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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [327r] (654/669)
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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a.
th# -various Persian dei’euc# forces was the principal Persian
s^eaKer. in® oniefs of Pol. ice at Ah was anu at i^bauan
contributed their share -go t.ie i-iscussion, anu Co*'onel
Mir-Pmdir^sKy ouf ined tne ueuaxis of tue tv;o ne\; ^endam-
_eriB com^anieG winch v/ere beiu^ formed and which are to be
used on hait del.
PRryjhClAh AbiinuSdlbi'JI^:«.
(il; live (>overiior aenera3. reports tmt ne spent some
time m 'fenran endeavouring to put an end to tne existing
administrative cnaos m this province; ins object no doubt
was to gain more po'-er for himself: ne has little enou^ii
as it ^s, apart from the va^ue prestige attached to his
office. he says that he made emphatic complaints in Tenran
about the usurpatioxi by various military commanders, especially
tne ' Security officers’ 1 , of powers v/incn snould be exercised
by tue civil officials. Meetings tooh p _i ace on tms subject,
attended, it appears, by Colonel Schwartshopf of tne Qeiidarm-
erie. His fixcellency gave instances to tnese inter-depart
mental meetings of interference by officers, especially m tne
delicate land questions of tne Bam furuf of Basnt-i-MiBnun.
he argued that officers lixe ColOiiel Kesnvarpad simply
ignoreu all otner departmeiits, upset existing settlements,
and so sowed tne seeds of future disorder, as had been seen.
Tne Cmef of tue General Staff, Arfa v tnen pointed out that
Kesnvarpad nau been removed, out tne Governor-General,
unsatisfied, said that ne had not been punished. To tne
military argument that security officers were given powers
analogous to tnose possessed by corresponding French and
British officers, His Excellency said that not only did they
intervene in every important quest^oxi but tney actively
prevented responsible officials from carrying out their
duties at all; and, of course, enriched themselves by bribery.
Colonel Souwartzlcopf gave his opinion tnat the remedy was to
increase the powers ox’ the Governor-General.
( 12 ; It must bo remembered that this account comes only
from tne Governor-Gone ml himself. It remains to be seen
vnetuer ax^y actio** will be tuKen in this natter by Tehran,
pernaps in the ray of iucroasec. provincial autoiiomy. Tnere
are obvious limits to tne sfcope of provincial autonomy in
tuis country: e.g. it would clearly be absurd to leave
provinces to fix a**d administer tneir own income-tax.
(15) These negotiations appear to be referred to in the
"Ira~P’ of November 8 tn, wiiicn reports a meeting, about tne
affairs of Khuz istan at tne T tnte Palaoe on November 7th
composed of tne prime Minister .faKimi, Fanimi tne Minister
oi' the interior, General Riyazi, a staff Captain, and Kisbah
Fatemy.
ECQNmMICS.
(lu) i?'rom statiBtics iwidew m by Nouohme it appears that
tne amount ox* wneat and barley co * 1 lecteu tins season is better
tiien nad bee** tnougnt. The X’igures show that up to tne lith
November, out of engagements amounting to b,7bU: Kharvars,
5,779 nad been actually receiven. Moreover 1,952 Knarvars
of seed grain had been repaid, and 4b5 ibiarvars bought m the
open marKet at huudijan* Rax. Hormuz, and Bizi'ul.
(15; Tne
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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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