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CHAPTER III*

SUMMARY OP SVAJPY A'T- COr: wxr c--pAZ
consular i/'i T,r.:c* dot. t. ioni.

POPULATION*
1* A census talcon or.rly Ln the ?^oap showed ♦.Vie popula­
tion of Shlrns town and surrounding aroaa, within a
radius of six kllomotors, to be 129000*
H *1.1.C 0:T ITi A ,p£,S H ~RA g *
2 • Until A ugus t l!r*b.*:,-y f ltrhlre w*c Acting Consul In
charge* On 4th August lar*"omen Mayers assumed charge
as I!.:.!#Consul but resided temporarily at Isfahan* On
November 10»h Mr* *• V*Dronan,').B*S,assumed chnrro of »ho
poet as His ^••jcaty,c Consul*
ERA*' AN AH.: vrS^A^’OU,
3* Until Sr-pUmbcr Rain Yehdl Parrokh continued a3
Us *t-ndr.r (Governor General) of Pars* In September Gnrtlp
A-mldl, General Off leer. Comandlng Fere Division was
appointed Ac tine military lie lander end held these fro
posts until October 11th when * new civil Us tend nr was
appointed in the person of JUs Excellency Asndullah
Shams•l«llulk Arc K.C.V.O# formerly known under his title
of Prince Shuhab-cd-Do?7lch, s member of *he He Jar
family* HU Excellency tool: up hie appointment in Shiraz
on November 1st*
A \U L04 ?£HA CA N RHbrt * Co:S .
4* Prior to the events of Adjust, when Hln Imperial
Majesty Shah R«za Pohlevl obdlooted his throne relations
betw-eon the Governor General end HI a Hr.Joety*a Conciliate
were to ell Intents and purposes limited to strictly official
buslnoss. No other Persian officials, and of course no
non-offIcIds, were allowed to so t foot Inside the
Consulate compound* ^hc effect of this boycott was
particularly noticeable In ♦ho cose of a fo?? mediants
whose export and import buslnose required their n*ten­
dance In connexion with the leruc of certificates °nd
declarations require;* by the Ministry of Economic ’^rfnre
Contri^r.nd Control*
5* From September and October onwards this atnosphore
changed and relations between Mi© Consulate and officials
assumed a character not known for many yoors* Bv *he end
of 1941 there w*s no dlfflsrulty about Persian visitors
coning to the Consulate and Indeod orders had been
received from the \\ Into try of *ntorlor to the effort
that the road to *ho Consulate was open to all*
IRAJTAH .-UPLX OrTU.'ON*
6* Antagonism to tho rehlevl regime boenme more
evident during the spring and summer and. the general
belief that Shah Rozn was the tool of the British woe
responsible, in groat measure, for an unusually strong
antl-Brltlah complex among the population, and this
attitude received r fillip from cleverly directed German
propaganda•
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