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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [286r] (572/669)
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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(Sj Four engineers, named McLennan, Thommeny, 31enooe
and Roberts, sent 'by the firm of Sir Alexander Gibb and partner,
arrived at Ahwas from Basrah on the 51st May on their way to
feheran. They are to assist the Persian Ministry of Agriculture
in connexion with the Lar Valley barrage scheme. Their speciality
is surveying and they expect to be employed in the Jar area for*
about 6 months.
PERS IAN ADMIHISTHAT10N
(3) The activities of the Ministry of finance inspector,
hCUSHIP« have none in for some criticism : but it appears
probable that trie criticism comes merely from the local
officials whom KOUSrUN has discharged Incompetence or
dishonesty. It remains to be seen whether the Teheran officials
whom he has appointed in their places wi"fi do any better.
( 4 ) The ’Director of Education, KASSRAVI. who was absent
m Teheran for the first half of the month, has informed us that
his Ministry in.Teheran instruct him to make enquiries ae to how
to take over suitable' property at Bandar Shahpur which, the
Ministry say, wil^ now be handed back, to the Persians for the
erection of a school- He also says that tne Ahwaz customs are to
be moven to jBandar gtiahpur as soon as suitable premises are ready
there.
(^) Two majlis deputies who have been visiting their
constituencies have recently passed through Ahwaz on their way
bacx to Teheran ; one of them, SAFAVI, had been to Bushire :
the other, SA 6 AN, had been first to ICermanshah• aud then to
Khorramehahr.
) MATESN, the governor of Kiiorramshahr, visited the
Governor General at Ahwaz on the 24th May.
) Vr. TABA from Teheraii visited Ahwaz on the 29th,
accompanied by an engineer named HEDAYAT. It will be remembered
Uiat Dr.^TABA, a son-in-law of VOSSUoh-EB-DCWJEH, was practising
as. a -boctor at Abadan for some time and was president of the
Persian Club at Abadan.
EOPJ; IG.USPS • •
( 8 v b’r. and Mrs. DAENIiCER from the S^iss legation at
Teheran, accompanied by Mr. HILDEBRAhT) of the International R e d
arrived at iUiwaz in a special railway carriage on the 29th,
epiven the problem of accommodation by sleeping in the carriage
tha& night, and left for Basrah the next morning.
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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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