Ext 5000/47/1 'Persian situation: miscellaneous reports'

Title:

Ext 5000/47/1 'Persian situation: miscellaneous reports'

Contributor:

Foreign Office (correspondent)
HM Ambassador to Iran (correspondent)
British Embassy in Iran, Tehran (correspondent)

Date:

1947/1948

Description:

This file contains papers relating to a constitutional crisis in Iran during 1947. The papers are mostly secret diplomatic reports on the fluid political situation in Tehran. The papers are mainly correspondence between the British ambassador to Tehran and the Foreign Office in London, but also include a few newspaper clippings of the Iranian press at the time.The crisis in question was premeditated by the refusal of the Soviet Union to relinquish occupied Iranian territory in Azerbaijan following the Second World War. This lead to a series of domestic conflicts in Iran that involved the Tudeh party, Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam, the Shah of Persia, and the British forces that had occupied southern Iran. The papers include reports on various meetings with the Shah by the British Ambassador in Tehran, as well as more detailed reports on various political factions and parties within Iran, and their respective external allies. Several reports mention the implications for, and involvement of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in the crisis, and the future Prime Minister, Mohammed Mossaddegh. The file also includes a summary of the Persian Government's seven year development plan.1 file (348 folios)The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 350; 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:

Political crises

Geographic region:

Iran
Soviet Union

Extent:

1 file (348 folios)

Rights:

Public Domain
Open Government Licence
Copyright or data protection restrictions

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000517.0x00020c_ar
81055/vdc_100000000517.0x00020c_en
IOR/L/PS/12/1223

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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