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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [155r] (310/669)
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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(21) On the 30th November the Anglo-Iranian ibil Co.
received information which they believe bo be reliable th’gty
the Boir Ahmedi intend attacking/the Gach in ptrength. and^* O
that their van-guard i.« at the .^amp-ul-Arab« The! attitude
of many of the locale hap euddenly changed, whichj inclinep
them to give credence to the report, and they alpo?; thin^G^i
poppible that the German.* with the Boir Ahmedi ma'y w 'havff' w —
“ ptirred them to action. The report ip that they (the German*)
are claiming that the German armie* are advancing again and
are playing on the allied >loe* of inland* in the Aegean *ea<»
Quite how their etory ip known ip not clear* The military and
the xngi&xlr&nxxn A.a.L.Oo have been informed.
( 22 )
Moopavi, Raip-ut-Tujjar, hap been talking for pome.
time of leaping pome of hip land at Behbahan. According to
report he has now lea.ped half of it to Qanawati hi* rival in
Behbahan and relative by marriage to Abdullah Zarghampur. If
thip. ip po we may expect a change in politic* in that area,
IX. Tribal -- Lurintan,
(23) °niping continue* on the railway and remain* the eame
insoluble problem, and more road accident* are reported*
(24) Thr*e phot* were fired at the A.L c 0.
Malavi at about 6 Homo on the 18th.
^ultanabad near
at Khurramabad
few hundred ton*
(25) The new Chiedf of the food Department
peemp to De a* bad a* hi* predeceppor* Only a
of wheat have been collected and according to ?/Lt, Mopley,
of the five pool lorriep pent there for grain collection two had
gone to Ahwaz to tran*port a brothel and three were engaged in
fetching carpet* from Hamadan.
X, Tribal
Arab.
.nop
(26) Reference para 23 of the last diary sarhang Homayuni
ha* promi*ed me to have the *tolen *heep collected for delivery
to the Iraqip 0
(2?) The Beni Turuf complain that the Bakh*hdar of Bo*tan i
numeroup wayp of relieving them of their cash and generally
troublep them. The e-over nor-General hap promised to right
matter* after the election, thup re*erving *ome bargaining
power for himpelf,
Elections .
(28) Blectionp h.ave ptarted in Dasht—i—Llishano The candidatep
are Nizam V/aziri and Aghai Far hud i. They have not started at
Behbanan yet and Aghai euitani i* getting re*tive and *preacing
storie* of the growing strength of "the Labour Party there. He
has the oiiiciaip on hip pide and will doubtlep* in due courpe
be elected= According to °ultani, Waziri i* a leader of the
Hezb-i-Kargaran together with a man named Imadi,
XII
! oviet Interest,
(^^) . The Soviet Con*ulate held an exhibition of propaganda
material in the *alon of the Cinema Mihan on 23rd November,
Senior Per*ian official*, a very few merchant* and H.M.Vice-
Con*ul were present. The exhibition wa* made up of *omewhat
dated photographs and po*ters unimaginatively arranged and
rather obscurely by a new a*si*tant in very poor
Persian, Later in the day a film, of the Ruppian revolution
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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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