Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [‎10r] (20/669)

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'been coneulted 'but they had been unable to produce the wheat
bo he had come down to Khuzistan himself to make the
necessary arrangements. He was convinced that the British
military or civil authorities had ample stocks in Shuzistan
cr Iraq and he endeavoured to blu : ££ His Majesty’s Consul
into producing five thousand tons within twenty four hours.
In spits ®f his best efforts His Majesty’s Consul was unable
to locate more than about 151)0 tons which the authorities
3.
Shahbakhti and an enthusiastic supporter of the corrupt and
oppressive old regime, was to take over the Governor-
General’s duties caused considerable lecal anxiet;
late Governor-General was popularly believed to b
and hie transfer, following the removal of Sarhang Mushiri,
formerly H^ad of the Arnnieh, and Sarhang Bahrarni, l oth of
whom co-operated satisfactorily, was interpreted j.g a
the decline of British influence and of the dange! of
0 ocper-ating wibh the Brilish,
.aw all
about,
Local
Politics,
The
report tha
)r-o-Briti
Barhang Bahrarni is under orders of transfer to Kerman-
shah where he expects to be at the mercy of Shah'bakhti, under
whom he says he is unable to work, Garhang Zarrabi in the
meantime lost no time in torpedoing the military commission
set r.p to enquire into complaints by
himself and the Arm 1 oh; it appe
com plaints against Sarhang Knase ono
the ciorranisalon* Ho is a pro-British
honesty has gained him successes in
tribes and Zarrabi ? s action is popularly regara'n
inexplicable. It is also reported that Bar-hang Zarrabi has
also cancelled the very salutary instructions under which
three particularly notorious officers of the Amnieh were to
be tried by court-martial in Tehran,
£ ‘ r
•J i. u J.. .•
■. is ■ >.J i x ig
© smo).. a gs n. n s x-
hi is ins tig a tin.
hi- i ni-mbei-e of
whose compar ativ
ith '.he local
f a 3 almost
4 , fipat
Reports
sources have
precise data,
i t.
i s impo s so .1 e to
on Officer
s find
In the
rub aOl'].
y how far
no r-taa'
rts of the
prov
other
■ p r- f
offset sub-normal crops or complete failures in ol)-r pai-lo.
In fie places where 8 mr-plu©es exist however, the absv-.me of
organisation on the part of the Economic Departmorl. and
fears of proceeding against the persons of infJ.uende into
whose hands most of the surpluses have how passed will preve _
the Persian au
,L j
quart! ties
s5 reu)ovc) th?
of wne&t a
acquiring anything except hegligiol-
ihe price now offered. Proposals to
;rol tf over transactions in wheat are thus
large!y Pickw 1 ckian,
or no control now exists,
been aroused by a proposal
should be tempted
outside the bigger centres little
Considerable lo oe'l interest has
that hcardsr-s or speculators
addition to the
;art with their stocks b:
eiving m
L/i. v; e 1 1
scheduled price a quantity of sugar.
The local wheat situation in the fortnight under review
has not imn&turelly been highly unsatisfactory. Prom July
2 nd onwards all stocks of imported wheat have been forwarded
to Tehran and the labour employed on war work and the town
population have had tv. rely on the almost nonexistent
"local stocks”* N„ wheat was issued for the Inborn at
Bandar Shahpur for two oonsacutiva days and for four days
there was no bread in Ahvas town, The American corotructicn
parties stats that undsi
oe quite impossibla and.
the present system their tfork will
to judge from the v-xperieuce of the/
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