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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [68r] (136/669)
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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Movements of British and Allied Officials.
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(1) His i/lajesty’s Vice Consul retutned from Gaoh Saran
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(2; Mr. J.H. Bailey, expert in large-scale grain cultivation,
arrived in Ahwaz on 3rd and left for Tehran on 7th February
after visiting ilamidiyeh,
(3) mi*. L.J. Peach, passport control officer, arrived ir.
Ahwaz from Palestine on 3rd February and left for Tehran or.
6 th February.
(4) i,lr. A. Denbigh of His Majesty’s Legation Tehran arrived
in Ahwaz on 6 th February on leave
(5) Mr. Q.B. Lean, locust officer, arrived in Ahwaz on 7th
and left for Ham Hormuz on 12th February.
( 6 ) Miss Giudici of His Majesty’s Legation Tehran arrive:
in Ahwaz on 7th and left for Abadan by plane on 8 th February.
(7) Mr. J. Hamilton, representative of the Minister of State
in Baghdad, arrived in Ahwaz from Abadan on 10th and left for
Tehran on 11th February.
( 8 ) Mr. C. Brown-Hovelt, of His Majesty’s Legation Ter,ran,
arrived from Tehran on 12th February and left for Basra :n the
following day,
v 9) His Majesty’s Consul-General visited Hamidiyeh on 5th
February and Susangird on 9th February.
,10) General Pavlcvski and the Russian Health Commission left
for Isfahan on 12th February after visiting Abadan and Basra.
Compart para 8 of Ahv/az diary for the second fortnight of
January 1943).
1 -♦ Movements of Foreigners .
(11) Joseph Kavchich, a Yugoslav engineer working with 3kc«la
and holding passport No. 38708 issued at the Ha$ue on Scrd
August 1532, arrived in Ahwaz from Khcrramshahr on 5th February.
(12) M. H&ydar Gcrt, Secretary to the Turkish Embassy i:i
Tokio, arrived in Ahwaz on 6 th February en route to India.
v 13) Nicolas Bohrovitz, a Hungarian electrical enginee:* from
Buehire holding passport No. 1/807 issued at Ankara, arrived at
Ahwaz on 7th February.
14) M. Daeniker, Swiss Charge d’Affaires in Tehran, arrived
in Ahwaz on 9th February and left for Basra on the same evening.
'15) Irme Levinas, a Palestinian plumber working with the
British forces in Tehran and holding passport No. 101064 issued
Jerusalem on 26th April 1338, arrived in Ahwaz on 12th
February. With him came Sandor Steiner, a Hungarian contractor,
holding passport No. 30649 issued in Jerusalem on 4th June 1937,
(16) M.^. Bergendahl, courier of the Swedish Legation tt
Ankara, arrived in Ahwaz on 12th February and left for Ihorram-
3 .1 1. KEPT. shahr on the same day.
(17) ^ NmiTe Georges Nicolas,* a ^eltanese mechanic holdir.g
passport 1'5017/RL' issued at Beirut on 5th June 1935, arrived on
February in search of work. y^
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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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