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(e) On 24th, about 380 mules, chiefly laden with piece-goods (being the larger
portion of the big caravan which began to arrive on 21st, vide paragraph above),
arrived.
(/) On 28th, the Bushire post of 22nd October via Shiraz arrived, the road
being apparently safe.
1263. (u) Yezd Road. —On 6th, Nain reported 5 posts from Yezd for Ispahan
delayed there for lack of transport, which should have been provided by the Is
pahan post office authorities.
{b) The post of 3rd arrived on the 12th and reported that Kuhgelus had been
looting round Yezd and on the tract between Nou Gumbaz’ and Shiraz. Some
fighting had occurred between them and Naib Husain’s men.
(c) On 15th a caravan of 15 camels with cotton arrived from Yezd and reported
that the remainder of its camels (about 35) had been commandeered by Naib Husain
for transport of his baggage.
{d) Posts of 7th and 10th from Yezd arrived on 21st. They reported that the
delay was due to the presence of Kuhghelus at Nazra’a-i-Mullah Ahmad (Ispahan-
Yezd boundary.)
(e) Caravans had come in during the last week, bringing chiefly cotton, but
none had left. The Yezd post of 17th arrived on the 30th and reported itself de
layed ’at Nazra’a-i-Mullah Ahmad for a day by the presence of Kuhgelus there.
1264 (a). Sultanabad-Kirmanshah-Hamadan Roads. —The post of 2nd from Sul-
tanabad arrived on the 9th. The condition of the immediate environs of that place
would appear to be deplorable owing to marauding by Lurs, but the roads are re
ported by the post office to be safe as far as Kirmanshah.
(b) There had been no arrivals from, or departures to, Sultanabad, Kirmanshah
or Hamadan during the second week, but caravans were said to be moving along
these roads.
(c) A small camel caravan came in from Hamadan on 22nd. A large one left
for Hamad an about the middle of the third week. A caravan was then starting
for Sultanabad, the road between that place and Ispahan having been reported
safe.
{d) During the last week a large mule caravan (about 200) with tobacco and
piece-goods, and a camel caravan (about 150) with tobacco, arrived, and a large
caravan with miscellaneous goods left for Sultanabad and Hamadan.
1265 {a). Ahwaz Road. —During the first week there had been several arrivals
of caravans of merchandise and of parties of native passengers.
(6) On 10th November, a large caravan of merchandise, partly Messrs. Lynch’s
and partly of outsiders, arrived from Ahwaz. This caravan also brought about 500
bales of piece-goods.
(c) The post of 6th from Nasiri arrived on the 20th and reported the road
safe.
(d) During the last week, the Ispahan post office notified that the postal service
between Ispahan and Dehkurd (Chahar Mahal), which hitherto ran once a week
only in both directions, would henceforth run twice a week.
(e) Lynch’s reports for the period showed :—
984 packages, received.
466 packages, despatched.
1266 {a). Travellers. —On 7th, Lieutenant R. S. Bullock (27th Punjabis)
and party [vide paragraph 1133 (e)], arrived from Dehkurd.
(5) On 23rd, Doctor Carr (C.M.S.), arrived from Kerman via Yezd. Hit journey
was not without incident. At Bambiz, four Bakhtiari sowars furnished by Salar-
-Bahadur as guards, extorted by force Krans 120 from him, threatening to kill his
s[ fervant, and six Krans from his muleteer whom they beat. A telegram of 21st