Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [‎178r] (356/669)

(o), i-Ir. Heppel, and UIr» Dun ford ppent three nights in
.^az in the cour^n of their tour through r, ,\7,Perpia. 7hey
left for Tehran 12th April 1944.
( 3 ) . The Acting Consul-General visited Andime^hk on
Tth >'.pril.
( 4 ) . Dr.Keen of the "’ci^ntific Mips ion arrived in
/Jiwaz on 12th April and after visiting pthe-^Khusistan Agri
cultural scheme, left for Tehran on the same day. Lir.Hobson
Of also visited Ahv/az on 12th,
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(5) . The Governor-General proceeded t® Khorramshahr
on 1st April and returned the next day,
( 6 ) # The American Director of Pi nr. nee spent sin* days
touring the northern areas of the llstan and inspecting those
branches of the finance Department. He was also able io in
form himself of the wheat prospects in those districts.
( 7 ) . ^artip Humayuni returned from his operations
among the Kuh-Galu, and has been making short visits ;n the
surrounding territory, mainly among the Arabs.
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( 8 ). The Comrnissi©n of Inspection of Railways under
Hr.Razi has arrived in Ahwnz- (^ee under Railways).
ni. ^C'jnohic.
(9). Bazaar Pri ces, Tea has risen considerably in price,
mutton lias fallen from Rls ,45 to RIs.30 and beef Rls.kO to
Rls.20 per kilo (see below, paragraph 23). Otherwise prices
remain steady. ^he black market price of wheat is now
Rls.6800 per ton, and of barley Rls.5000 representing an in
crease of'nearly SOT? in the last two months. a corr
ection should be made in paragraph 10 of Diary r To,2 for
16th - 31st January, where " 420 rials for half a ewt‘ should
read ‘ 48G rial * 3 per cwt 1 ' - i.e. o400 r rials per tor).
(10). The harvesting of such «f the wheat crop as io
not irreparably lost is just beginning,, ^he prospects for
Ahusistan are very poor; nearly the whole of the Daim crop
must be given up as lost, and the only sources of supply
will be the irrigated areas around Dizful, Ram Hormuz and
Behbchan. There is at present a surplus from last year’s
collection of some 9000 tons and a further 5000 tons is re-
quired to assure the feeding of the towns of IChuzistan> in
cluding the Persian nrmy, Dor the coming year. ' n he Head of the
Pittance Department however does not expect to get in more than
3500 tons and it will be with the greatest dif iculty and only
after t he utmost pressure has been put on the landlords if he
suceeds in reaching that figure, .already the Rais-ut-Tujjar
of Bohbebhh, ivlusavi, is trying to escape to ^ohran and avoid
arty Responsibility for producing his ta'ahuda; after seeing
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