transit visas i or pilgrims wiahin, to go on this
year’s haj without previous relerehoe to ^agdad* As a result, pi 1< rime
Ku^-i* roii ^sercaijan, eatinated to number several thousands, have been going-
" to tia south of Iran hoping to f- et from there to daudi -^rabia via
huwait* The manager of the Imperial Bank of Iran says that during th&
past few weeks he ifid issued pilgrims with uai*k drafts either in
sterling or in Iraqi dinars to the extent of about 630,000.
^69* vii^itor^ bii wetober 23rd, the general manager of the U. .6*6.,
• Barter, oau the Transport manager, mr. xcay, arrived in Tabriz.
They leit again for Tehran on October 26th.
*•’16. uu Towards the .iiudle of the mouth .or# Razl Islam!, a
we 11-ki*own local doctor, previously married to a ueraan woman whom he
divorced, was arrested and sent to Tehran. The reasone for this
arrest &rs *xot known. it is said that the for..er wife was a deri<ian
a^ent and ti*at sixe has reoe ,tly eoauaitted suicide in Tehran.
^ll • ^.rvh' On vctober fist tnere 'xore ru«iours in the town that
the Berman radio iiau broadcast in Tersian a etateu^mt to tne effect
tiiat the fia*ee Power donle renew in ^ascow was discussing re r si an affairs
oi'ih t ti& britiah and ^..crleans had decided to ^iv® Russia a free
hauu in tiie country* ho cal gossip also saw a connection between this
story and the impending departure of the 10 a of 6 unit from Tabriz to
ti^ir winter quarters. *ertian courage ecbed euid it waa reported that
/some
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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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