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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [261r] (522/669)
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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(i©; turwc buLc^cvsa w. .o UiVc c*;cu.t*c- tiie
;n^ it '.'onopoly in .Ui^vna are said tr Tie paying hani.s»©ely
t# retain it. The #ther "butchers rf the town are
complaining bitterly* and indeed such a monopoly is rnsst
undesirable, hut since the Governor General himself is
rmoured to he doing handsomely from the existing arrange
ments, one fears it will not Tie changed*
(l?) Markets continue t# he extremely quiet.
Prices are falling pretty steadily, with retail prices als»
declining. The bazaar rates of interest have als« fallen.
A supply #f shoes is reported tr have come in from Oair«.
Gold is not moving very much. Bazaar prices at the end
ef the month stood as follows*
Retail Wholesale
Tea per kilo
Sugar
Rice, Bizful
Beans
lentils
Eggs (each)
Potatoes
Onions
Mutton
Beef
310
65
IQ
11
S
2
7.50
6.50
28
18
300
58
8 .
9
7
1.75
6.50
5.50
(18) Rain About an inch of rain fell during February,
mostly on the last day of the month.
X AW & QRDISR
(19) The latter half of the month has been undisturbed
by labour agitation. Attarzadeh has however announced
that the Tildeh deputies Iraj Iskandari and Fedakar will
descend on Khuzistan in tiie near future accompanied by
Dr. Sheikh %f the Ministry of the Interior, who will
investigate labour conditions. Consideration is to be
given to deciding on the Tudeh candidates fcr Khuzistan
in the Majlis elections that are due this year.
(2Q) ^It is reported tha'& in All Gudaiz > two influential
members if the Tudeh party have arrived to ensure election
•f Tudeh candidates there.
(21) The Cotton Spinning
factory
An East India Company trading post.
in Ahwaz are now
giving tc their employee free rations, whereas before,
the emp' 1 *yees had to pay for then, at about a third af the
bazaar price,
( 2g ) -SAA^^lty Reference para 21 of Diary 3, it is now
understood that the first reports of the attackers being
armed Arabs were incarrect, since they were not Arabs and
only had sticks. It is possible that they were iribesiitn
returning to the hills after being discharged fram employment
at Bandar Shapur.
( 2 ^) There has been mare interference with the
A. 1.0.0. telephone line in the Gach Saran area, Mathis
time by Saardat Alavi of tne Boir Ahned Sanhaddi. The
Persian Military Commander, Oapt. Saqafi, has been taking
energetic steps against then.
There have been reports of parachutists
in the/
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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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