Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [‎42r] (84/669)

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In the fortnight under review the Governor-General
visited DizfUl to make enquiries into the rice situatiorio
stated that he had issued notices requiring returns of the
and particulars of all forward transactions
unhusked rice is apparently Rials 4,000 per
The forward pri
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about Rials 8,000; the Governor-General informed His Majesty
Consul-General that he proposes to acquire stocks of cleaned
at Rials ^,000 per ton
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.12rain fell in the immediate vicinity of Ahwaz on 6th
November and about on 9th November m rha important dairn
areas to the south and east of Khalafabad, Ploughing on &
small scale has begun in the barter area,
4. Local Peltries,
An Iraqi subject named Bassoon was arrested in Ahwaz on
7th November at the request of the Municipality on the charge of
hoarding 90 tons of beans. Two days later" the Chief of Police,
finding an arrested person in his custody over the twenty-four
hours' limit allowed by the law, sent him to Court for a*remand.
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100,000, although the fine payable on conviction is said tc l»e
Rials 1,300,000. The Governor-General, v/ho had meanwhile been
prostrate with dysentery, partially recovered and is reported to
have ordered the re-arrest of Sassoon who is again in prison.
Much mutual recrimination between the Governor-General, the
Chief of the Police and the President of the Court followed, each
accusing the other of sinister intent. A commission sex up under
the provisions of the Hoarding Lqw is now sitting on the :ase and
the Governor-General informed His Majesty's Ccnsul-Geherai that
he had ''instructed' 1 the commission to award examplary punishment 0
The Governor General also stated that he would give for iifcrmatie
leading to the discovery of illegal stocks 20% of all hoarded
produced discovered.
5. Tribal .
With reference to para 6 of the Ahwaz diary for 15th -31st
October, the arrival of Persian reinforcements at Behbehan
appears to have had a salutary effect; there have been nc
incidents on the Gach Saran road during the fortnight and xhere
I has been a general increase of confidence. Six new gendarmerie
posts for the protection of the road have been sited and rlans
considered for the repair of four existing posts. The sixes of
two xamps for road-protection troops have also been fixed. The
Persian military authorities, however, show a profound rsluctanc
to occupy these camps and, although orders were given fo? their
immediate occupation in the presence of the A.L.O. in the first
week of the month, the forces had not moved out of Behbehan by
14th November. m he A.L.O., however, is visiting the ares and
immediate results are expected.
The negotiations between Colonel Zarrabi, the Officer
/Commanding