Coll 28/111 ‘Persia. Kermanshah – Political diaries.’ [‎322r] (646/751)

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14U Ml . ayor u? ]#—mahi h, ^qa kioiil# recently Yiaitod
To hr an, probably with a viev/ to se.on^lagre-appoint c,it •
He is lairly popular here a.i4 it, that he may have
the au port of the new i, unicipaT'Council ^oce para, b auuve).
MiBAL AFiAXRSl
16. The unsettled etate oi aiiairs in the vl K trioe
.e ebruary oiary, para# 9j continues# , „i > . ...A i
whose appoint lent as na whahoar oi the . k area was pro
posed to the i iniatry oi the interior alter the murder oi his
lather and who has actually ueen acting in that capacity has
not been accepted by the powers that be who have nomiuateu
Aqa dAnUCH AHObR Vi instead (see para. 6 above;. K/u
is thus relegated to the position of ouroarast (hoaa ol the
tribe; out it is consiaerea that the new m hsbuar will bo
without imluence or power in his post. In the ieaut me
intrigues hpainst ,.*il . A* aAA..>I and his half-brother
oy lUBAFXA-, ALi SH/iH CHAw and KH03RU HAt^ bAOUDIAi*
are as bitter as ever.
. bn the alght ol arch 6th At ;ID BAHHAMXi >ar aa a^t
oi A, ou , was shot dean whi.le sitting in i is tent.
AH i BjvHRA. jl, brother oi tJIn ana well known be his rival
io unaer strong suspicion ox being the instigator o* the
muruer, vsihich appears to have been carried out by ivUKn , .ui
•jHA B.,A, an inspector irom dUHiiAvi, ana iU >LAH SA’li), a
private servant ol .d^oAb BaHHa l # >*11 three are now under
arrest, in eanuary of this year a petition was auuresaea
to H. i'.i* Consulate ana the local authorities, bearing the
supposed thuiib-prints of about seventy village heaumen of
the a.u iniunn district, which conveyed a threat that ii _ Jin
BAb'xv.X c ntinued to be ;ar > arast there would be trouble.
The thumo-prints were most unconvincing ana the whole thing
was thought to be the work of dBJAd i. The case will
bo followed *«iih interest as the muruerea ion ^.as a pro-
lessea democrat hucl very friendly to us.
17. On March 4th u/ikx..; dAG- l-o \* i iU . , head
the AvROi Ai nAHUbl ana ,arvan oi the ueiiaarsaerie at i AVnH,
a at AAUSUI fter a long illness# The question u. his
successor is not an easy one. is son i ^AT .u..u, a young ..an
of about eighteen, is generally considered to be too youn^
and inexperienced to taxe over the headship of the triuo ana
is furthermore alleged to be unuer the influence oi the
wAVANRUDIs# uF/w Ai) .. In bAU, brother ox the late Ur
and na ..h shear of mV A ! during the latter*^ liietime,
boc s to be the most suitable choice ,or the headship of the
tribe and possibly lor the command oi the oenaarmerie as well
though it is aoubtful ii ho coula combine these auties With
h s present auties as ,.axhshoar ox . V A TAWAi . p.a. ano
T;Aii3jR B*di—1—cA* aR BULTAi!, both Warrant Officers in the
Cienaarmerie, have been mentioned as pusoible candidates fbr
the com ana ox the oenuarilerie. aoiae place must also be Twun<
lor IaaaT Biiiu- Sun of Ai ij- snd, otherwise there is bound td
be trouble ix he is left completely out in the cola.
lb. The thieves who looted two Oil Company lorries
• • IHAH 1- at . ovember ( uce uer iury, nra. IB
anu January biai*y, para# 16^ have at last oeen rounded up
and most oi the stolen articlea recovered. A guara tee
for the return oi the remaining articles within twenty aays
baa also been given unaer penalty oi a fine oi 7,B76 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. #
On the evening oi * arch BIst 600 yarus of telxphoxr
wire were stolen xrom the ,iikiA<i) ai’ea. Two xurther thefts
occurred on the nighte of inarch oOth aiid blst near .njR-i-
BHiRXR when **60 and iBO yarus respectively of vUre were
tanon# The ceixuar *;rie have uiue a nu ibor of arrests uut ft
“• e “‘ 8 lilcel y that th -y have not cau b ht the real culprits,
probably ^