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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [98r] (196/669)
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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lioysrasats of Br-itiph Officials.
15th to JOth June, 1843. of ? . - ’ w "nent.
(i) Lieut-Colo A«C» Galloway, 311?? Ma^e^ty's OchbuI-
General, visited Hamidiyeh on 2#th June and Abadan, where he
stayed the night, on 30th June.
M:
Wooller, 111 b Majesty’ b Vice'-Consul, visited
Beh’behe.n on 25th June, on 38th June.
(3) Mr. T.J3J. Rogers, formerly His Majesty’s Consul at
Bandar Abbas, arrived in Ahwaz en route for Koweit or. 30th June,
II« Mo vem ents #f Per sian.Offi cials .
(4) Aghai Misbah Rat ami (Misbah ud hauleh) arrived in
Ahwaz on 2#th June, and assumed the duties of Governor-General
on that day.
(5) Aghai Rami ; ee, the irregularly Acting-Governor-
General (see para 14 of the last Ahwaz diary) left for Tehran
on 15th June.
(6} Rarhang Purrastegar, Officer Commanding Gendarmerie,
went to Behbehan on 15th and returned to Ahwaz on 16th June.
(7) Agaai Nafisi, Director-‘General or Grain Collection,
returned from hip tour tc Behbaban on 19th June.
(S) Rlarhang Pars Tabar, Military Governor of Eehbahan,
came tc Ahwaz. on 24th and returned to Behbahan cn 25th June.
(9) Aghai Hussain Hishmat Rani’se (Hishmat us ^ultaneh)
elder brother of the Director of Pinsnee in Ustan VI, arrived on
29th June tc take up the appointment of Governor of Ahwaz and
Deputy Governor-General of Ustan VI.
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Economic
(10) A r o o r d in g L/C' Agh.T. i Nafisl, undertakings hare now
been given for the delivery of 14,000 tons of wheat and barley*
The actual deliveries ox grain, however, are proceeding very
slowly, considering the fact that the msiximum price of Kial«
4,000 per ton is payable only for three weeks more. Ir. Je^rahi,
where there is no summer cultivation to interrupt threshing, a
mere ninety tons have been collected„ In Hindij an, a similar
area, Aghai Nafisi reports that he has collected 300 tons; he ip,
however, semewhat vague about the source of this grain and the
point#' is under investigation by the C„L,0,
(11J ^ The major problem of the district - i^e. the feeding
of the ’•deficit towns’ 1 :-f Ahwaz and Khorramshahr - has scarcely
been attacked 0 Admittedly undertakings which would go a long
way to providing Ahwaz for 21700 tons have been given ty the B&vi
Arabs. Little or no grain has been delivered under thsse
undertakings and lass has been done tc create confidence among the
Arab cultivators that they will receive payment if they deliver
\ grain. ^ The extent of their mistrust can be guaged by the fact
that they are now, according to fairly reliable reports, selling
their grain to private purchasers at two thirds of the
government priced Meanwhile Aghai Nafisi is evading the
introduction of the scheme for part payment in kind which would,
under suitable supervision, almost certainly solve the IChuzistan
problem and new frankly announces his intention of leaving
• 1^,, v Khuzist&n ,? for ever ,? in three day’s tim~
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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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