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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [153r] (306/669)
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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CON> 1 IDSNTIAL
INDEXED
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' DIARY
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15th to 30th Ndvemher-, 1943.
I. Movements of British Officis
( 1 )
Ho Me Consul-Gener
frontier as far north as the Dt WAIRltr? 4s4d the Beni Turuf
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1 toured the liaq*-
marshes, from the 18th to the 23rd incTusTve
Colonel Underwood, Political Adviser#at
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( 2 )
Abadan, arrived in Ahwaz by road on the 19th and leTt for
Tehran on the 20th.
(3) Mr 0 Vi/ooller, H.M. Vice Consul, left for Basra
and India on the 28th, to work on famine relief in Bengal*
(4) Captain Holroyd of visited Ahwaz on
the 18th e
II. Movements of Persian Officials.
(5) 8 a rh a tig Humayuni returned from Tehran on the 22nd,
( 6 ) Professor Winsor, Irrigation Adviser, was in
Xhuzistan from the 20th to the 25th,
III. Economic,
( 7 )
There has been considerable agitation during the
fortnight concerning the allotment of rail space for dates
to Tehran, and a deputation of Persian merchants came to see
me to state their case. It appears that space is allotted in
Tehran to individual merchants, whereas the merchants here
prefer that the amount of space only should be allotted in
Tehran and the users of the space left for local arrangement,
I understand that Captain Holroyd has settled the matter, and
has allotted 600 tons of waggon space for this Persian month.
( 8 ) There has been considerable friction between the
Governor-General and the American birector of finance over the
question of the sale of cigarettes„ The former wanted to support
40 shopkeepers selected as vendors before Mr, Solomon's time,
the latter to support 40 selected by the MonoJ-oly• Go*They have
compromised„
(9) Mr. Solomon has been authorised to continue the
sugar barter scheme for another three month's, raising the per
centage of sugar to 15^ for a period of one month if he wishes,
| be is unlikely to do this, for 1500 tons have already been pur
chased under the 10B scheme in the Ahwaz area alone and it is
| ptili corning m nicely. Total grain collections now amount
to 16,000 tons, 2000 above the target figure. The British
military are giving up storage space in the ^ilo for another
: 2000 tons, and are '-till assisting in transporting grain from
ioutside areas.
(10) Ha.ji Abdul Rahim Attarzadeh ha° been to Basra to
negotiate a purchase of dates for the Russians. it will be
remembered thet it was the malpractices resorted/to meet a
contract price fixed by the Russians last year, and the cancelling
of the contract by the Russians after the dates had been collected
that got Divan Begi .and his gang into such a tangle.
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/IV.
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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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