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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [326r] (652/669)
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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CONFIDEIv^ SLE :«?A
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t si* + o Tehran on ^he 4th
oh + he 14 + h November.
PERbIAN OFFICIALS.
Compliments
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:ing Vice-Consul, returned foom a
November. He
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visited Khorramshahr
(2) Colonel Mehdi Mir Findirisky, + he newly apnoi-^ed
head of ■‘‘he Gendarmerie for + he province, arrived a 4 - Anwaz
on ^he Is 4 ' November. He is described as venal and in—
efficient by H.M. Consul, Kermanshah: fortunately he has
made a good s+art here and may perhaps, under J 'he super
vision of Colonel Afshar-oghiou, do better in ^ackling +he
oil defence problems thah. he did a + his last post.
(3) Colonel (Pasyar) Baya^ of the Police arrived on + he
4+h November and open 4 " a few days here and at Xhorramshahr,
•stensibly ©n a pleasure t r ip,
(4) * - The Governor-General, Misbah Fatemy, arrived back
at his post on the 26th November from '“ehran. He was accom
panied by the head of Police, Alborz, th e Governor
Khorramshahr, Mateen, and the Majlis Deputy f or shushtar,
badegh Bushehry.
( 6 ) . Shukrullah Manuchehri, governor (Bakhshdar* of
Ga+ch Saran, visited Ahwaz on the 4 + h November and called a +
this Consulate-General.
(#). Ali Karirni, the head of + he Road Depar x men f for
Luristan and Khuzistan, a Bakhtiari, visited Ahwaz from his
headquarters at Khorramabad on the 6 +h November and returned
a few days later. He complained of having no funds with
which to upkeep the roads in his province, much less
+ o build the new road to Izeh which he considers ought now
to be constructed.
( 7 ) . Jaafar Noushine, th e head, of the Economics Depart
ment of the province, returned from ^ehran on the Ip+h bu +
did not stay long: he is being replaced by the previous
financial agent, Mufakham bani'i, who is combining loth
Finance and Economics du + ies.
(g) . Hussain Qazinoury >cf ^he Ministry of the Interior
arrived at Ahwaz on inspection duties on the 20th November.
(9). Taqi Azemcodeh has been appointed Farmander of
Ahwaz,. as well as head of +he municipality: he ac 4 -ed ab
Governor-General during 4 ‘he ciu^ence a + ~*ehran of his relative
Llisbah Fa^erny.
OILFIELDb SECTJR:
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British and Persian officers and
oilfields security problems t 0 cj>: place
Club building a + Ahwaz on the .Th
idency of + he Commander of bcu 4 h Persia
(10) « A meeting of
officials interested in
at +he Persian Officers 1
November, under the pres
Area, Brigadier lulling. Colonel pybus, British. hilitany
Attache, came from ~ehran to a 4 - 4 end i+, and +he Arglo-Iranian
Oil Company was reoresen 4 ed by Nessrs t EIking + on, Ivor hues,
and Hobson. Colonel i^fshar-cgnlou who is recognised by the
Persian Government as ultimately responsible for co-ordinating
/ J ~he jyarious
‘ a * PU. LZPT. I
9 “ JA!V|94f
/\ I Jy-cJ-p 1 f
IJNDIA OFFICE I
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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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