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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [151r] (302/669)
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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whom thR Qa^hqai felt thempelve® unable to surrender but ready
to expel. The Germane are now reported to be under_the_prouec
tion of Mullah Vali Panahi of the Qaid Givi pubpection m the
neighbourhood of Gach ^aran.
(21) The Teibi negotiationp have again met a eer-Dack.
Mohd. iluseain Zargharni received the signed Quran a <2 a guarantee
of safe-conduct to Behbahan but decided to aco cn a later
Socage ffom Zarghampur forbidding him to begin negotiation*
with the Persian authorities until he had seen Zargnampur.
present of two Brno rifles i* said to have accompanied tne
YI
'Vv ibal—Arab»
(po'\ ^here has been a notable decrease of petty raiding
during the fortnight, largely the result of the Arabs preoccu
pation with their ploughing after the recent rams. Jabbar was
last reported in the neighbourhood of Izeh, where^Barrak md
hi* tufangchis have naturally made no attempt to io^low 9
(23) News of a serious raid made by the Chenaneh into Iraq
at the end of October, however, has now been received. Two
hundred sowars under Zayer, cousin of "heikh ^hcmau^i,_at.
Jazireh and drove off 5900 sheep belonging to the peopxe o^Ali
Gharbio One of the guards on the flocks, a Ka b from tne _x.. 1 m. 0.11
side of the border, raised a pursuit party which recovered nms
hundred of sheep and killed Zayer, but themselves lost two filled
and four wounded together with two rifle* and a revemer, m
da '7 afte 10 the raid, ^heikh Khalaf a^ Musa, the chiex saxi^r^x,
went with the Governor of Ali Gharbi to see the Persian Kaiantar >-
Marz at Dehloran 9 The Persian official sent ouu tuxai.gcj.is c-.i oei
the raiders but was unable to make contact and the case has
been sent to Ahwaz for action.
VIII, Elections .
(24) The elections in the Ahwaz-Ram Ho rmuz- 0 hush tar-
constituency have been completed with the victory^of ^adeq ^
Bushiri who carried Ahwaz and Ram Hormuz decisively t.ncugh e
qhushtaris exhibited their characteristic intransige/nce by
casting a large number of votes for Dr. shams uezairis Hne only
sensation was caused hy Dr. Ali Abadi, Legal Adviser to one
Anglo-Persian Oil Co. and Hamrahan candidate for the constituency,
who distributed from an Anglo-lranian Oil Go* car -op^es oj-
Imruz Parda containing a venomous attack on the Governor-General c
(Dr. Ali Abadi was also heard to announce loudly tnat the papers n
been brought down from Tehran by Anglo-lranian Oil Co. plane on
the previous day.
(25) The fate of the Dasht-i-Mishan constituency remains
obscure, as the Persian authorities evidently regard it
pocket borough designed for accommodating candidates defeated
or having gracefully retired elsewhere; Lr. Radji (mease tne
Khorrarnshahr elections are not re-arranged to his diking), Aghax
Nasseri, who got one vote in the Ahwaz constituency, and Lr.
Parhoudi, who appears to have no qualiiications at ill fa_
renresenting the Beni Turuf except the support of various
Ministers, are all reported to be jockeying for tha seat, ^.he
unfortunate Arabs,in the meantime, having no suitable canuica.e
of their own, seem likely to boycott the elections. the
Governor-General reports that he has received order* to
postpone the elections there until further notice,
IX. R ussian Interests,
(26) The Consul of the U» e
R e held a reception on
/November
Y til
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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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