Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [‎167r] (336/751)

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^rocet)to . m J- to t'-x k u ?>i 3 MM MMMMki
(February i^iary# i^ra^ra^h 3 ; . in addition to in epee ting"
military detachmente en. route he endeavoured (not entirely
eueoeeefullyj to ^et into touch with tribal leader® at
JAR-i- Uo-i-Aii and elsewhere. Hie activities in regard
to the tribe® end instruction® to BaKhahdar®, on aueh
delicate matters as aisamament (pam^ra^i 16 below,.,
without prior eoneultation with the Ustsnder or the Farmen-
dar at SHAff/iBAB* have eomewhst ^rturbea these oiXicials
who sih# inclined to rc^era him an a military troubie-
- shooter. There i® f however, no love lost between GUo3H4YA2§
and the Governor oi‘ W JiAhAD, the ex- iarhang T di/4 J AEiU.
6. colonel fcUi ay, Military Governor ox PucHT»i«--.UR f came
up to I emanah^h early in the month, on the Uet^iidur* »
invitation, sod alter consult.-t ion © here (see para^ra-h kJb
below; and a briei visit to Tehran returned about the 10 th
to I CAM, ta in^ With him to en cu^uiititie© of cloth and
eusar lor distribution in his district.
7. A ©trained situation has developed at CA&&-1-
between the Frontier Gommieaioner (Kac* %M T a .& — i—. h »ic*; and
the bsuhshdsr* These U, ittimimlm, ^ v ,
/x-r KW/fa AfePUCCdf '-.AHXD (February Clary, paragraph a 7 a no &) arrived
at their posts about thy same time. The latter, however,
^etticite there lirst by a short heed installed himselT fcn
the Oovemment headquarter© buildiiit, and a state ol almost
declared hostility has since existed. Uoneul, who wae
entertained by ChueAST&K (.aFIP hein^ careiully excluded
from the party;, received the complaint© oX eac^i against
the other, and similar intrigues were practised on the
* eneral. predeeeesor as Frontier
Omralssioner, Colonel AIll! (see next paragraph ) bed
held both posts and H d asTFH evidently resented the
changed status. i© an unpreposBeesini,, oliicer and
inspit® oi claim® to have served in the South ersia Mii’lef
(a® an interpreter—clerA at AiiAifr.Hj and to have passed some
year® in the service oi the Imperial bank ot Iran at Tehrari
aifid Mesheu before joining the Persian Folioe, one could not
really like him. These British ,f connexions’ , be it noted,
were not avowed when he Xiret called on K.M. Consul in
• L/ViS h aK. it i» I eared tl'Je re ie e ood reason to believe
that the oomplaints oi the wash merchants that he 1 ® reap-
in^, a rich harvest lru;< the a lin^ oi ^.oous to anu irom
ik&A ore well- ed* probably dC-d the same
however,and the next mtm in the pub will no doubt lollow
suit /