Abstract: Correspondence relating to changes within the Persian Government: the appointment and dismissal of ministers by the Shah of Persia (Reza Shah Pahlavi); the resignation or death during duty of ministers; the reorganisation of governmental departments (both central and provincial) at the instigation of the Shah.Items of note in the file include:A text containing a number of articles concerning changes to addresses and titles in the Persian royal and government hierarchy. The text is undated and with no indication of author, but is presumably a translation from the French or Persian and dates to around 1935, being part of the Shah’s programme of modernisation of Persian society (ff 102-103).A translation of regulations relating to the reorganisation of the Persian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ff 80-89).The correspondence is chiefly sent by various officials at the British Legation in Tehran (Robert Henry Clive, Reginald Hervey Hoare, Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen, Victor Alexander Louis Mallet, Nevile Montagu Butler, Horace James Seymour). A small number of items in the file are in French.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 142; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-141; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
Abstract: Correspondence and reports submitted by British officials in Persia [Iran], along with newspaper cuttings collected from the British and Persian press, relating to the Shah of Persia, Reza Shah Pahlavi. Subjects covered include:The Shah’s tours and visits around Persia, including to the towns and cities of Sistan [Zabol], Bushire, Shiraz, Meshed [Mashhad], Kermanshah, Tabriz, Ahwaz [Ahvāz].Reports of economic and political conditions in Persia.The first Minister of the Persia Court, Teymourtache [Abdolhossein Teymūrtāsh], including his dismissal by the Shah in 1933, and his subsequent trial, imprisonment and death.Speculation over the health of the Shah.Treatment of the Bakhtiari tribes by the Shah and his Government.The Shah’s programme of modernisation in Persia, including the enforcement of European hats for men and unveiling of women, military reforms, and schemes for urban development.A rebellion and massacre at the Goharshad shrine in Meshed in July 1935, provoked by a backlash against the Shah’s modernising tendencies. Papers include a secret report written by the British Consul-General for Khorasan and Sistan, Major Clive Kirkpatrick Daly (ff 218-222).Principal correspondents in the file include: the British Legation at Tehran (Reginald Hervey Hoare; Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen; Nevile Montagu Butler); the Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran (Victor Alexander Louis Mallet); the British Consul-General for Khorasan and Sistan (Daly).Newspaper cuttings from the Persian press are written in French.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 510; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The front and back covers, along with the two leading and two ending flyleaves have not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is present in parallel between ff 222-510 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: Printed correspondence from the Government of India’s Foreign and Political Department (later referred to as the External Affairs Department) relating to Persia [Iran]. The original correspondence was exchanged between British representatives in Persia (chiefly the British Legation in Tehran), the Foreign Office, and the India Office. The correspondence concerns: the announcement by the Persian Government of laws, decrees, regulations, budgets, and other governmental communiqués, the texts of which were usually published in Persian newspapers (including
Le Journal de Tehran,
Shafaq-e-Surkh,
Le Messenger de Teheranand
Iran); reports on provincial affairs in Persia, chiefly in the form of reports submitted by British Consuls; Persia’s foreign relations, particularly those with Soviet Russia [Soviet Union, USSR]; correspondence dated 1929 and 1930 reporting on events in northern Persia (Azerbaijan and Khorasan) where large numbers of Russian refugees settled in the wake of the October Revolution; copies of diplomatic exchanges between the British Legation in Tehran and the Persian Government, the latter represented by figures including the Persian Prime Minister Mirza Mohamed Ali Khan Feroughi, the Minister of the Court of Iran Abdolhossein Teymourtash, and Hassan Ali Ghaffari of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the activities of the Shah, with a particular focus on his modernisation policies that were implemented across Persia during the 1930s.A large number of items in the file are in French. These include the texts of Persian Government laws, Persian newspaper articles, and correspondence from Persian politicians. The file also includes a memorandum on the Persian renderings of ‘imperial’ that contains Persian text (ff 305-306).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 first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 579; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.