Coll 28/8 ‘Persia; Diaries; Sistan & Kain, April 1927 – 1933’ [‎173r] (356/434)

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Extracts from Reports of the Trade Assistant, Duzdap.
Aaq The Soviet Consul, Sistan, arrived
at Duzdap on the 6th April 1928 with his
die and an Armenian clerk and is putting
Jp in the agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. of Mr. Misak, Armenian
liquor maker.
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In the afternoon almost all the Armenian
clerks of the Persian Customs visited
the Consul.
In the evening the Consul and his clerk
went in their car to see the Governor.
As the latter was asleep they returned to the
agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
Before going out the Consul and his wife
were seen distributing krans to Persian
boys and beggars.
At night about 9 p.m. and again at 11
p.m. the Consul and his clerk with some
papers went twice to see the Governor
but as the latter was in house for dinner
they could not see him.
The Consul asked my informer, who is
originally from Afghanistan, as to why
the British are not on good terms with
His Majesty the Amir Amanullah Khan.
The informer replied that he does not know
because, he said, that he has left Kabul,
since long. On being asked, the Consul
said that the Bolsheviks are on good terms
with the Amir.
My Persian informer reports that on the
8th April, about 9 a.m. the Soviet Consul
went to see the Kais-i-Malieh where he
stayed for about half an hour.
The Consul then went to the Persian
telegraph office and sent two telegrams, one
to Sistan and the other to Meshed.
Thence he went to the shop of Tayeb
Ali of the firm of Mohammad Ah Bro
thers where, it is said, that the Gonsu
wanted to purchase motor tyres but^ Tayeb
Ali told him that he should not visit his
shop and that he would send his man i
the Consul wanted anything. The Arme
nian clerk went to the shop again at 2 p.m.
but found closed. He then went to the
shop of Narain Singh Akali but returne
to the agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. without purchasing any
thing.
On the same day the Soviet Consul visit
ed the Rais-i-Gumrak at 10^30 a.m. and m
the evening at 5 p.m., he visited the Gover
nor where he stayed for about two hours.
145. On the 9th April 1928, the Gov
ernor sent for all the Persian traders at his
house at 4 p.m. to discuss the matter of
purchasing Russian goods from the Soviet
Consul who has decided with the former
that he would sell them his goods at reduc
ed prices for cash. Mehdi Urbab opposed
the matter and therefore no final answer
was given to the Soviet Consul.
The Soviet Consul visited the Rais-i-
Malieh as well as the Persian firm of Ah-
media and Khalilzada.
The Consul also visited the shop of Tayeb
Ali on the morning of the 9th but did not
stay there more than five minutes.
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The Soviet Consul is said to have said
that he will work both in Sistan and Duz
dap. It is said that he intends to purchase
a piece of land on which to build an office
near the place where the new Customs is
being built.
The Soviet Consul did not go out of the
agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. on the 11th April.
On the afternoon of the 12th April, the
Soviet Consul went to see Yawar Hassan
Khan, 0. C., Persian Military, Duzdap.
The Governor also was present. They were
all there till about 8 p.m.
The Soviet Consul visited Sultan Moham-
mad Hussain Khan oi the Persian Military,
Duzdap, on the 13th April at 5 p ' M ' e
Governor and Yawar Hussain Khan,
Officer Commanding also went there. Ih y
all stayed there till about 8 p.m.
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171 The Soviet Consul with his Arme-
nian clerk arrived here fto “ CTdir He
25th and returned on the 29th Ap . H
is said to be coming back to Duzdap atte
12 days.
TTp has rented two houses, one or is
own rXce and the other for has office
and intends to pass the summer in Duz
d He visited Sarhang Abdul AU Khan on
the . 27th and stayed there fo
k He invited Rais-i-Kashun, Rais-i-Malieh
and 6 Syed Abbas, Mudir-i-Madrassah to
di s°v« Sij U« —ta*"*
meats to the Persian boys.
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