Coll 28/8 ‘Persia; Diaries; Sistan & Kain, April 1927 – 1933’ [‎105r] (220/434)

CONFIDENTIAL.
\ ^
Diary of His Majesty’s Consul, Sistan and Kain, for the
^ May, 1930,
9 0 i ax'
e month on
,L J ? 3 /
47. Majesty's Consular Officers. —His
Majesty’s Consul for Sistan and Kain paid
a short visit to Meshed, leaving Birjand on
the 19th and returning on the 25th May,
48. The Sarhad and Persian Baluchistan,
Early in the month reports were received
to the effect that when Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Jiand Khan
was arrested he had been severely handled
by the troops and was in a precarious
condition. Subsequently it was ascertain
ed that he had recovered. It is said that
he will not now be released, but will be sent
to Tehran.
Khan Sahib Idu Khan was detained in
Kwash by the General Officer Command
ing on the pretext that he required medical
treatment. Actually the General Officer
Commanding feared a general rising should
Jiand die of injuries received which at
one time appeared probable. Later Idu
appears to have been able to satisfy the
General Officer Commanding and was re
leased. He called a meeting of the Lekis
at Kwash to discuss the surrender of their
arms and has apparently advised them to
submit to orders.
It is reported that the Yarmuhammadzais
surrender el about 200 rifles during the
month and in consequence the General
Officer Commanding is likely to release the
Sardars of these tribes shortly, with the
exception of Jiand, Shah Sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. and
Lashkar Khan whom it is proposed to send
to Tehran. Juma Khan Ismailzai, it is
believed, will also be so disposed of if he
can be arrested in the near future. Idu
Khan visited the latter at Kila Bed on
May 20th, on behalf of the General Officer
Commanding. Juma agreed to surrender
100 rifles, but steadfastly declined to go
to Kwash. It is considered doubtful
whether he could disarm his tribesmen and
it is believed he intends to hand in only
a store of muzzle loading guns which he
has recovered over a number of years
from thieves and which his tribesmen have
captured in past raids. It is significant that
his tribesmen are reaping corn and carrying
it unthreshed to the hills.
It is doubtful whether the 200 rifles
handed in by the Yarmuhammadzais
include many serviceable ones,^ aithougn
the Persians for propaganda invariably
MC254FD
announce that they are all of modern
manufacture.
Reference paragraph 36 of Diary for
April, Jamal-ud-Din, with forty rifles,
joined Juma Khan recently.
With reference to Baluchistan Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Diary No. 7 of 15th April paragraph 15.
The information given therein is not con
firmed. No Baranzais have been sent to
Tehran. Jehangir, son of Mir Amin is
still in Bampur and was present at Kwash
for the Coronation celebrations.
Similarly there is no confirmation of the
information contained in Baluchistan
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Diary No. 6 paragraph 15. The
General Officer Commanding has informed
our Vice-Consulate that he has no desire
whatever to see Ali Muhammad or Now-
sherawan back in Persia.
The report that Changez Khan had
been appointed Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. of Bampur is also
incorrect. His history is as recorded in
this Consulate Diary for April.
Reference last portion of paragraph 36
of the Diary for April, Mir Koi has been
released, but the arms and money found in
his possession have been confiscated.
49. Sistan and the Qainat. —On the
occasion of the arrest of Mr. Gandhi, the
Sikh traders at Duzdap, Sistan and
Birjand closed their shops. At Duzdap
a meeting was held at which the usual
resolution, including the boycotting of
British cloth goods were passed. At
Duzdap the seditionist activities of the
local Sikhs are to a great extent encouraged
by the very anti-British attitude of some
subordinates of the Persian Customs.
A proposal to take a procession through
the town was abandoned owing to a hinHy
from the Governor that such proceedings
would not be allowed.
At Sistan a somewhat similar meeting
was held and the ‘National’ flag was
hoisted. It is somewhat amusing to
record that this meeting, in which a deci
sion to boycott British textiles was taken,
was presided over by one Gurbachan
Singh, who has for some time P as f been
importuning His Majesty s Consul to
assist him to secure the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in
Sistan for Manchester exporters. He
ENCLOSURE IN
INDIA FOREIGN SECRETARY’S
Letter No 0 ^ M.
Dat |j( JUL1930
28 JUL193Q
i
!
M
I
f