Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [‎183r] (366/669)

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present conditions
! t » j
to the oo-operation of the Hair?-et-^ujjar of Behbchan (albeit
given somewhat grudgingly, see para 10 of Diary f T j. 7),
undertakings given in the Behbehan area have come up to
;he
lemon ’f
P.Ao Luri
hopes e The Dizfuli merchants wriggled
O'
the
and the Acting Consul-General attended a
to get them to come
r.
jonsuiate;,
Cheat collection proceeds satisfactorily» Thanks
meeting of the merchants with mv* n olomon and emphasised the
importance of the wheat collection scheme, and ^artip Hum-
ayuni pent ten men up to give a show of armed might to hack
up i/Ir. nolomon, and the merchants duly signed the undertaking
for 1300 tons from the Dizful area. (qartip Humayuni at
first made difficulties, and words passed between him and Mr,
Solomon| it wap finally necessary
understanding in th:
Vo lh'iILV/AY n
(14). Attacks on Mr. Irani (Director of the ^outtern
"ector) in the Tehran newspapers have been widely read here -
notably that he has committed the crime of favouring the Arabs
lie is said to have modified his behaviour as a result of these
at tacksc
l73 %
of the Railway
-'in-
(15)» "Dae cut in th - allowances
ployees has naturally been unpopular and a petition has been
sent to Teh ram ''‘hey arguelthat under such conditions, it is
illogical to prosecute in
•f* V'i o
Criminal Court for Government
employees on grounds of briber 2 / and corruption.
Vm Iw.U'DWi-r
(1
.O
The iriwaz Civil Hospital quote 4 cases of
typhus (1 death; .in Ahwaz,
and 4 cases of email-cox (
•i >- s \ >7 -s ’ l ^ 1
Ur. 2. 4. rf j- t J .1. vu. .It • -v.i X ‘-A.
death) in ^Jawam
in Hindi?in,
*/I T
cy'.y'yr:
WMumw. vtasaMKZi’jesa
the Commission of Inspectors’
(17). As a result c
visit, al’J those imprisoned on charges of handling contra
band have been released on bail except Muhammad Karimi (see
v para
been asked as
(18) .
been effected
gations are b
.ary f
or March; for wj
horn a
! UPvXJ.
end has not yet
been
•^ 4 - -j
jl w a.
r e p 0 r t e d t h a t a
theft
. from
the Americans, on the
ieing :
made.
Arab
raiders made off
with
theft of 122 tyres has
). i 1 way. Invest!-
•di'wair?
(19),
effects from the village of Douweyeh, just outside
they were pursued and the catt&e was recovered. Armed
robbers operated in .Jivez on the nights of 18th and 30th
April, and shots were exchanged with the police.
( 26 )
T’aXahati, the -Car gar an leader in Abadan, who
was arrested by the Military Governor of Abadan and exiled
to Burujird. was sent up to. Ahw&z, "'ho Governor-General.
decided that it was preferable to keep him in Ahwaz where he
would be under ?.loser observation, and after consultation
with the acting Gonsul-General, altered the sentence accord
ingly. He considers '..ha j hi s policy in Ahwaz, of permitting
the Kargaran to stew in their own juice, has been successful;
and he clearly does not take a very good view of the Military
Governor's action.
. v 17
(21;, Reference para DG of Diary No.7.
Unn« 7
the Consulate
was informed by H.M. Woasey that further evidence regarding
^avwm I. the cf.so of '•1 xoruni was available. Th
c a
Ah -
r;? 1 :
• y. /a-
he Prosecutor in the
11 tod x o Abadan; various obstacle?*
o’ ’ rircome or d 1 srnissed,