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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [37r] (74/669)
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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white residence permit No. 437, arrived on 16th October f^om
Tehran in search of v/ork.
Lazich Stifen > also a fugoslav mining engineer,
arrived with him in search of work. Btifen possesses no residen*
permit but holds passport No, 176/584/38 issued at Tehran a
1st March 1938.
G-enoff Avram, a Bulgarian mason arrived in search
of work on 18th October. He carries a letter from the Br-cu^-^y
Office Tehran valid until 29th October stating that he has
surrendered all his papers to C.I.C.I. ^ehran.
havletic Nikola, a smith, with passport No. 145/
1019/41 issued at Tehran 14th October 1941, Pilipovic Mile, a
mason, vrith passport 130/983/41 issued at Tehran 6th October
1941, ar.d Tomick iiarko, also a mason, with passport 72t/reg/3599
issued at Istambul 28th December 1934, arrived in Ahwaz on 18th
October in search of work. All purport to be Yugoslavs and
none has a residence permit.
Hussain Ruleimani, a Turkish stone trimmer row
workin? with Skoda and carrying oassport No. 30249 issued at
Ankara 18th June 193.7, arrived on 15th October.
Andras Gyurkovcs, a Hungarian carpenter, arrived in
search of work with Skoda on 2 ,7 rd Jctober. He carries a lette 1 ''
from .he Security Officer ^ehran in lieu of travel documents,
M.Berber!an, a Turkish contractor wirh passport No.
3442 .ssued at Istambul on 31st August 19-35, arrived ir Ahwaz
on 23vl October in search of contracts: he carried no recommen
dations but claims to be favourably known to the British autho
rities in Tehran.
Ilia Peneff Ilieff, a Bulgarian subj
building work on the Xhuzistan Agricultural ProJ
T^tb October. He carx-ics a letter from C.I.C.l"
oi documentso
a c t ec.pl o ye d in
act, arrived #n
rn enm in lieu
wl. Ismail Hikmat Brtaylan, formerly Turkish adviser
to the Afghan Ministry of Education in Kabul, arrived in Ahwaz
on 28tl October en route for Istarnbul. He carries Turkish
passport No. 34 issued at Kabul on 10th August 1942 ar.d was
accompanied o y his wife and son. A s M» I r a n t our 5 s a :■ ran a em e i :• r s
ior the journey had completely broken down
Eritisi i.iilitary Convoy for Basra.
hey left on t:r
Mrs, Pakhrunnissa Xhanji Oughli wife of the Turkish
Military Attache m Moscow arrived at Ahwaz from Tehran on the
30th en route to Iraq.
Anton m omichich, a Yugoslav mason emuIoped with
Skoda, arrived in Ahwaz on 29th October. He carries certificate
No. id60/41 issued by the Yugoslav Legation at Tehran in
November 1941. but no residence nermit.
Mamdouh Mahmoud Kokash, a Syrian merchan', holding
passport No. 869 issued at Damascus on l^th June 1942. passed
through Ahwaz on -31st October and left for Tehran on 'he same day
4. Lc cal Politics.
The birthday of His Imperial Majesty the Shah was
celebrated by a series of receptions. In the morning the
Governor-General invited to his house His majesty's ocnsul-
General and Oice-Consul, the A L.O., the three British
Brigadiers, the Soviet Consul, the heads of the Amercan Mission,
the European heads of the Imperial Bank of Iran and ihe Anglo-
Iranian Oil Company, and a few leading Iranian officials. In
the afternoon the Education Department held a reception to
/which
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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
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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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