Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [306r] (612/669)
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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weather, and who took an active part in the work of the
committee which took decisions about the .future of + he Barn
Bumf Sheikh So
f 9)
_ Seyyid Zia appears to accept, though with re
uctance, the view that in the areas covered by the Angle—
ranian Oil Company it is best that there should be r
Iranian
activity at all
no party
■ \g
(10) o Bhe Labour Union and the Tudeh Party continue
every Friday their vituperations against Officials^ In add it
to Ali Omid, the local party leader, the activities of fao
other personalities have been noted during the month of July
Mohammed Amin Amiri, a Kermanshahi, whom Omid introduced to
his comrades as the representative of Dr*Keshavars sent 4 o
Ahwaz for the purpose of putting the party on a sound footing
and Farhad Falahati, the former leader of the Uudeh in Abadan
whence he was expelled last year to Burujird, After commentjj
favourably on the result of the British General election, he
announced his intention of returning to Abadan in order to
take charge of a secret organization there®
(11) - The 'iSdalat Party has riot made much progress*
On the 10th it was addressed at its usual Thursday meeting by
someone who has been described as a representative of Khalil
Dashti, the deputy for Bushire,
POLISH AFFAIPo.
( 1 ^ ^ 6 ^ ^
had some conversation with the Acting Soviet Consul,
Pobiesinsky, at one of the parties given to celebrate peace.
The Soviet official endeavoured to persuade + he former that
Soviet Russia was in every respect much superior to Paradise,
and he #penly fished for an invitation to visit the Polish
camp® Matusiewies replied by asking two q'lestions (1) "have
you ever been in a Russian prison. ?t and (S) ’’have you ever been
in a Russian ecncentrat:i.on camp. " and on receiving a negative
answer to both, said "then you don’t kinr. Russia”, Pobiesinsky
did not get his invitation: and when he gave his party he
asked Captain SiniAh, who looks after Poles, not bring
MatusiewiCBo
T R I B A L.
The head of the local Poll oh camp, Matusiewies.
(13) . Ar ab s® The Arab areas remain quiet. The sentences on
the arrested Arabs have not yet been remitted or-' modified by
the Shah; no comment has. in fact been received from Tehran.
(14) 0 3 ak.ht i.ari & Kuh Qllq 0 _ A report, as yet not fully con
firmed, has been received that a party of Kuh G-ilu tribesmen,
consisting of Bahuiai, Taibbi, Loshmanziari, and 3oir Ahmedi,
of a strength between 500 and 1400, attacked villages in the
Izeh area, and the Karu.n valley. Their task is said to have
been made easier for them by the collusion of Ali Khan Khalili.
Morteza Quli Khan s representative at Izeh, not to be confused
with Mohammad Ali Khan .Khalili., chief of the Ahmedi section of
the BahmaiSo Farther iriformation is needed before a just
assesment of the significance of these reports can be made*
Morteza Quli Khan has asked for more ammunition®
BLBCTI0N8*
(15) ® At Buru-jird the aged mi 'tahid, Haji Agha Iv.ssein,
(now living at Qum) has been endeaveve _ ,g to secure the can
didature of a local mull a named Suit -ul-Ulem-;.; but the latter
seems to be u-v- 11 - ; i -v ztfr.j s ■ •• t ,
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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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