'Adminisistration [Administration] Reports 1931-1935' [‎184r] (367/416)

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iaspection, on the 6th and proceeded to Charbar ™ th fr 0 T, ® ushi re, on
returned on the 4th April and left for Tehran on the^tlf* Mareh ' He
5. Shahrabani (Nazmieh). —Sarvan Thrat,™ , '
of Police during the year under report. vi::li As hrafi was Chief
Under instructions from Tehran the local Court aam ic • •
Police Department Kishm to Tehran in January for trial t, f arim 1 1 of the
for Government servants. y * or tnal bef ore the Court
Sarvan Ashrafi, Chief of Police, Bandar Abbas went on a tour of
inspection to Charbar m February. He also paid a visit to Cab Tn July
Setvan II Abqarry, arrived from Korman ana at
to relieve Setvan II Sharifi, the Raise Shahrabani th| e , ?n O^ber 0611 ^ 111
Setvan II Khalaf Beigi who arrived from Kerman in October proceed
ed to kishm Island in November as Raise Shahrabani there P rocee a
For the last six months the Police Department have been censoring all
foreign and interior mails. Foreign papers are detained, read and del l
vered to the addressees, a week late. The Consular mails do not appear
to have been interfered with.
Passport Department.—Passport work is still in the hands of the
bhahrabani Department.
n A f'f^-S. e tvan III Rasa Illi held charge up to 6th October. Setvan
11 All Kainani held charge from 11th October to the end of the year.
6 Frontier Guards.—Szigord Safavi was Officer Commanding Frontier
hiiards till 25th January 1935, when he was relieved by Sarvan Faizullah
Mian biiahab, who held command till 20th August 1935, when Setvan II
liaji Baba Khan Rafi-ai took over.
Sargord Safavi, the ^-officer commanding, Frontier Guards, was
ordered to inspect Jask and Charbar before his return to Tehran. He left
bandar Abbas on the 8th February and was brought back to Bandar Abbas
under escort in March. He had become insane as a result of venereal dise
ase. He went to Tehran in May.
Servan Shahab, Officer Commanding Frontier Guards, Bandar Abbas,
went on a tour of inspection to Charbar and returned by land via Jask
and Minab in June.
In June, a Frontier Guard at Sirik (Beyaban) at the instigation of his
sergeant, shot one of his comrades who had refused to join in the division
ol some contraband articles, which the guards had seized from certain
smugglers. The sergeant and the guard were arrested and brought to
bandar Abbas.
Another frontier guard, by name of Abul, was arrested and brought
to Bandar Abbas. Abnl was found with two trunks containing contra-
oand articles which he declared belonged to an officer who was not in station.
7. Banque Mellie Iran.—Zaiiml Abedin Khan Montazemi was the
Manager till 7th May 1935, when Hussain Agha Afshar took over.
Herr Ferdinand Voigt (German) and Mr. Mackynejod arrived from
j^H^^shahre on the 3rd July to inspect the Bank and returned on the
From July to November there was a dearth of silver and copper coins
small change was obtainable in the bazaar and the people suffered grea:
oship. Large quantities of silver had been smuggled to Musca , t
lcia l Coast or Bahrein, where its intrinsic value was nearly dou e i •_
-value in Iran. To prevent further smuggling, the Bank Manager a
f fr om Tehran to collect all silver coin and to store them pending
ih(xv orders.
oraers.
Merqat Sehami Qomash.—The first consignment of cotton pie«* goods
J4 bales ordered by the above company arrived from Japan m p
The Banque Mellie Iran at Bandar Abbas are the agents for the dis-
u wn of piece goods to East Iran.