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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [143r] (286/669)
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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AHVYAZ DIARY S£ , ... .
15th to 31nt October. 1943 - -■ i J
I* Movements of British & Allied Official* .
( 1 ) H.M. Consul-General returned from Bushire on 20th
October accompanied by Lieut-Colonel Ataullah Colonel
Ataullah flev; on to Tehran, accompanied by Mr. M.P. °olomon,
American employee of the Ministry of Finance, on the same day.
(2) H.M. Consul Khorramshahr paid a liaison visit to Ahwaz
on 19th October and returned on the following day.
( 3 ) Mr. M. Macleod returned from Tehran on 2 r ?th October and
went on to Basra on the same day.
( 4 ) Mr. M.P. Solomon returned from Tehran on 27th October
and took over the office of Director of ? 1 inances in Us tan VI in
addition to his wheat control duties.
II, Movements of Persian Off i cials .
(5) . Colonel Hurnayuni, Officer Commanding 10th (Xhuzistan)
Division, went to Ram Hormuz on 17th October to meet Timur Khan
Isfandiari, Morteza Quli Xhan'^ nominee for the Bakhshdari of
Izeh. Timur Khan came to Ahwaz on 31st October.
( 6 ) The Governor-General visited Khorramshahr and Abadan on
24th October and returned to Ahwaz on 27th October.
(^) Pur man, head of the Public Health Department in
Ustan VI, visited Abadan and Khorramshahr during the fortnight.
( 8 ) Aghai ^ani'ee made over charge of the Pishkari to Mr.
M.P, Solomon and left for Tehran on 31st October.
(9) Colonel Hurnayuni left for Isfahan by plane on 24th October
xor consultation with General Jehanbani on questions of tribal
policy.
(■^-0) harhang Reza Quli Khan Mustashari arrived in Ahwaz on
31st October to take over c^fSrge of the gendarmerie in Khuzistan
and Luristan froi.a ^arhang I^hqi.
(il) n a id Mohammed Neqabat, Director of the Municinality,
left j.or iehran on 20th October after making over charge to
Mahandis Afridi, former ern/ployee of the Ministry of Communications.
III. General.
Vith reference to para 12 of the last diary, the instruc
tions to reestablish the police post at Andimeshk have proved
unfructuous. V/hen the police were withdrawn, the gendarmerie
gratefully occupied the police station and now n in the absence
of instructions from Tehran” refuse to vacate the buildings.
(13; Colonel Ishqi has made over charge of the gendarmerie to
^b-T' tac!]iari ’ frile i^tr^ctions for reducing the strength
oi the Behbahan companies are reported to have been cancelled,
(compare para 8 of the diary for the second half of September.)
(I 4 )* T ^ e Governor-General has given a fuller account of his
quarrel with the Director of the Municipality. The Governor-General
esinng to demonstrate the inefficiency of the municipality,
'%** • /seized
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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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