'Military report on Tehran and adjacent Provinces of North-West Persia (including the Caspian Littoral)' [‎84r] (172/610)

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^(gp, of Education (there are 6 boys’ and 2 girls’ schools), and of
Police. The police force was started by Yeprim on his way to
en) I,, Azarbaijan in 1910 and now numbers 80 men. It appears fairly
ar j e ’ : efficient. In addition, for work outside the town, the Governor
t0 ^ (K maintains a motley collection of ‘ sowars,’ who make the most
xyptdi of their opportunities for £ Mudakhil’, or less politely “ loot,”
when sent out £ on command.’
is expsS ppjg dominating figure in Khamseh is the Amir Afshar and
,toIel® < Constitutional ’ ideas have not made much progress.
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16. Abhar.
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General and Supplies .-—Elevation 5,000’. Population about
I, 7,000. Situated 1| miles south of the Kazvin—Zinjan road,
“ a , ; . 54 miles from Kazvln and 52 miles from Zinjan. It is a
f a Lr ; large village with a bazaar distinguishable by a blue domed
‘ masjid ’ situated on the banks of the stream of the same
aame amid large plantations of poplars and fruit trees.
38 1 The population is wholly Turk! and has been much diminished
rea? , (:er by the famine of 1917-18 and by the closing of Russian markets
rC j (j whither it exported large quantities of raisins, the chief
riui aii product of the district, which is one of the most fertile in
■ V Khamseh. Local supplies would be available for at least 300
1 t0 Afr B.O.R, 500 I.O.R, and 600 animals without fetching from
£zro# a distance.
\g. Transport.— So estimate of transport is possible, but the
numbers of camels and mules have, like the people, much
decreased since 1914 and comparatively few remain. The
^ # Afshar tribe, west of Abhar, are believed to own about 1,500
camels.
le^ j Water and camping Grounds.—The water supply is good,
from the stream for animals and from springs for men. bhady
^ camping grounds are available, but medical officers consi er
l,^ c « the plantations round the villages in this valley, e.g., a 1U1
the t# ramdarreh, a village of 1,500 inhabitants on the roadside 4
miles upstream of Abhar, to be malarial.
u Abhar rud forms a Deputy Governorship
dependent of his. It possesses 3 schools.