Coll 28/117 ‘Persia. Kerman, Yezd – (Bandar Abbas): Intelligence Summaries.’ [‎138r] (278/517)

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-«tia ^ in his abbence.
206. Col.Tiih«rnia # ^rlv«d in i:<rmn on the 3f»th es of
the Oonsorintion Oepartnent n ^ ht-Uol. -aha^ari v/ho was nfiioietin^
the post has been appoints 3 i8P«Btor ir the same depart aent#
oecorLto.
207. A report has been received tiiat i"urad AH ...urad vitii a
oart^ of Z) armed men, attacked a detuchnent of troops tvx f&r T
-sake from i>ir Ian. lour ooldlere v/ere killed in tAio encounter
nod a number of Government rifles taken awf^y. Ae scon ta
news was received in Kerman Col.Alikfii (2taff Officer tc ins O.C-.u.>
was sent to ^ir.lan with a he^iment of C^vnlry and two fruris tc
ro in^ up the bandits. According tc latest reports ^‘*6 All aired
is seiVto hove fled to Kars; the troops cent to seize him ai e
#ons*qneatly being withdrawn, ^his develonwent may hcvever be
the reo^ilt of the bribes of Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 24,000 re]>orfeed tc heve been
taken Quite r^ ie itly by the ri »^ 'O# »*ar ^ashkar Aflihatni from the
father of Aurart 1 i u* r • ^ .
^ccn :alo A.ndit.lorkS.
stood
203. (a) Kerman. Government stocks on the 25th/«s under*- Ah eat
527 tons and barley 729 tons. In order to conserve Government stocks
bakers hi ve been encouraged by th© local authorities to produce more
*free’ bread (nan-i-aaad). There is consequently less demand tor
Gov*rn 3 »nt bread and bakers r^f «© to take delivery of their grain^
allotreat as th^re is enough av il- ble in the open market. The qu&l-
-ity of the Sever nment bread is as poor *• s evc'r and that in it self
is s-ifficient in duo >»,ent to make jbhe public purchase free bread.
This undpsireble state of affaire is mainly due to the Irek of
official control over Goverrtiftaut bakeries. A’he price o! free bread
h-s fallen from rials &.50 to 6.00 per kilo since the £7 th. C ther
Ite -b of foodstuffs nr© ©till deer•
209. The irioreased rate of Government piece goc*5s het eeused
proDortionete i loreases in the open cmrket.
210. afar once fere 198. liftjsr ssssn, the Cone\a«r Liaison
Off leer, re tarne! to Korn an on the 23th for eons ult at ions with
Consol and tne Ustandsr «s certain landlords at 3 a m (followers of
3nfii) had ref ,sed to sign the grain undertakings and }*d appealed
to their Deputy nt Tehran. A detachment of 50 soldiers wan deeretch-
•*od to on tne 1 ♦June in order to r<Buii t the . ii'« prevent-
-inc the rearval of s’irplua grain, (lovernor General left K©nnan
for Bam on the s^rie lay. Tne 0.1.0* a re o rfc on this incident will be
forwarded to il. Ittbutsadcr at ’etran in due ocv-rae*