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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [175r] (350/669)
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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2
( 10 )» During the period under report there wan a
d eiflonp tr a. t ion of the petty rnindednepe of Per pi a. n Official ^
when i,ir 0 Irani the Director of the Southern Section of the"*
Railway refused to accept a note from the Governor-General
requesting i/ir. Irani to provide railway accommodation for a
certain person. The Governor-General and the Chief of the
aecided attack! lire Irani for contempt of Government
pum Rls, 1 , 000,000 as
believed tha.t they have
time being.
a branch line from Ahvaz
turned down owing, for
dutnonty and demanded a ridiculous
bail? or elee imprisonment. It is
settled the matter amicably for the
(-!)« The proposal to make
via Hamidiyeh to ^ueangird hap been
one reason, the lack of material*
(12), Nothing to report;
V!, -DPURITY 0 ? AHWAZ TOWN.
f- JL b
i +
U. b JL'JIi
(l^)'- There ip no change in the general
and petry thieving continue^* A gang of thievep pbo
pparo tyre from the D.A.D.P.L. car one night, and th
ing night attempted to pteal one from an Oil Company car
1
follow-
The next night they made an attempt on the Consul-General’s
car and thankp to ~ 1 ’ ' '
thief was caught.
the watchfulnesp of the night
.nveptigationp continue.
guards one
'> 14 0 . _ The hearing of the theft case of 21 U.K.uOo
tyres in which Oil Company, and Gray Mackenzie clerks and
employees and also annmnieh Officer are implicated start-d
on che 26th.
(li
On the night of the 18th Aarch Major McNeal,
an Gil Company labour officer set out for Bushire after dark
in on Acl.j.C, car and collided some 15 miles outside Ahwaz
with a grain collecting lorry. Major MeNeal suffered a
brolen arm and on entering the village of Damgeh for apsipt-
ance he was sex upon by robbers who took his coat and 2000
na.s, ^hese were retrieved by ^heikh Mu a la Napir, the head-
man of trie village,, aheikh Muala ip an old acquaintance of
the British and once served with the late °ir a,W ilson in
porno cf.pacity. The n heikh arrested the robbers and handed
then over to the Amnieh.
The Commission of Inspectors undex 1 the ore-
sidontship of Hussein Omeed inspected the books of the
firn oi Haji ^heikh Ali Akoar Harimi during the period under
repert* Karimi is one of the leading merchants of /Jiwaz.
. nep noticed that items of tea,sugar and cloth had been
purchased from an Arab named Zaboon who is a notorious
smuggler and already in jail on another count. Dalso
Customs documents relative to the articles were detected,
and as a result Muhammad Karimi, a son of Haji eheikh, hap
beer, arrested and is in jail together with one of the clerks.
It :s proposed to prosecute the appraisers of the Khorram-
shair Cup toms House.
(17,. Mr
tractor is still
smuggling of Army
.Kazeruni, the wealthy Abadan AIUC.con-
in jail ponding investigation of his alleged
sugar and also for contempt of court*
( 18 * 6
jail,in fact
Natimi the wealthy tyre racketeer is also in
the Ahwaz jail is doing pretty well.
(19;.
An ex I.B,!, clerk who forged a cheque some
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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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