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1 . The month has again been quiet, the province
remaining in a state of suspended animation while the new Gov
ernor-General, FATHULLAH" KALANTARI, went off to Tehran to try
and. get his proposals accepted by the Ministry of the Interior
(c.f. paras. 2 to 9 and 13 below;.
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2 f The new Governor-General of the Vth Ustan
made a hasty tour to GNAHANAjj, GiLAN, I LAM, QASH-i-SHININ and
NFNIND in the early part of the month, returning to Kermanshah
on September 7th. He held a reception at the Governorate on the
^d-i-Fitr^ and left on September 9th for Tehran where he remain
ed until the 26th September, For his activities on tour and the
objects and results of his visit to Tenran, see paras. 3 to 9
and 13 below.
3, Aqa HUSSEIN HISHMAT SANI’I has been appoint
ed Farmandar of Nermanshah and Assistant of the Ustandari of
the Vth Ustan. Little is known of him except that he is an old
man of 60 or so without presence, energy or influence.
4. Aqa AHMAD JEHANSHAHI who had been Acting
Ustandar of Kermanshah for 13 months before Kalantari's appoint
ment and had again been in charge during Kalantari’s visit to
Tehran was releived of his appointment at the end of September
and was expected to leave for Tehran shortly after. He had done
pretty well during his tenure of authority In spite of his com
paratively low grade in the official hierarchy - his real
appointment was that of Assistant Farmandar - which put him at
a disadvantage in his dealings with the senior officials in the
province. Though somewhat lacking in authority and unwilling to
make important decisions, defects also partly attributable to
his lack of seniority, he had managed to keep the province quiet,
peaceable and orderly and had co-operated very satisfactorily
with the Allied occupying authorities, in this part of Iran
almost exclusively British. It is believed that Aqa Kalantari,
anxious to bring in his own henchmen and start with a clean
slate, had offered Jehanshahi the Farmandari of Qasr-i-bhirin
but this post Jehanshahi, who suffers from malaria, was unwilling
to accept because of its bad climate. There have been reports
during the last two or three months that Jehanshahi has been
lining his pocket but these reports have been vague and un-sub
stantiated and there has been nothing ih his train de vie to
suggest that he had any money at his command,
6 . ABUL HaSSAN SEPEHH, the newly appointed
Farmandar of ILAM (August Diary, para. 4.) left early in the
month for his new post, where he was almost immediately visited
by Aqa Kalantari during his tour of inspection (c*f. para. 2
above). In view of his comparative youth and inexperience, the
wildness and remoteness of his district, and the reaction which
might be expected to follow the removal of the firm hand of
Colonel Mukri, the Governor-General was at some pains to strengths
his position as far as possible and gave him a lot of good advice,
especially impressing on him the importance of keeping in close
and constant personal touch with the TUSHMALS or tribal chiefs
of PUSHfi-KUH whose collaboration is absolutely necessary to
the maintenance of order. The Governor-General also succeeded
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