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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [72r] (144/669)
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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With tho Compliment*
of the
Un<l0»* S^c^etary of State
. f«r Atrair'a
"COhI-’I D^TT? IAL
ahv/az DIARY
O ' 5,>H
8 0 Mas 1343
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fe^NFIBENTlAL 16th to 88 th >' ebruar ^’ 1945
I. i : evements of -ritish Officials t
(1) Captain J. Bowen of public gelations Bureau, Tehran,
arrived fPom ^ehran en 23rd and left for Khorramshahr on 24th
Peoruarj.
(2) Pin. J. Shashoua arrived from °ehran on 21st February
. ^ _ and left after interviews with the Director of Post and
I^dulJ r p 0 p e gpap]fxs for Khorramshahr where he opens up a hranch of the
* ^*G. Alliea Censorship office.
i
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movements of i J ersian officials.
"(3) Aqa wiohsenipur, Director of Apriculture, returned from
Dizful on 17th February.
(4) ijieut-Col. Afkharni, Captain dohajir and A%a Bu' tameci
arrived from Tehran on 15th February to inspect the Po-icc
Department. They left for Abadan on the following day and returned
to Ahwaz on 27th February.
(5) Col. Ansari, formerly Director of the Southern Division
cf the Iranian State Pailway, visited Ahwaz on,a. tour of
inspection during the period under review.
6 ) The Bakhshdar of Dizful visited Ahwaz and had Ion?
interviews with the C-overnor-Ceneral.
,7) The Officers Commanding Persian ^roops and Gendarmerie
have had a busy fortnight. Col. Purrastegar, who was going to
Gach Saran to investigate numerous incidents, (see section
V below) was held up "and obliged to return to l^ehbehan cn 18th
Pebruary. Col. Bomayuni, Officer Commanding Persian Troops got
as far as Khalafabad on 20th February and reached Gach Garan
along r wit i Col. Purrastegar on the following day. Col. Jcrnayuni
_ v . it then became involved in investigations of the Zaidun incident
' b«w £nd returned vie. iiasjid-i-Sulaiman to Ahwaz on SGth r’ebruary
along with the Officer Cotomanding Gendarmerie who had meanwhile
aeen investigating raids near Ram Hormuz.
III. i.l ovements of Foreigners .
( 8 ) Themistocles Fissyrios, a Greelo contractor formerly
employed by wessrs iCarnpsax, arrived in i.hv/az in search of work
on 16th February.
($) Aichel Louis Gemayel, a Lebanese merchant holding lassport
No. 6713 issued at Beirut on 24th December 1942, arrived from
Basra on 17th and left for ^ehran on 20th February.
(1C) Anwar Yakub Sayegh, a Lebanese carpenter Holding passport
Ho. 5912 issued at Aleppo on 9th November 193 r/ , arrived in
search of work on 21st February.
(11) Jean Slant!s, a Greek fitter holding passport No. 206/157
issued at Tehran on 1st February 1943, arrived in Ahwaz on
23rd February to take up work with the Americans.
(12) Messrs Vaculik, Masek, Orebenck and Dvorak, izech
engineers employed by Skoda, ^eft for r hu’aitea during th°
period under review.
(13) M.H.H. Hagholm, a Swedish engineer holding passjo^rt ! T o.
Ua 3606 issued in ^hran on 21st TT ovember 1940 and now werki^g for
the British force. 0 , arrived in Ahwaz on 26th February.
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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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- Title
- Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:234v, 236r:333v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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