مجموعة ٢٨/١١٢أ "بلاد فارس. تبريز - رسائل شهرية عن الوضع الداخلي في أذربيجان وتقارير متنوعة." [و‎‎٩‎٧] (١٢٣٧/١٩٤)

felXt# apart from such tradl I rattag tiae r&-4a ao proof ouy
aaeurltr la iaatara Asti ." is lot, la
tht IttsaieU rt at least, ,. ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية :. I-9^5 of jSgstera
Aavrbaijan, the soviet authorities ai*e >uttia 0 out TTT?l?TORf'*CT5unt of
propaganda about uurwst, lac it of security, acts of bri^ahda^e, etc. cm
the roues iroia Khoi westwards* fhis may toe part of the general glooisy
ideture of chaos amh strife which they are trylhg to project as the
ioevitable coaaequeuce of the withdrawal of ^allied” troops.
^ 8 .
^ thjiLg^uru..ich rd£ui.r..a. . On August 5th. thx‘©c young leaders of the
EbmaXa frra mahabah ware arrested iu &ei>ai«h and sent to Xabris* They
arfe said to be men educated in Baghdad, a peaking ungllsn and Arabic in
ado it ion to Kurdish, iuivci and Persian.
fhfc- report that Abdul hadlr of the Jalali tribe of iialcu had been
arreuted 4 hi ary ho. n, para 132) is uiitrue. It was four of his men
who were arrested on a charge of holding up some merchants. They are
in the hunciij oi tiie 4 ersian hend&mei le.
164. fryucu Ihtcrcuth * The superior of the Oathoiic hasari&t mission in
f fabri* is considering the possibility of re-opwhlag the french school
her© hich was closed in the time of Eesa Jhah. he approached recently
the Iranian director of huucati n, halik dadeh, who said, ’’Oert^ialy not)
fhe Superior asked ii the situation iiau not changed somewhat with tfc»
opening of the kuaslan sonool lust year* melik kadeh seems to have
avoided an expression oi opinion on that belle te point, bit on its
belha lU'ged that tin? Aimenians were going to open their school also, he
vigorously denied this anc said he had expressly forbidden the Armenian
archbishop to do so.
lob* ruD-iiv. heit.. . As soon as ohulaa hesa lluami, the iiayor of 1'abris,
returned, he was asked by the .Director of the boverament hospital here
for iuuds* ^.hv usual reply was given# labriz Auuicipaiity appears to
be disclaiming responsibility for increas-ug the allotment of the health
herviocs, on the grounds that these arc.’ now a national, not a municipal
charge* ih~ Miuaici^aiity pays the sum of V5,000 tomans annually for
public health, and out oi this must be maintained a hospital of fifty
bode, an isolation hospital (no. cloced, but still costing something),
three clinics and a laboratory* The amount was fixed four years v.go,
and since tiiat time ail costs have incr,. ased three or four hundred per
c ent •
166. nekfc * fhd chi of activity has be-n in carpets, of which
increasing quantities are oeing bought fox 4 export, chiefly to America,
with hmiailci' consignments to byria. A good many are being bought in
Tabriz for Tehran* rrices have risen, particularly those of the poorer
quality carpets, until they are now from cT) to 40 higher than the
prices oi last March*
fabrics other maixi export, dried fruits, is not in such good
demand and prices have fallen a little*
Detail prices ox ioou stuf fs show no si^ns at aiming down. Sugar
has increased towards the end of the period under review and is now His*
70 pex* cilo (loaf)*
American dollars are selling in the bazaar at Alsu 56 per dollar*
The AemanA for starling drafts continues*
167. -.Ipiogatic , wo>xi ,u.i^r ....<Vwi«;ata . Coioaal A.'«r, Oaite-J atates
killtary Attache, has made s tour of Azerbaijan during the period under
review* && vi,,it«a kez&ien.
Mr* facouooff, Counsellor of the Soviet embassy in Tehran, paid a
visit to Tabriz during the week ending August 5th. lie is said to be
coming again shortly and intends tuen to visit Hezaien*
The Acting nritish Uoxxsul-Ceneral visited Mesaieh and kabu between
August 4th* and Tth*
<j. v • «• all •
British Coxisalate-General, Acting Consul-General *
Tabriz*
August 15th*, 194b*