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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [211r] (422/669)
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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Qa^hgai, v/hc in turn has telegraphed to the Qawam-
uj.-Mua.ic seating that# in Tiew of his oath to Abdullah ? he feels
he cannot refuse, and asking for Qawam J s support 0 Qawam-hag
gent a non-c#mmittal reply suggesting a peaceful settlement
of-Abdullah’s differences with other Beir Ahnadi chiefs® He
has alsn telngrapheci to Hussain Quit Khan Rustam! advising him
to keep out of it® In view of the possible entry «f Nasir
^han up#n the goene, it is as well that Humayuni and the
uovern<#r- ■ 3-ene ral are both in Tehran and able to discuss matters
I there® I gather that Htunayuni has been told by the Persian
General Gtaff that an attack will oe made *n the Boir Ahmadi
tribes during the winter®
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LURlfTAf TRIBEH
(b) o Reference paragraph 11 of Diary TTo® 11« Ali hohammed
Gha-zanfari hag so far managed to avoid going -to Tehran® 'first
he was said to be i'll, then the Governcr hit uptn the ii- .
gen i#ug excuse that 9 as Mohamfaad Ali had been removed from his
post of Bakhshdar of Dilfan, he wa? a private individual, and
the Governor consequently had ne responsibility for seeing that
he obeyed the orders #f the Ministry of the Interior ani n©
powdr to compel him t® do so® Meanwhile the local Majlis
member, shuja, having als® had a dip into the Ali Mohamniad
mtnpy-bags, departed for Tehran in order to u arrange natters 11 •
He sent Ali Mohammad a telegram to say that his efforts had been
su^essful and that the Ministry’of the Interior no l^nger'des-
irei t# gee him® This, however, wag premature, for tenoral
Rezmara has weighed in with an extremely stiff telegram to '
Brigadier - Gulghayan, coipjoanding the Lair is tan Division, asking _
wh/the hell he hasrft sent Ali Mohammad to Tehran lonj ago.
Visits paid by the Cereals Collection^Officer to Dilfat con
firm previous reports of Ali Mohammad’s rapacity and ojpressi«n#
Twp civil •fficials are being appcinted as bakhehdarg cf
Tarhan and .Dilfan and two military officers are also b>ing
appointed as security Officers® Luristan seems thin rncnth to .
have been fairly free from tribal clashes® v
B - ARAB H
(6)® Reference paragraph 15 of Diary Ko® 11® Brigadier-
Kumayuni n#w states that the number of rifles collected amounts *
io 1,000®. A very large proijortion ®f them are old British-
Army rifles dating from the last war. Of the Arab sheikhs
and bandits arrested and tried by court-martial, seven lave
teen hanged in public in Ahwaz, ^izful and ^hushtar, and twenty
have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. Of •
Oolonei Noel’s assailants two were killed during the #pora- • -
tions, two have been sentenced to ten and three years hard
labour respectively, and #ne is under arrest; others, have been
named but. n»t yet captured® borne dag-wand chiefs who hai out- > ‘
wardly been assisting the Persians were also arrested, is seme
American rifles were found in their villages. Most of :hem
have now been released. The executions appear to have lad a
good effect, and ali is now quiet among the Arab tribes, po
far;the Arabs do not appear to have compared the severity of
their punishment with the leniency of the Government towards
tribes in ®ther parts of Persia guilty «f even graver msdeeds.
In a recent conversation while on his way to Tehran, Hiiaayuni
stated that lie wished, to proceed with the disarmament of all
Arab tribes in the following order
(a) Beni Turuf, 3,o0i.. rifles®
,b) -Bani Tamim and Bani Malik, 500 rifles.
^c) Muhaisin, Desi, and. riassar, 2 ,GOf rifles.
s d j Ka’ab and other tribes round nhadigan, 800 - 1,000 rifles
{q) Tribes round Jarahi, Hindijan & Bandar Mashur, 400 rifles.
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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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