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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [28r] (56/669)
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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^September 1942
kmiKZ DIARY
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1• British Of fi cials
Liout-Cbl^nel A.E.H, Macann> His Majesty’s Consul
General at Ahwaz left for Tehran on 19th September an! returned
on 25th September.
Mr. JIG. Baillie, formerly His Majesty 1 s Consul Ahwaz
left for Tehran on 27th September.
’"’ith reference to para 1 of Ahwaz diary fer the first
half cf September, the party of British officials who had been
reporting on the possibilities of large scale agricultural
developments broke up, leaving Mr* P.H. Robertson in Ahwaz.
Mr. G. Davis, Pro-Consul at Basra arrived, from Tehran
on 25:-d September and 3eft for Khcrr-amshahr cn the same day.
2 - M eVopi ents o f For e 1 gn ers_.
HeliadcS Bleutherios, a Greek accountant, holding
passsort No. 177/1935 issued at Volos on 9th September 1955,
arrived from Tehran in search of work on 16th September.
Mascetti Kgidio > an Italian employed by Xettaneh and
forme.’J.y holding a white residence permit Impounded by C. I.C.I*,
arrived in .Ahwaz on 18th September
Abdel Rahman Hariry, a Syrian manufacturer, arri/ed
25 th September on pi 3.gib mage to Meshed, Mohammed Ali, son of
Sheikh Ali Omarh, an Arabian subject, arrived at the same time
also en route to M‘.ahed.
Russogis Emamioi.. a Greek subject holding passport No.
45 issued at Tehran on 13th August 1942, came to Ahwaz on 27th
September with th.o intention of purchasing the Ararat Restaurant.
Mrs. iftnino Hamiyet Brincb, a Danish subject holding
passport No, 12/1941 issued at Tehran on 18th August 1942,
arr.ved on 20th September to join her husband who has contract
work, with the British forces.
Karl Hrabak, a Czech chemist working with Skoda., arrived
en rente for Tehran cn 25th September.
A party of twenty American and allied nationals arrived
in Ah/m z cn 29th and 50th September en route for the U. S * A,
3, Persia n Officials
Aqa Nasseri. the local member of Parliament, arrived in
Ahwas on 16th September He conferred at length on the wheat
situation with the A,L.O., Mr. Howarth of the Anglo-Iranian Oil
Company ; and various local merchants and visited his estates
at Hi nil an.-
Sorlashkar Shaqaqj. airi.iec. from Tehran v>xi iSth September
and accompanied by the Officer Commanding Persian Troops
Ahuzistan and British officers toured, the Anglo-Iranian Oil
Company centres with a view to making arrangements for security.
The commission concluded its work on September 24th.
The Gcvemor-General went tc Khorrarashahr on 21st
September, returning on Strd September. He then left for
Tehran on 26th September»
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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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