Coll 28/116 ‘Persia (Iran). Isfahan – Consular situation reports’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 28/116 ‘Persia (Iran). Isfahan – Consular situation reports’
- Creator:
- Author: British Consul
- Date:
- 1942/1948
- Description:
- Abstract: Fortnightly consular diaries (monthly from November 1945), six-monthly consular reports, and correspondence, submitted by HM Consul at Isfahan, Charles Alexander Gault, who was superseded in 1946 by John William Wall. The papers, which cover much of the Second World War, the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran, and the immediate post-war period, include details of: the activities of tribes (chiefly the Bakhtiari) in Isfahan district; activities and movements of Persian consular officials, including the General Officer Commanding Isfahan, and the Governor General of Isfahan; British officials and British interests; municipal affairs, including local politics, elections, and the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran; food supply and prices; the economic situation, including market activity, the cost of living, municipal finances, and factory and mill production; publicity and propaganda; enemy (i.e. German) activities in the early years of the war; Soviet interests, including a growing Soviet influence in the postwar period; USA interests.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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 433; 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:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Reports - Geographic region:
- Isfahan
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00005a_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00005a_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3529
IOR/L/PS/12/3529