Coll 28/115 ‘Persia [Iran]; Khorramshahr – intelligence summaries.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 28/115 ‘Persia [Iran]; Khorramshahr – intelligence summaries.’
- Creator:
- Author: British Consul, Khorramshahr
- Date:
- 1942/1946
- Description:
- Abstract: Typewritten fortnightly intelligence summaries describing events in the district of Khorramshahr, Persia [Iran], produced by the British Consul at Khorramshahr (Frederick Charles Leslie Chauncy; Andrew Charles Stewart; Vere William Digby Willoughby). The diaries cover: the movements of foreign subjects in the district; local government officials and notables (including movements, appointments, and official visits); foodstuffs (supply, scarcity, prices, smuggling, hoarding); security (criminal incidents); the activities and movements of tribal Arabs in the district, including the disarmament of tribes by the Persian military in early 1945; health and hygiene (including reports of epidemics); the Anglo-Persian Oil Company at Abadan; United States troops at Abadan; the Persian military and gendarmerie; pilgrim movements; public relations (education and war propaganda); from early 1945, reports on Soviet propaganda and activities in Khorramshahr and Abadan; in 1946, the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran at Abadan.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 272; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Intelligence
Food shortages
Reports - Geographic region:
- Khorramshahr
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000058_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000058_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3528A
IOR/L/PS/12/3528A