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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [17r] (34/669)
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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iii Muzik, a Czech sSIfJect,
tant Military Attache's laissez passer No
July, 1942, arrived in Ahwaz on v 9th August from Tehran in
search of contracts in connection with the war erfort
holding the As sis-
169/42 of 7th
Sotirios Hizon Levantieros, a Greek subject/,
passport No. 11 issued at Tehran on 17th June, 1942, arrived
at Ahwaz from Tehran on 7th August. He purports to oe taking
up work on the railway under the Bulgarian 111itah.
Aga Abdullah Sadr, Nizam-ud-Baulah, a relative
of K»H. the Aga Khan, arrived in Ahwaz on 5th August from
Isfahan, He left for Baghdad on the military convoy of
6 th August.
2• Persia n Offi cials.
Sarhang Albers, Commissioner of Police for
Khuziatan went to Xhorramshahr and Abadan on 4th August and
returned on the following day.
The Commission of Inspectors headed by Dr, Lutfi
left for inspections in Khorramshahr and Abadan on 6 th August,
returned to Ahwaz on 12th August and left for Tehran on
X5th August.
The Governor General inspected work cn the
Andiraeshk road on 11th August,
Sarhang Saqafi, Director of the Railway Depart
ment, went to Tehran on leave on 11th August.
3 c Wheat -
In spite of the execution on 6 th August of
d the order that bakers should draw on the free market for half
their supplies, the bread situation in the towns remains
exti*emely unsatisfactory, with discrimination being exercised
against persons supplying food to labour connected with the
. war effort. On the 1st August, for example, the bakery pro
viding bread for the railway labour was shut down by Municipal
officials on the pretext that no baking had been done. The
facts appear to have been that the miller .had been late with
the flour on the previous night. Representations secured the
reopening of the shop pending investigations but on 3rd August
the Municipality returned to the attack. The baker was not_
supplied with flour, this time on the pretext that ms bread
was unsatisfactory in quality. It then became clear that the
bak§r had rashly refused to ‘’subscribe ’ 1 tc the projected
Municipal Bakery Company, further representations have stepped
the discrimination for the present. A further example occurred
in connection with the supplies for the labour at Bandar
Shahpur, On 3rd August Ahwaz ran out of wheat entirely and
none could be sent tc Bandar Shahpur. Twenty-four tons were
collected by evening, fifteen tons of which was to be kept for
Ahwaz, seven tons for the Persian garrison and two tons as
reserve but none for Bandar Shahpur It was only with the
greatest unwillingness that the Governor-General finally
agreed to make over half the Persian military supplies for the
port labour.
The Governor-General's weakness in dealing with
ut-Tujjar (para 4 (b) of this Consulate's last fortnightly
refers^is seriously affecting the collection of surpluses
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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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