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(ii) Fazlollah Zahidi, commanding Isfahan Division.
(iii) Farajollah Aghevli, Chief of the Gendarmerie (F.O. 25) (M.A. 6).
Legislation.
4. In future, export certificates are to be abolished and a stamp duty of
6 per cent, ad valorem is to be charged on all import licences. A stamp duty
of 1 per cent, ad valorem is to be charged on all customs licences for exported
goods. ^
Internal Security.
A zerbaijan.
5. There is still anxiety among the populace of the Rezaieh region, but
confidence is being restored. The Soviet authorities have expressed to His
Majesty’s Legation apprehensions of incursions of Herki Kurds from Iraq. The
first echelon of Persian troops has reached Rezaieh. It is unlikely that they will
take any provocative action against the Kurds, still less make any attempt at
wholesale disarmament.
Kurdistan.
6 . The Political Adviser to the General Officer Commanding, 10 th Army,
recently visited Saqqiz and the headquarters of the Persian troops who operated
against Hama Rashid. He heard from local Kurdish villagers many complaints
of the depredations of Hama Rashid and his men, and himself saw examples of
senseless destruction at Saqqiz. He found little or no sympathy for Hama Rashid
nor any inclination by local Kurds to regard him as a national hero. The
situation is now quiet. Some responsibility has been given to local Kurds for the
maintenance of order, but Hama Rashid, who is in the mountains near the Iraqi
border, remains a potential source of trouble.
Bakhtiari.
7. The Bakhtiari tribes are now giving no cause for anxiety. They are
themselves suffering from the depredations of the Kuhgalu, principally Boir
Ahmadi, tribes and have had to abandon their normal line of migration. A
reliable British observer who recently travelled through the tribal country reports
that he found many evidences of friendly feelings towards the British, very little
interest in the war, no evidence that German propaganda or intrigues had had
any effect, and generally a desire to be left in peace. He found no desire on the
part of heads of sections for the return to positions of authority in the tribe of
the big chiefs, who have for long been exiled in Tehran or Isfahan. They had
complaints against the extortion practised by Persian officials, but, on the whole,
did not seem to think that they were very much worse than their old Khans had
been.
Fars.
8 . The situation in general has shown no change. There has been no
increase in highway robberies. Some of the Khamseh tribes have been looting
villages on their upward migration in the Dehbid and Sivand areas.
Dashti.
9. The Persian forces at Khormuj have been reinforced by some 300 men
and two tanks. Sargurd (Major) Arab Shaibani has taken over command of the
force from Colonel Ahenin. The Persian troops have advanced as far as Kaki
and Abdan (65 miles south-east of Bushire) without opposition. Another
detachment has been despatched by sea to effect a landing on the Dashti coast.
Ali Ismail, the Dashti leader, is reported to have taken to the hills.
Persian Forces.
A appointments — Military.
10 . The following Sarlashkar (Major-General) to be Sipahbod (Lieutenant-
General) :— 1
(i) Murteza Yazdan Panah, Chief of the General Staff (F.O. 2161
(M.A. 301).
The following Sartips (Brigadiers) to be Sarlashkars :—