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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [113r] (226/669)
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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i^xin and the control of tho bread ahop« f the arran^nitir^tn b,7 tha
Governor-General for supervision after the cTuly r r roir.uin^ ir.i force.,
The Director of Finance expressed oonsiderahla al .rn ur out the^o now
recponQi'bilities, though he admitted he could find at Xoa«t a proportion
of the staff required,whereas the unfortunate Municipality with only a
single officer and two superior clerks to cope with the entire municipal
administration of Ahwaz could not even do that* In fact, apart from a
sharr increase in the proportion of barley admixture while tho Governor-
General was on tour in Disful, the "cheap brea'd" has been of reasonable
quality and if anything, excessive in quantity.
appear to have
+r '' n of Finance
Director
{le'i The grain collectors in the outside areas
bean backward with their periodical reports since the
went to Tehran, No up to date figures for total collections are yet avail!
Tile, The total collections in the important Ahwaa Khalissejat district^
(compare para 10 of the last Ahwaz diary) now stand at a trifle over 1^00
tons excluding the 450 tone surrendered by the Khuzistun Af t 1eulfural
Project, gome 200 tons #.f this are recoveries of advances of seed wheat,
leaving *00 tons collected against undertakings of 2800 tons, Tho rate of
progress shows a great improvement, but it would be idle to suggest that
more than 50% of tho undertakings could bo collected by the methods at
present employed,
( 17 ) The total requirements for the Persian forces are now
estimated at 8000 tons far the year. This increases the "inevitable" defi
to 4000 tons,to which at least another 1000 tons must be
fulfilled undertakings in the Ahwaz khalissejat aroa, Mr
returned with full powers to put the sugar barter schamo
propose to begin operations Immediately, In view $f the
deficit with which he is faced, and the fact that little
added for- un~
Solomon, who has
in to e ffoo t, now
size of the
regard has been
paid incther provinces into whose hands tho sugar -nl, Mr, Solomon now
feels that he’will have to proceed without much regard for the curlier
counsels of perfection which demanded that any scheme for barter should
ensure that the goods given in part exchange reached actual cultivators.
It is now interesting to recall that t>ie officials who m\>st
strongly on that condition were these moi?t aware oi fho diftisultr of itR
fulfilment and most interested in the artificial s<
black market prices resulting from the. present met!
oc
jitlea
of di|
. V^viJU ^
and x.±ix Xa ted
5 tri>utien,
{!*)
With rofsranoo to the incident at Diaful reverted in
13 of the last diary, collections fell off badly during
by IQth August had reached only 685 tone*
: the fortnight ana
IV, GBNB HAL .
(19) The struggle between the Abrishemkar faction and the
Governor-General remains the chief item of local talk© Nothing moro has
been heard of tho enquiry following the complaint lodged in the Xivan-i-
Kaifar against tho Chief of Police, The Governor-General was,however,
exceedingly embarrassed by a summons to appear in Tehran for discussions
with his Minister, Apparently arrangements had been made for the visit
seme time before the incidents of 5th July which led to the depox'tat ion of
Abrishomkar, After the arrest,however, Mehr-i-Iran and other organs bought
by the Arbishomkar faction had been clamouring that the Gove.rnor-GeneruU
should be summoned to Tehran to answer tho "charges" against him© The
Governor-General apprehended that his appearance in Tehran immediately on
the heels of the agitation would lead his supporters in Tehran to believe
his cause was already lost and inevitably abandon him and at the same time
encourage members of the Abrishomkar faction in Khusistan in the fabrica
tion of factious complaints. After a few days of diplomatic indispositior. ?
the Governor-General decided that he would be well adviaad to go to Tehran,
The Chief of Police,however,whose leave had apparently been sanctioned
more expeditiously as the result of a personal letter from the Governor-
General to the Chief Commissioner ex' Police, agreed to remain in Ahwa-
until tlie return ®f the Governor-General,
(2©) since the an^ival of the Governor-Goneiu
Abrishomkar faction in Ahwaz has telegraphed congratul
S AU. i
u in Teiiran, the
ting tho Prime
nietor
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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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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:234v, 236r:333v, back-i, back
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