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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [82r] (164/669)
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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CONFIDENTIAL
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A H V/ A Z DIARY
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(1) His Majesty’'" Vice Consul returned to Ahwaz fro'.n B«ctan
on 2nd April and His Majesty-c Coneul-General on 3rd A^ril,
(2) Mr. Zaehner arrived from Khorramchahr on lOtn April and
left for Tehran on 12th April, to take up an appointment v-'ith the
Public Relations Bureau there.
11 * Movements o f Persian Officials.
(3) Colonel Humayuni returned to Ahwaz from Bootan on 3rd
April and proceeded next day to inspect his troop disposition 0 in
Arglo-Iranian Oil Co 0 Oil producing area 0 . He returned to Ahwaz
or. 5th April and paid a second vi°it on 9th returning to Ahwaz on
10th April., Between 6 th and 8 th April he vi°ited Dizful to arrange
to °end troop 0 the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co, Area 0 ,
.4) The Ctovernor General accompanied lay Agha Gani’ee the
dead of the Finance Department went to Kara Hormuz on 1 st April and
returned to Ahwaz on 4th April,
5) Oarhang.Puriractigar went to Ram Hormuz on 4th and
returned on 7th April,
\6) Agha Mohs inpur, Director of Agriculture went to
Cusangird on 6 th and returned on 9th April in connection with the
iistribution of millet seed in Dasht-i-Mi°han»
III. Economic,
;7) Barley in ° 5 )me place 0 in Khuzi°tan i° ripe ana the
harvest i 0 o -( :ar ^i n g j ^ut °o far no decision regarding the control
cf the crop, and the price,ha o "feeen received fr®m the Central
Government,
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B) Owing to the unu°ually late continuance of cool weather,
the wheat harvest i ri later than normal and reaping will not pro
tab ly °tart in earnest for another fortnight
j9) The wholesale price of wheat ha° fallen below Rial 0
i0,0#Q per ton and transactions in 7'0fj wheat and barley mixture'"
are reported to be taking place at about Rial° 8 ; 500 ^er ton. The
price of a 200 gramme piece of bread ha° fallen from Rial° 2 to
Rial 0 1^. The yrice of mutton ha° fallen from Rial° 25 to Rial 0
2C per kilo dressed, Ghi ha° qu.ite unwarrantably ri°en "lightly in
price, while °ugar ha° ri°en from Rials M to 110 per kilo,
\ 10.) Crop prospect 0 are universally regarded a° good provided
chere is no more rain and no hot winds occur, A conservative
estimate of the amount of grain sown appear 0 to be 8,000 ton 0 .
IV, Genoral
(11) The Ahwaz-Basra read is again open. The Ahwaz-Khorram-
■'hahr road 1° not yet restored and traffic i° passing via Tanoama
and thence down the Shatt-~ 6 l-~Arab. Other road communication^ in
,ohe province are again open by one route or another. Traffic on the
■■ ‘ IAhwaz'-Khorramy hahx ra.i3.wav line has been resumed.
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( 12 ) Cas'es of typhus °till. occur and the C&vil ho°rital i°
full, but epidemic proportion 0 have not yet been reached.
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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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