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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [294r] (588/669)
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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v* f itn sorrow, "by the IttiTa’at newspaper) ‘Dhat the dead and
dying were pillaged hy robbers. Who those robbers were who
suddenly appeared after laidnight is uncertain i pres'uiiabi.y
they were villagers from a neighbouring village, urless they
were railway personnel : at any rate it was some time before
order was restored by gendarmerie. The damaged trach toon
more than a day to repair. How many pin grime died will
hroball y never be iuiown r estimates vary between 40 and 200 *
they v;ere unimportant people, packed together ^ ike sardines,
many without tickets : few Persians seem to worry about them.
Some are said to be Iraqis. The Brigadier of 2?o. 24 .Brigade
at Dorud on hearing of the accident despatched a British army
•doctor with all avai^ab^e dressings and medicines to the scene
of the accident. The cause of the accident seems to nave been
not only the negligence of tne engine-driver but also the fact
tnat tne brakes of the freed tru&ms were not properly adjusted.
(lt\; • As everyone feels it is most unfortunate that this
dreadf ul even.'- shou*'d have occured just as the railway was
being handed over to tne Persians.
(l?) On trie 25th jane news was received that three
members of tne railway administration, viz. a Swede named TOO?,
a Bulgarian named STAdCHO, and a Persian of Assyrian race named
ATBSKT had been arrested and were being brought t-c Ahwaz on a
charge of embezzlement or fraud in connexion with the -purenese
of some cement about two years ago. The stums involved a r*e
said to run into several ml lion ria^e, and other arrest s are
said to be ponding. it appears that these charges re' 5 ate to
transactions which took place when a great dea** of hurried
construction had to be done in the course of mil itary
preparations, and the accused point out that s‘» 1 sorts of
tniiigs had to be done then without strict adherence to the
formalities appropriate to times of peace,
\
,16) A committee of four Persians, sent from Teheran
to take over and inspect the posts guarding the railway between
L’orud and Andimeshk, arrived at horud on the 17th June. They
were t^eihhanded by Gol. Abbasi, and the others were Tt. Col.
RUKJMI, Air Perce officer KiIUSHltV/IBAN, and a civi"'ian named
AT.A*^ Owing to the railway accident near Bala-rud they were
nibble to see a* 1 1 the posts, and soon returned to Teheran.
(12) The handing over of the railway to tne civilian
Persian adininistration was to have been finished by the 30th
June.
(0
&X3AT.
\20) Qa.pt. Parvis f report of nis tour of the Arab
Tribes and settlements in the land® between the lOiarkeh and the
Dlz rivers, and those between the k&roun »nd the iinarkeh, with
tne desert and plains west and north, west of the iCtarkea,
between April 6th and Hay 4tn last, nae just been submitted.
If gives a vivid picture of the Arabs of Xhuzistan who appear
to have sadly degenerated as the result of centuries of bad •
government and climatic hardships. JSrrea Gapf. Parvis* thorough
Knowi eage of spoken Araoie was insufficient to overcome the
suspicions of tnese depraved people, hag—ridcisn with supersti
tion and sodden with disease/ One peculiarity of their
psyanolog^ seems 1i^el y to interfere witn recent schemes for a
airer di/s uribation of land : it is that the fejlah, tucugh he
knows n^ is being robbed by his Sheika and therefore loathes nim.
believe^ that tlie sheikh in eone way suods w Bhrake;t-‘ or blessing
v ne* land and wii 1 not cultivate it when given him. without. the
ixiteryen^ion ox a oneikii. otner points in the report are ; tr.e
/presence
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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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