ملف ١١٨٧/ ١٩١٤ الجزء ٢ "بلاد فارس - السياسة. المصالح البريطانية في الجنوب. السياسة الروسية" [ظ‎‎٢‎٣‎٦] (٣٠٠/٢٢٠)

There is yet another cause tending to militate against the general efficiency
of the road.
The serias at various stages in the upper section and Chahar Mahal are, -
like those in the hill section, the property of various owners, viz., Naghun, be- *
longing to Muntazzem-ud-Dowleh, Shalamzar belonging to Samsam-us-Saltana,
Shamsabad to the Amir-i-Mujahid, and Kaf-i-Rukh to the Munazzem-ul-Mulk.
In these serais the right to sell supplies at any price they choose is claimed
by the owners or their agents, and there is not the pretence even of a fixed rate
and a fixed weight, as in the hill section. In both sections the “ dalundars ”
make the utmost they can, but to the rapacity of those in the upper section then*
are no bounds, as they are not officially under the Ilkhani. The only check on
their rapacity is that muleteers can often buy from villagers.
Some arrangement should be come to by which the serais also can be put
officially under the orders of the Ilkhani, to the extent of the prices to be charged,
and punishment in cases of disobedience. It will not do away with extortion, but
will lessen the evil.
Lastly, in every question concerning the road, and in every other Bakhtiar
question, we are faced with the obstacle represented by the inter-family enmity
which is at the bottom of nearly everything, which takes place in the Bakhtiar
Country.
I would tender my apologies to Your Excellency for the length of this des
patch, but it has been impossible to compress it into less.
SCHEDULE I.
Places requiring repair, etc., on the Lynch Road, Summer, iq:4.
Place.
Gardan-i-Sarrak, whole length ...
Gardan-i-Sultani „
Mile 15-16, march 8, page 156, 0 Bakhtiari
Tribes and their Chiefs ".
Gardan-i-Gatchi ... 7 *. ...
Approaches to Bridge at Godari-i-Balutak.
From Bridge towards Deh Diz for miles.
Kulrout ... ... ...
Chift-i-Murwarid and Murwarid
Approaches to Bridge, Amaret ...
Ascent and descent of Burra Murda
Requirement.
Earth-filling.
Earth-filling.
Roadway requires widening, by cutting
into the hillside.
Diversion.
Earth-filling.
Track should be doubled.
Grading ; g.s. much too steep.
Stones and boulders want removing.
Earth-filling.
Stones and boulders require removal.