Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [‎309r] (618/669)

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AHWAZ DIARY NO.
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BRITISH CgPIOIALS,
(1) * Ho Me Consul-General went on duty from Bur^ijlrd
to Tehran arriving on the 1st September; qW arrived back at
Ahwaz on the 6th September.
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(2). The Acting Censul, Pobiesinsky^ gave his victory
party on the 6th September, inviting moot of the community
except the Poles. Persian heads of departments attended,
but there 7 ;ere very few unofficial Persians, Soviet champagne
caviare and vodka helped to make ••'he party go.
PERSIAN OFFICIALS,
^S). An elderly and somewhat decrepit inspector from
•fee Minister of the Interior, Sepehr Rad, has reached Ahwaz
on a tour of inspection in various provinces: his business
is to report on the work of the municipalities, the police,
the gendarmerie, and the governors of various provinces* He
is also not unmindful of the coming elections. He la a bro
ther of Lissan Sepehr, whom he resembles in many ways,
(4) , A yaung relative of his, named Reza Quli Kalantar,
arrived from Tehran on the 4th Gaying that he had been in
structed to inspect the economic department: he soon returned,
(5) . Brigadier Fazluiiah Kum&yuni relinquished his
command of the 10th Division after nearly three years in that
post, and left for Tehran, en route for his new pest in command
in Kurdistan, »n the 14th September* There was an impressive
parade #f troops on the platform to see him leave, and as
the train moved out the band played a plaintive melody, and
everyone saluted. Humayu.nl has been or. very friendly terms
with us throughout hie service here: his methods of dealing
with the tribes were those of most Persian Commanders - i.e.
to set one chief against another - but he displayed unusual
energy and keenness in his duties and seems to have both
achieved popularity and maintained discipline. He left
In charge Col*Naorullah Moghbeli, pending the arrival of
ColoLutfuil&h Afsharoghlou from Kazarun,
TRIBES.
(6) . Muhammad All Liravi visited Ahwaz on the 5th
September* and spoke at great length about his dispute with
the Hayat Daudi, v/ithout imparting anything important that we
did not know before. Moussavi and the deputy Sultan! telegraphed
to him from Tehran that he had better not go to Tehran but
had better return, to Liravi, which apparently he did,
PARTIES,
(7) . The leader of the Workers Uni®n etc, (All Omid)
went on with his campaign of speech-making on the 14th September:
his audience was reported as numbering 700 but probably much
less.
With th* fompnmmm
cf the
Secretary cf
for foretutt AiinM
2* OCT 1945