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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [41r] (82/669)
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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* -v 'tie Governor-General visited Rhushtar and. Pizful on
6th November and returned to Ahvaz suffering severely from
dysentery on 9th November.
Sartip Zarrahi ? Officer Commanding Persian troops in
Khuzistan, flew 4 o Agha Jari and went thence oy road oo
Behtehan. After reconnaissances for siting gendarmerie and
military posts for the protection of the Gach Baran road, ne
returned to .nhwaz on Itth November.
Agha Xhorrarn, manager of the Banque Lie 1 lie visited
Tehran on leave during the fortnight under review.
Agha Seyed All, son of the leading Chian divine of
Najsf, arrived in Ahv/az on 10th November and went on to Tehran
on 23the He was greeted on his arrival in Ahwaz by considerable
numbers of local divines as well as by merchants and prominent
citizens of the town.
. Movements of obrei gners,
Nicolas Me 1 vidovitche'- a Yugoslav mason holding
passport No. 32755/6oo/Reg/2S6c issued at Tehran on -2th
December 1932 arrived in ifhwaz on 1st November to work with Skoda,
Kar Stephan Crikoenica. a Yugoslav mason holding
passoort No, 65341/3^16/19 —j. o35 issued at ..ehran on rash May
1935' and Karel Pan ’ran.jo, a Yugoslav trimmer, holding passport
No. 235294/245/3/40 issued at Tehran on 2nd January 1640.
arrived in Ahwaz on 3rd November to work with Skoda.
Petar Slavoff, a Bulgarian holding a letter from the
Security Officer Tehran in lieu of travel documents, arrived in
Ahwaz on 3rd November to work with the Apricuitura_ Syndicate.
Ivan Voitcheff Diankoff, a Bulgarian mason holding a
leiter from the Security officer Tehran in liey of travel
documents, arrived on ^rd November in search of work.
Djafar Juchar, a Turkish construction engineer holding
passport No. 32965 issued at Ankara on 21st March 1936 arrived
on 3rd November in search of work-
Karl Bodarson, a Swedish engineer holding passport No.
VA 3519 issued at Tehran on 4th December 1940, arrived in Ahwaz
on 5th November to work with Sentab. h it a him came Milugord
Jacob, also a Swedish engineer, holding passport No- 1433 issued
at Gotenfcurg on 7th December 1932,
Adam St Bairactaris Arthemisia, a Greek hc-ding passport
No. 135 issued at Moscow on 19th May 1931, arrived m Ahwaz on
Iss November; he is working in the C-ilan cafe
Stevan Petrcvic, a Yugoslav constructional engineer
arrived in Ahwaz on 13th November to work with Skoda.
Abdul Muslim Shamkhalogu. a Turkish engineer holding
passport No, 4802 issued at Istanbul
work
on 24th August 1927, arrived
or. 13th November in search of wo
3. Pood Sunniies -
The wheat situation remains unaltered. The local
bakers are said to be paying Rials 8,000 per ton for the j r
/wheat
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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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