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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [13r] (26/669)
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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AHWAZ DIARY : • ^
(15th to 31st 'hilyf: 1942)
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Mr. GoP. Squire, Counsellor of His Majesty’s Legation
Tehran, arrived, by plane in Ahwaz on 19th July and returned,
after extensive enquiries into the wheat situation, on 21 st
July.
« Sir John Dashwood and Mr. Carr arrived from Khorram-
r /Uf^^Wshahr on 30th July and left for Tehran, after inspecting the
security organisation of the Consulate, on 22nd July.
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Madame Okenska, wife of the polish Consul in Tehran,
accompanied by her mother-in-law, arrived from Basra on
28th July and left for Tehran on the same evening..
^• M ovements of Foreigners
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Khoren Tahar, Lebanon passport No. 2513, arrived from
Tehran on 19th July en route for Beyrouth via Baghdad.
Triandaphylos Kukis, a Greek mason from Tehran,
passport No. 3281, left for Andimeshk in search of work on
26th July.
George Babkov, a German of Czech origin born in
Moscow and holding white certificate No. 653, arrived from
Tehran on 18th July and left for Abadan for work with the
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company on the same day,
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Sarhang Bahrami left for Tehran on 18th July after
making over charge to Bartip Zarrabi.
Aqa Nasseri., the local Member of Parliament, arrived
from Tehran on 15th July, and returned in somewhat obscure
circumstances on 18th July,
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-aL Aqa Has sari Mateen, Governor of Khorramshahr,
, ^ , t to see the nev/ Governor General on 20th and returned
A 2 22nd July,
arrived
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H.E. rhe Minister of the Interior left for Tehran on
21st July without wheat, accompanied by Sarhang Alborz, Chief
Commissioner of Police for Khuzistan. Sarhang Albcrz returned
to Ahwaz on 31st July.
The Governor General, accompanied by the Consular
Liaison Officer for South Khuzistan, visited Behbehan cn
26th July and returned on 29th July, fully satisfied with the
results of his investigations into the wheat situation there.
Aqa Kamyab, the Director of Customs, went to Tehran on
leave on 29th July,
A Commission of Inspectors, headed by Dr. Lutfi of the
Department of Justice, arrived in Ahwaz at the end of the
month to inspect various government departments s
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3533
- Title
- Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:234v, 236r:333v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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