National Library Tehran

Letter of Jewish merchants in Dargaz, to the governor of Khorasan, 1937. They plead to revoke their imminent displacement, stating that due their imports, the number of Karakul sheep in Iran has risen from “nearly zero to 600.000”. The letter closes as follows: “we have not refrained from giving everything, our hearts have not cooled and our blood is longing for our homeland (ie.. Iran, *khune vatankhah*i). NLT 5296925. Doc. Nr. 1248/71837.

Dargaz, Iran

Letter from a merchant in Tehran, originally from Mashhad, to the prime ministry, regarding the explusion of several Jewish and some Muslim traders from the town of Dargaz, 1936. File includes several responses by the ministry and to the governor of Khorasan to leave the Jewish traders in peace. Doc. Nr. 310/ 71837

Bukharans in Khorasan

Letter from the Ministry of Interior Affairs to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1931 about Bukharan Jews in Khorasan to leave towards Palestine

Bushehr

Mollah Morad Kalimi from the Ports and Maritime organization had requested that a Jewish school be opened in Bushehr. This letter from the Ports and Maritime organization to the ministry of Foreign Affairs suggests that, due to lack of money, Jewish winemakers should pay the doubled tax of 200 Dinar to establish the school. The ministry replied that doubling the tax would cause problems.