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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [301r] (602/669)
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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OONdUI- GENI5HA]
acorn flour, which is so indigestible that it in duces a
permanent state cf constipation. (
RAILWAY. ’ •
(19). With reference to paragraph 17 of imva"
No*11, the three railway officials are still under arrest,
They are being'accommodated in satisfactory quarters* The re
nort in the Combined Intelligence Centre Intelligence
EXT
»a4 ifiA'iS
NCoS'30 paragraph SS that
ested is erroneous: the
might have been arrested was Captaii
been arrested.
an ex-British officer hf
only person of that description
Baelie: he has not
wnc
yet
2 ( 5 ;). With reference to paragraph 15 of Ahwaz‘Diary
io.il concerning the robbers reported to have pillaged the
niured and dvine* victims cf the railway accident, it is
P0LIT1CAX. SOOT i? r
(21). The Kttehadieh Xargai
confining themselves to the fc^cinai
improvements which are to result ? j
activities of their Central Cororniti
visit of Russian Trade Unionists to Persia,
courses of All Ohild have continued, but they
effect*
/ po\
: has .been
fairly an
L g task of
anticipat
believes,
from the
, arising
out of th
weekly •IIs-
luce little
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each.
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says
that Al
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s
from hi
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1,500 t
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per
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and
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himself
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gets
250
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
per month*
IvflSTSOROLOGI CiiL,
(23). No rain fell at Ahwas except for- a. few drops
after a great saacl and dust-atom;: on the 50th July: but a
maximum temperature of ibihp was recorded on the 2S*th July.
This has only been beaten twice this year, on the 12th and
13th July, with 1:34 and 123 respectively. The dreaded hot wind
called the tf Shar.ii if began to blow on the 25th, much earlier
than usual* The consequence was that cases of heat-stroke be
came very common: the head of the Imperial Bari
Iran v 2 ir.
Kennedy) and the 0.0. the station "Ool.Mostyn Owen) wer
hospital with that complaint: twelve horses died, and no ore
got much sleep as the nights were so Gamp. The dates began to
ripen: it- ;?s to be hoped that they will not fall off as they
have been prone to do in previous years when the wind earce early
On .the night of the 30th July a severe sand and dust storm
assailed Ahwaz * accompanied by thunder and lightening and In
some places (outside Ahwaz) followed by rain. Perhaps it was
also accompanied by an earthquake as a crane at An&iuieshSc is
reported to have beer- thrown down,
(24). The average maximum and minimum shade temperatures
at Kut Abdullah for the 3rd A 4th weeks of the month were as
follows :-
Week Ending 21st July
,f 38 th ’*
ll?
JL U o ' J
-1 -1 ry r
jIi n
f*
76,
77,
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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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