Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [‎43r] (86/751)

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Th#r« are etaiiiauaX reports of tribal fight lag oa a ulaor
'aaia, Out noaa of importaade. Th# ohiaf ieolii^ la one of inaecuri*
t which th# com^raiiw« iaactivity of the military &ad ^eademe-
ria in thie area do little to couatoract* The Baos^ola have been
active recently and »ome have oeen our.Uug the houses and ero^a of
their eaemiea* Zn one village thie Gonaulate^ liaiewa officer aaw
the b ay of a youth juat killed« with hie care a.,a no^e cut off* In
liam aad ihieht-i-, uh area* the position le eo poor that the military
governor la said to be coutemplating leavirig the dietrlct • There
aeema to be little discipline or respect f^r the dovenvaent among
the kurde f and the present local rl^iiae of oeneral L»hahb« tl mid
the ioalr^l—i&ull w^uid not appear to have anything like full control
in these matter*# The . uraiah da shears in moat areas are a bad lot,
but many are considered to be the proteges of the oovv.mor^oe^eral p
who ho si tat as to see them removed , however many complaint a come in
against them* »lth hie allowed influence aaaoAg the tribe&snen he
ou^ht lon^ a^o to have harried down and captured the murderer
ntbari , but has dons nothin^ whatever in that aeft«*e* oe^erel ^hsh-
oaktl mid the 0averatiaN»oenerel started off at the end of the month
lor a fortnight’s tour In the oenaeh area, ana It 1& believed that
alter taking some kind of guarantees fr^ra unruly tribal chiefs in
the Kisab add Avmaan territory* the oenerul will withdraw sums of
his troops from outlying areas*
b* After some pointed rc^erks from this consulate* oeneral
Phahoe tl agreed to institute five new deadariorie posts in the
Mahldasht ulstrict In order to curb the extraordinary smount of
arau^ling of wheat going on towards the Iraq frontier* l fe also
appointed a military officer as &a.shear of yahidusht in place of
the notorious Jahan daksh t who had almost openly been not only a
ac?iug tv l iiig-*or to uni sdf but the leader of a gang 01 whs at* stealers in the
villages round scout* The said bah an ga- sh was brought to i^emensh ah
to answer for his eins 9 but was 1st go on bail iramedlately, as
already once before* He is gensrally believed to have been acting
for certain Influential members of the Amir-l-kull 9 s family in his
wht?st*ck’auggiixi^ activities and so felt sure of immunity*
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p* After a period of three months* drift r.erma.shah at last
obtained a Oov^rnor at the beginning oi the month in the person of
Agha lushtashari , formerly Governor of iasvln • He appears to be
friendly ana anxious to improve the local situation f but caiinut be
said to be an impresaive personality* He is randicapped by having a
poor staff unoer him, and by having no Mayor of kermanahah, but a
rabble of corrupt and useless municipal officials* Mr* kusht&aharl
has no offieial car and so is coniinea to the town itself, where he
feoes about in a decrepit old aroehxy* ,hahabad also has at last
obtained a Governor * Ooionsl Tab&tabai , who is already coeip laining
trust he cannot control mi unruly Kurolsh area by sitting always in
his office, since he too has no car* Colonel Mauri, who h^s done
good work as governor of Ham, is also talking of resigning because
Tehran wiii not help him to get about his area by providing a car*
PersianA officials are apparently not willing to back to the days
of imposing but tiring trains of horses and mules, with tents and
perapheaulia, as they must d^ shortly tmiese Tehr n ^ill.help from
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