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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [218r] (436/669)
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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mUZ DIARY NO* 13
jmOU Ipt - 3ith ^PTEKBEH 1944*
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Reference para 3 of Diary^^ri^... .S,xce_
a small detachment at All Gudarz, troops have now withdrawn.
The Bakhshdar of Ali Gudarz givee the following figures of
rifles collected during the recent disarmament :~
155 from the xvlogui (©f which 29 are Government rifles issued
to Khwajeh Mehdi Quli) 2®0 from the Boshaq, Isavand and
Heevidio The majority came from the Boshaq and only 3§ - 40
were collected from the Heevidi #f which 29 came from the
village of Chiga Gurg. 47 from the Zalgaqi. None have "been
taken from the turbulent Hajivand or only a few r from the
nomad Heevidio Most of the rifles were collected from re
latively peaceful villages and included s®me Government
rifles issued for protection. The nomads, and especially
these among them neted fer marauding were for the most part
left untouched. The transfers foreshadowed in the last*diary
have taken place; Major Ali Khan has been entrusted with the
.task of dealing with raids by Hassanvand Lurs in the neigh
bourhood of Nahavand. After this he is to go to Tehran.
Before leaving Ali Gudarz he visited Chiga Gurg, on the edge
of the Heevidi country with 400 tro®pso Although the Heeyidi
sub tribe responsible for the murder of H.M.Vice-Consul,
Isfahan, and his companions two years ago wap encamped within
three miles of Chiga Gurg, and although their retreat to the
hills could easily have been cut off by a few cavalry using
a path across the mountains which H.M.Consul-General.recently
travelled nothing of the kind was attempted. Rumours were
put out that a British Colonel was shortly arriving in the
•area with British troops to disarm the tribes and arrest the
murderers of H.M.Vice-Consul. It was also put about aming
the tribes that Major Ali Khan’s successor. Captain n ohrab
Khan, would treat them much worse and have more troops to do
it with. The Hajivand and Heevidi were consequently in an
excited frame of mind and H.M.Consul-General f s proposed
journey to Dorud through their territory from Chiga Gurg had
to be abandoned. During a visit to the Zallaqi country a
pair of binoculars belonging to our murdered Vice-Consul was
recovered. Pressure has been put on the local authorities
to take some action to arrest the murderers and Colonel
Garzan, the newly-appointed G.O.C. Isfahan is said to be
consulting measures with Colonel Assad (^ardar Bahadur.)
(2) <. Trouble broke out in the Mogui country or. th-e
18th, when Amir Bahrnan, son of Morteza Quli Khan, accompanied
by a number of armed natives surrounded Khwajeh Mehdi Quli
by night in his village of Ab Barik. Only the presence of a
British officer presented his being led away captive. As it
was, Amir Bahxnan gave Khawajeh Mehdi Quli a week in which to
make his submission to Morteza Quli Khan at Deh Kurd. On
withdrawing Arnir Bahrnan arrested several Mogui headmen.
This incident has considerably perturbed Captain Bohrab Khan,
the local security officer, who has sent fifty cavalry to
Ab Barik and telegraphed Tehran for instructions.' Bohrab
informed H.M.Consul-General that he had been told by the
Persian General ^taff that the Chahar Lang Mamivand were not
under MortezaQuli Khan but under Ali Gudarz and Burujird*
He further said that this decision had been communicated to
Morteza Quli Khan who had reft ~d to accent it. In view
the traditional hostility between the Haft Lang and Ghahar
Lang and suspicions entertained by the latter of Morteza Q-ili
Khan’s intentions it seems thruri things might be more peace
ful if they were removed from nis authority"-' providing
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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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