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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [25r] (50/669)
The record is made up of 1 file (332 folios). It was created in 29 Jul 1942-9 Feb 1946. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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AHP/A2 DIARY
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Mr, P.H. Robertson, formerly of the Agricultural
Department in Burma, arrived in Ahwaz unheralded on 3rd Sep
tember and left for Sultanabad on 5th September. He returned
with Lieutenant Colonel A.C, Calloway on 11th September and
joined up with Messrs Mackenzie of H.M. Legation, Tehran,
Elmhurst and Murray who had arrived from Cairo, and Mr.
A. De Vajda, the Hungarian irrigation expert of the Persian
Government. The party visited the Agricultural Syndicate's
centres at Hamidiyeh, Ahudasht, Amuterneand the irrigation
project at Behbehan with a view to determining the possi
bilities of large scale production in these areas.
Major A.E.H. Macann of the
Indian Political Service
The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47.
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His Majestys Consul Designate for Xhuzistan. arrived in Ahwa 1
on September 13th.
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Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
Kuwait's Certificate of identity No7*2167, and
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Abdullah, son of Mohamed Amin Kuwaiti, holding
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Mohammed, son of Ahmad Kuwaiti, holding Certificate into, 473.
arrived in Ahwaz on 2nd September and left for Tehran ostensibly
#n a pleasure trip.
# Mr. J.C.M. Waerum, holder of passport No. B 6751/57
issuea at Copenhagen 10th August 1937, arrived at Ahwaz on
6 Hi September. He is now in the employ of Messrs. Olshanski
and Xettaneh,
_ 00 _ Hass.irn Kuwaiti, holding Kuwait Certificate No- 242
oi -52nd August, 1942, and Seyed Ali, son of Mustofa Kuwaiti,
with Certificate No. 217 of 13th August, 1942, passed through
Ahwaz on 8 oh. September on pilgrimage to Qum.
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M. Boghtchalian Boghos, born at Tarsus and holding
passport No. 39 issued at Tehran in 1934, arrived from Tehran
m search of contracts with the British forces.-
Saab Jabran, holding Beyrouth passport No. 7296
of loth February 1924, arrived in Ahwaz, ostensibly to clear
through the Customs goods belonging to George Nassif of Shiraz.
^• Mov ements o f Ii-ani an _Off icia 1 s r
Aqa Ja’fari, the new Director of the Education
Department, arrived in Ahwaz on 1st September-
. ^Sartip Zarrabi, Officer Commanding Troops Khuzistan.
proceeded with a force to Khorramdezh on 3 rd September and
re ^ U S ne ^ on same day. On 5th September he went to Behbehan
and Gach Saran with a view to making arrangements against the
return to winter quarters of the Xuhgilu tribes. He returned on
11 th September.
The Governor General and the Chief of police left for
Xhorramshahr on 3rd September, the latter returning on 4 th
September and the former on 8 th September.
_ Sai^van Khusrov Panah, an inspecting official of the
Ammeh, arrived in Ahwaz on 31st August to enquire into the
chargeo of corruption and inefficiency brought against
— Lieptenant Wahadati, Officer Commanding Amnieh at Susangird.
REC». v iw a hada^i's anti-British attitude has been noticed on several
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Consular diaries detailing affairs in Ahwaz [Ahvāz], Persia [Iran]. The diaries were submitted on a fortnightly basis by the British Consul at Ahwaz, although for some periods they were submitted monthly. The diaries cover the period of the Second World War and the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Iran, beginning in August 1941. Subjects covered in the diaries include: the actions of the local Persian administration, including the movements of local Persian officials; the economic situation, including agricultural production, harvests, irrigation, food supply and prices; tribal affairs in the surrounding region, with frequent reference to the Bakhtiari, Kughilu (also spelt Kuh Galu) and Arab tribes, tribes in Luristan [Lorestān], and their relations with the Persian authorities; the movements of foreigners; internal security; public health; local politics and elections; communications, including roads and railways; meteorological observations; British interests, including the movements of British officials and British subjects; Soviet interests; propaganda and public opinion.
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.
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- 1 file (332 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 334; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:234v, 236r:333v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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