Coll 28/8 ‘Persia; Diaries; Sistan & Kain, April 1927 – 1933’ [‎15r] (40/434)

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Britannic Majesty’s Consulate, Sistanand Kain, liary ^ ^onthjoi December
1. Consular Officers.—Uis Majesty’s
Consul and. Headquarters Staff arrived
at Zabul on 20th December.
Major Stevens, Secretary, Meshed,
left for India, via Zahidan on 6th Decem
ber, on relief by Major Hamber.
Captain Pinhey rejoined at Zahidan
on expiry of his leave.
2. Persian Baluchistan and the
Sarhad. —A preliminary attack was
made on Remishk early in December,
but troops returned to Kahnu, near
Rudbar, having suffered 20 casualties.
As a result 200 Camelry from Khwash,
who were to have joined the Kerman
troops, were detained at Iranshahar.
Sardars Saidi and the Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. of Ali-i-
Kharran left their homes early in the
month. It is believed they have joined
forces with Abdul Hussain.
It is believed that three columns will
advance on Remishk. The Kerman
troops from Rudbar, Bandar Abbas
garrison from Chamber and the Balu
chistan Brigade from Dizzak and Jalk.
Meanwhile provisions are being collected
at these points.
3. $ is tan a?id Kainot. —The month
passed quietly in Sistan in spite of
rumours of impending trouble over the
land division.
At Birjand the elections resulted in
Munsiff, brother-in-law of Shaukat-ul-
Mu 1 k being returned as a member for
Kain with over 90 per cent, of the
votes.
He appears to have celebrated the
occasion by selling arms to an Afghan
gun-runner, doubtless feeling he will not
require them in Tehran.
All the Persian Customs Officials and
traders of Zahidan who were in Police
custody in connection with the
Zahidan smuggling cases, have been sent
to Tehran ; other traders, both Indian
and Persian, who were on bail, have
also been ordered to Tehran.
It is rumoured that Shahidi, the
Public Prosecutor who conducted the
enquiry into the smuggling, has been
arrested in Tehran on accusation of
accepting bribes from various traders.
Information is said to have been
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lodged ^ against him by Badri, a clerk
of Zahidan who committed suicide in
October last.
Afsher, Head of the Road Deptt. in f
East Persia arrived at Zahidan early in |
December. He has orders to repair the |
Railway and Railway Building as far as I
Mirjawa.
Abdul Hussan Miftah, Persian Pass
port Officer at Quetta, accompanied by
his English wife, left Zahidan for
Tehran on the 7th, on three months’
leave.
4. Russian Activities. —Two members
of the ‘ Sharq ’ and * Pursaznaft ’
organisation visited Zahidan on the 6th
December. Several hundred tins of
Russian petrol and 100 tins of lerosine
have recently been sent to Zahidan and
a Selling agent has been appointed. The
Russian s have therefore now penetrated i
far south of Birjand which has hitherto
been regarded as the limit, beyond
which they could not compete with
British trade.
5. Foreign Travellers. —Mr. and Mrs.
Bose, Americans, left Zahidan for
Kerman on the 10th.
Master Boris Aranoff, Russian, and
Master Boris Prank, Pole, both of whom
are students arrived at Zahidan from
India on the 14th and left for Meshed.
Herr H. Blenck, German National,
accompanied by Frau Erva Dorver, left
Zahidan for India on the 14th
December. They are travelling to
demonstrate the “ Baby ” Ford car.
Koroly Zetener, Hungarian, is
reported to have left Zahidan lor India
on 19th December. The Police at
Kundi report that his passport bore only
the “ Visa Applied For ” stamp, given
at Tehran on the 18th November J932.
Baluchistan authorities have been
communicated with in regard to this.
It is not clear how the man passed j
our control at Kileh Lafid.
6. Miscellaneous .—The mail service >
between Meshed and Zahidan has been
interrupted by snow in the hills.
Hisam-ud-Dowieh, Governor of Bir
jand, has been granted 8 months ’ leave,
for next spring and intends to
travel in Syria and Europe.
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