Coll 28/130 ‘Persia. Tribal situation and recommended policy.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 28/130 ‘Persia. Tribal situation and recommended policy.’
- Creator:
- Author: British Consul
Author: Political Adviser - Date:
- 1941/1945
- Description:
- Abstract: Reports and some correspondence relating to British policy towards tribes in Persia [Iran] during the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Persia in the Second World War. The file includes:An undated note on tribal policy in Kurdistan and Kermanshah, prepared by Lieutenant-Colonel C W Fletcher, Political Adviser at the British Consulate in Kermanshah, and with additional comments from the British Legation at Tehran. The note includes details of tribal chiefs, disarmament, and tribal hostility towards the government (ff 16-21)A 1944 report on the Bakhtiari tribe, prepared by the British Consul at Isfahan, Charles Alexander Gault. The report includes sections on: geography; communications; history; the Bakhtiari Governorate; tribal characteristics; military value; economic value; tribal organisation; the Khans; and a conclusion (ff 24-88).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 95; 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:
- Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran (1941-1946)
Tribes
Reports
Baḵtīārī (Tribe) - Geographic region:
- Kermānshāh (inhabited place)
Kurdistan - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00006b_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x00006b_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3546
IOR/L/PS/12/3546