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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [292r] (584/669)
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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p a day at Dqrud on account ox' the rail -
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(2j Gapt«. Scott proceeded to Burujird on the 24th
and returned on tne 28th. Tne house at Buxn .1 jird wnich is to
be rented for the use of H*.M, Gonsul General during - the surniner
is nearly ready for occupation^
( 3 j Ool. Galloway, Acting
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
, Bush ire,
passed through Ahwaz by aeroplane en route for Hishire from
Abadan, on the. 22nd June*
PBRSIAN Ah' 'J. INISTRAT ION*
/ Tne Governor General Yisited K/xorrameliahr from “
the 19th to the 21st June.
(3.) Got . shams MolK-Ara, whose post as head of the
Gendarmerie l, nahiyeh ,f or southern district of Juris tan and
Khuzistan has been abolished, left for Teheran on the 26th June.
(3) 3BPBHHAN, Governor of Masjid-i-£uleimaii, visited
Ahwaz from the 13th to the' 23rd June.
( 7 / Got * IRAV.iNI has succeeded Go' 1 . FaRMARZI in
charge of the Conscription Department.
MITITARY.
(3 j A conscript empi oyed as a c"* erk in the head
quarters .of the Khuzistan brigade has managed to get away with
300,000 rials of army funds, realised on a forged cheque. He
has disappeared but his father, a trader of Khorramehahr, has
been imprisoned.
ARMED INSUR^gtion c>ti JRA^I RR ON TIBR.
(9 ) The following account af a fortunately short-lived
Bhirraisri in the Iraqi frontier region near Bus tan is derived
entirely from Persian sources. on the 23rd June YUNUS A8I»
who fled to Iraq at the end of last year after resisting the
Persian troops ? efforts to disarm him, appeared with supporters
and . attacked the village of Dobayeh and neighbouring places.
The Pei‘3ian troops and gendarmerie were not involved, but
re inf or cement e frora A'-- vr uz were sent to Bus tan and the Brigadier
appl fed. for a regiment from Teheran. An ultimatum addressed to
various Bani Turuf Sheilihs wno were JUiomi to be involved (though
for some reason the addreaaees did not include YUNI8 ASIj was
prepared and was to have been dropped from aeroplanes on June 28th.
It was found however, tnat t oca -1 Arabs came' to the rescue, led
by Moula (calbed by the Persians Mulla) Nasrullan the Governor
of Hawizeh and hie son Abdullah, and they succeeded in surround
ing the insurgents in a fort and tore Lug them to surrender.
18 Sheikhs, including well-known person© such as XUPTBK HIAMIR,
SADDAM 2AIR ADI, RAHMEH A<?FI, were thus captured and are to be
tried,. ^ Casualties are reported as ICO killed, 6 CjO cattle
carried off and^ 500 reed huts burnt. The BxYgadier propoees
to pardon " the foT owers -of the captured she iidis ae they srast
have acted under duress. YUNUS AS I disappeared and may nave
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BEGo, hil.
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INDIA OFFICE
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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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