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crint infantry. Yawar Nasratullah, who
recently arrived in the Sarhad from Tehran,
has been appointed 0. C., Zabuh Regimen ,
Iskander Khan who is still under
arrest at Tehran.
The post of “ Diwan-i-Harb ” has recent
ly been created for the Baluchistan Brigade
and Yawar Azizullah Khan recently O. 0.,
Camelry, has been promoted Naib Sarhang
and given the appointment. Naib Sarhang
Simla Nizam of the Baluchistan Brigade is
under arrest on a charge or receiving bribes.
This official was Reis Amnieh in East
Persia in 1931. He was then appointed
Military Governor, Zabul, for a short time,
but was reverted to Military duty on com
plaints of his venality.
8. Civil Officials —Dr. Amjed Karakol
arrived at Kwash. He is civil Medical
Officer.
The Inspectors at Zahidan who have been
! engaged in tracing Customs frauds have
completed their examination of the books
of Indian traddb. The only serious case
discovered appears to be one against Naram
Singh An entry in his books is alleged to
render him liable to a charge of smuggling
silver out of the country.
The Reis Mallieh, Zabul, is about to be
transferred. This very lucrative post is
seldom allowed to remain in the hands or
any official for more than two years, by
which time he may be said to have amassed
a comfortable fortune.
The Keis Sulhieh continues the highly
unsatisfactory practice of travelling to and
fro between Zahidan and Zabul witn the
result that the cases at neither place can be
completed in a resonable time.
Consequent on a number of arrests for
bribery almost all the junior officials in the
Qainat have been replaced recently.
9. Communications. — Bricks are being
made in large quantities at the ISaurab
near Zabul for the construction of the bridge.
An engineer is said to be due from Tehran
to supervise the construction. Tenders have
been called for for the construction of bri
dges on the Zabul-Zahidan and Kabul-Deh
Dost Mahomed roads.
The Sardars have been called upon to
supply free labour on these roads and also
have undertaken to subscribe Tms. 7,000.
The Headmen of Villages were called to
the Malieh and informed that by the Shah’s
orders roads were to be made forthwith and
that they were required to pay Rials 2 upon
each Kharvar of Wheat sold and cultiva
tors were to pay Rials 7 per Pago. This
frw a fav nf Rials one ner male head.
10 Law and Order.-TLe Amnieh both
in gistan and the Qainat are frequently
engaged in fracas with bands of smugg ers.
The Assistant Amnieh Officer at Zabul'. ,
was recently ordered by the Chief Ammeh
Officer for the Area to arrest his immediate
superior Hussain Khan Amnieh Officer of
Zabul On declining to do so he was arres
ted bn the night of August X st he effect
ed his escape from custody and fled to
Afghanistan He fired upon Amnieh sent
in his pursuit. Attempts are being made
through the Afghan Consul, Zabul, for him
to be extradited.
A number of crimes of violence are re
ported from outlying districts. T ey
appear to be the direct outcome of the
severe poverty of the masses.
11. Afghan Affairs.-The recently ap
pointed Afghan Consul, Zabul, Gul Mahom
ed Khan, has already applied for a. transfer
on the grounds of severity of the climate.
The Afghans are taking steps to repair and
extend the Fort at Kang on the Aighan-
Sistan border. It is reported that they
have also started work on a road from
Kandahar to Chakansur.
12. Miscellaneous .—Dissatisfaction has
been’caused at Zabul by the National
Bank the Manager of which institution has
recently declined to give any proportion
of coin but insists on Notes alone being ac
cepted The Governor, Zabul, has noti
fied that the pensions of any pensioners who
are re-employed by Government will not,
in future, be paid.
A notice has also been published to the
effect that Government will grant loans to
Sardars on condition that they surrender
their lands to Government. Presumably a
sort of £ Mortgage ’ is meant.
As an instance of the credulity of the in
habitants of Sistan it has been freely stated
in the bazaar that the Shah has decreed
that in future an Aeroplane shall proceed
from Tehran to Zabul weekly for the ex
press purpose of conveying to him the peti- \
tions of the inhabitants.
13. Travellers.—One Mahomed Khan
Tabasi, previously a clerk in the Russian
Consulate at Sistan, arrived at Zabul from
Moscow on 23rd August.
One Khalil Khan, who described himself
as an Iraqian from Baghdad, passed througn
Zahidan in route Kwash on 4th August.
He stated that he was a Schoolmaster on
leave and intended to proceed via Bampur,
Bam and Kerman to Bandar Abbas. Hie
difficulty of this journey, combined with,
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