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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [51r] (102/669)
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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the latter price. At the request of the Coordination
Committee recently established (vide para 4 of the las+
Ahv/az diary) the Americans ceased buying and after prolonged
negotiations with the Governor-General and the local brick-
makers the following arrangement was reached, ^he British
of ^ h0rities wil1 buy the 40 0»000 bricks in stock
t hials 450 per thousand and eleven contractors have signed
undertakings to produce six and half million bricks during
th. next six months at Rials 400 per thousand ®n conlition
^ at /^. 1Gns on ? a ^' inent provided for their 345 labourers,
-he di.terence between Rials 400 and Rials 600 on these
contracts represents a saving of Rials l,3i*,00$. ^he local
v/il^an^^h; ^ h, have oontroi * f a11 bri0k8 produced and
v 1 _ llet them to their own v/orks, to contractors and to the
Americans, thereby eliminating the competitive buying of
bricks by the various interested parties.
reference to para 4 of the last Ahwaz diary,
p hwaz Supply Company, presumably at the instance of
the Governor-General to whom his Majesty's Consul-General had
rate ^ p ^ ent ^ io ns, announced that they would increase th^ir
rate by 25/a instead of the 50^ ®rginally demanded.
5. Local P olitics .
Local politicians express anything byt surprise at
the transfer of Aqa Wathiq
Kia
A deputy or lieutenant of the governor in Ottoman Iraq, with additional responsibilities as a high-ranking provincial judge.
, Governor of Ahwaz, and his
replacement by the former Director of the iiunicipalitv (Le
v^athio h.Vtr 2 di h y / 0r ^lf of 110^^)^
ot-onen't of fh r8puta+ - 1M ^ing honest and a consistent
op.onent of the Governor-General's and Director’s depredations.
Colonel Alborz, Commissioner of Police for KhuziRtan
filers 0 ® l eaV \ in ^ ehran ’ wrete a to one of his an '
that as the ree.nh or ^ f °™ His 1 ^^sty' s Consulate-General
Police f C' he removal ° r the Director-General ®f
police in .ehran over the recent riots, he (Alborz) might
also be transferred from Ahwaz. ; 6
Iraq and of t hetnet “t+ at *? beinp smuggled inta Iran from
from Khuzieten +h f l" 1 h® ex » ortin P the normal quantities
1Eta 2’ there has been a considerable local surplus.
to sendhbi ' ,r f 1 t 8 reported to have obtained permission
tons to Tehran where a dealer can hone to make
P rjl it on dates of superior quality. 75£, tons sf the
crohia 59 Jir 'flnu ade A° Ve i r t0 t “ >lree ot the Governor-General’s
?or bimitsLL th v, a ^ Cti ° n ^ I ' s P 0I ’tsd to have taken place
snoivrpnLfe the balance ox the quota. m he whole 20»0 tons
no\; reported to have left Ahwaz.
LulfiiM.
,'ftthReference to para 6 of the last rhwaz diary
7crghamm^ ha 1 that -husrov, brother of Abdulla Khan
Zcrghampur, has handed over one ef the promissed machine-guns
m Behbehan and has undertaken to bring in the remainder.
. . he Agha J"ari— Gach So.rcn r.o.ad has remained free fmm
incident during the fortnight, but incidents o? the no^al Uae
^ °° C ^ red elsewilft re. On 5th December an Ingl^Ira^Tan Oil
y ‘ y C ’; r ’rying unauthorised" passengers was stamped
wes? of a Gan a weh d t& be ^ -^5 miLHouth
+ Gdnc; ' we h £ ; n the road from Gach Saran to the coaRt
One mer>nhR S + ng ? r ? Wa ? killed and th « others beaten and robbed
e merchant claims to have been robbed of Rials 30,030.
unidentifber^t^iw? 11 ° f 1 l th Decerrlber an ^^med gang of ten
‘"^^i^osmen raided the Anglo-Iranian Oil Comranv
telephene house on the pipe-line 27 miles from Gash Sarin *
/The
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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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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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