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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [124r] (248/669)
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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I A R Y
/ 1st to 15th September 1943
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I. Movements of British and Allied Officialn.
(1) H.M. Consul-General returned ^rorn a tour of
tribal territory to the south of the snut'aram Kuh on
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H.Consul-General toured the district of Japlak on
the 12th and 13th by way of shahzand, Azn&, Dum siah and Khumein*
(2) Captv JhC. Bowen of Public Relations Bureau Tehran
returned from Khorramshahr on 3rd September and left for Tehran
on the same evening*
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in Basra, visited
Ahwaz on 4th September; he called at K.M.Consulate-General to
make enquiries relating to the possibility of establishing an
American Consulate in Ahwaz.
(4) Mme Manessis and M. Verdrugh, secretaries to the
Dutch Ambassador in the U.^.s.R., arrived from Basra on 1st
September and left for Tehran on the same evening. They were
accompanied by another Dutch subject, M. Kruytdosch.
(5) General Connelly, G.G.C., U.s. forces in Iran, visited
Ahwaz on 5th September, when a reception attended by senior
British military officers, the soviet and British Vice-Consuls
and the Ustandar was given in his honour. General Connelly took
part in Labour Day celebrations at Bandar shahpur on the
following .day before his return to Tehran.
(6) Mr. J. Dann, formerly of the censorship centre at
Bushire, arrived in Ahwaz on 12th September and left for Tehran
on 14th September.
( r 7) Major Dawson, A.P.A. Basra, returned on bth September
from Tehran where the advisory committee on the Khuzistan Wheat
Project had completed its report, and went on to Basra the
next day.
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(8) Sarhang purastegar, O.C. Gendarmerie in Ustan VI, left
for Luristan on 2nd September and returned ten days later.
(9) sarhang Humayuni O.C. 10th Khuzistan Division paid a
hurried visit to Dizful on 3rd September. The rest of the fortnight
he divided between Parr. Hormuz and Behbahan with brief visits to
Ahwaz,
(10) sarhang Vaqar and saraar Bahadur, brother of the Dizful
candidate Amir J&ng, arrived in Ahwaz from Tehran on 3rd Q 6 $tan)ta 9 |r
and left for Abadan on the following day. Both were very
about their business in Khuzistan, and though tney might have
stayed in comfort with friends preferred the rigours of a town hotel*
(11) Aghai Al-i-Buyeh, an inspector of the Ministry of Road*,
arrived in Ahwaz on September 11th to make certain enquiries
necessitated by the arrest of the Iranian director and to exerclae
his influence with railway employees in connection with the
elections.
(12) Aghai Nassan Rusta, formerly Director General of the
Agricultural Company, arrived in Ahwaz on 12th' September and left
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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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