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Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [331r] (662/669)
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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month of December 1945.
SECRET
The -General and MrB 6 Trott visited
Masjid-i-buleiman and Hai l t-Ke 1 from December 11th to the 13th,
travelling by air to the former place and back* They als#
visited Burujird from the 4th to the 6th December 0
(2)o Mr, H.RoD*Gybbon-Monypenny, Oriental Counse^l*r
at Tehran, passed through Ahwaz on the 18th/19th on his way
from Tehran to the United Kingdom on posting to Frankfurt-
am-Main,
RUbblAN OFFICIALS.
(3) . Novikov, the new Soviet Consul, arrived here •n
the 16th December and paid calls on the l£th» He afterwards
visited Khorrarnshahr and is reported to have got across to
Basra, though he did not possess a pass or a visa. He has
previously served a^ Consul at Gurgan (Asterabad) and com
plained of loneliness there*
PERMIAN OFFICIALb.
(4) , The Governor-General, having succeeded in tak
ing over ffom the Americans the luxurious and enormously
costly Banque-i-Millie building, has established his offices
there* He has had to deal with a good many distinguished
personages passing through: they included Zand, ex-Minister
of War, returning from Palestine apparently restored in
health: Iraj Eskandary Majlis deputy, on his way to Khorram-
shahr: Mrs, Djem, wife of the Ambassador to Egypt: Mohsan
badr, recently Prime Minister, on his way to the holy places
of Iraq: Ahmad Ghadimy, exacting-head of the Protocol
division of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, on his way to
take up the post of Consul Quetta: and Messrs* Namazi and
Moaddel of bhiraz, en their way to take over at Khorramshahr .
the large amount of material they have bought from the
Americans,
BAKHTIARI.
(5) , Early in the month reports were received of
meetings of ’’kalantars” or sub-chiefs of the tribes residing
near Masjid-i-Suleiman, near Zila’i and Lali. The kalantars
of the Zarrasfand, the Baba Ahmedi (particularly Iskandar
Khan), the Bbtidarvand, the Alasvand, and the tJsivand declared
they were against Morteza Quli Khan as Governor, while the
Gandali and the Meosi were neutral and some of the Khediri
and the Khidir-Burkh were for him 6 On the 14th December
Amir Bahman then at Qaleh Z^rras in Andika sent a request tc
the commanding officer of the Khuzistan Division for ammunition
with which to defeat Abul-Qasim, then reported near Ardal
with 70 supporters. It was hardly to possible, even if it
had been advisable, to accede to this request. The next news
was that the c®mmand®s of the two young hot-heads had had a
fight near a place called Galawati in the Andika area, with
casualties on both sides. It was eventually discovered that
three persons had been killed: a Gendarmerie officer named
Nasir Azad who was counted as one of Amir Bahman’s men
though he was not supposed Ij be in the fight at all: and on
Abul-Qasim’s side badegh Bavarsad and a servant of Haji Murad
Khan* Tohanshah, .amir Bahman’a half-brother, rushed to the
f ^ m tat.hor* side of the tribal area and succeeded in
REtto. WL fiCPT- i /stopping hobtilitieo.
28JANlj0#6 |
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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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