Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [‎96r] (192/669)

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(24) Complaints bays been receive! from an Arab family
ef Qajariydh that they were hej.ng haraassed by the Persian
authorities because #f their presence at Qajariyeh at the
time ®f Chassis’s ”incursion 51 0 The acting Governor-General in
formed Ho Me Consul-General that there could '!»e no grounds for the
complaint an Livahbegi had issued a circular giving an amnesty
to th® f e Arabs who had ¥een involved in the incident® It ’has
n©t yet "been pos^i'^ls t® find an Arali who knew of the existence
«f the circular®
(25) narhang Humayuni reports that during the last week the
Beni Turuf have surrendered 113 rifles and that he has maile
an agreement with the tribe that,if they hand in a fur^Per
©ne thousand rifles,four hundred will >e returned to approved
persons fsr maintaining security in the area* and that no
further demands will be made® During the present operations,
in marked contrast with the disarmament of the Mina* and the
earlier interrupted operations against the Beni Turuf, neither
the P ersian auth#rities nor the Arabs have asked for a British
representative to be present® This circumstance lends c«l#ur
to the reports that mutually satisfactory arrangements had been
made before the actual recommencement of ©peratltns® AraTi^sour
ces state that so far not a single Brno or Mtdern magazine
rifle has been surrendered and that the douceur demanded by
the local ©ffleer in charge for allowing the Arabs to keep
their modern rifles and hand in antiques is very mtdsrato®
( 26) TRI‘}3AI»-LtJRX S :; rAN
of®uallnway visited Khorranabad on 13th June
and fr#m General Zarrabi gathered the imp r^s( 3 ,.on G-ia'» t-^e tribes
were quiet® Lieut®Col®Galloway also met Khan Jan Papi, the smn
of the ®ld Hussein Quli Papi who controls Papi affairs® He is
working in cooperation with Gene raj. Zarrabi and has very
c#nsid ©^'’'•' 3 . 1 * j. e j ni.i.\ie nee in the security of the mountain sec
tions of the railway® The peaceful state of the province was
confirmed by the reports
lying districts®
in;
vis
t# out
(S?) Capt®Garrcd, R.A®M®0® * who is conducting a medical
propaganda tour through Luristan, has complete* his preliminary
tour of the Bala Girlveh country and reports that he was well
received everywhere® Malaria and eye diseases were the chief
complaints mot with® He is f«l lowing the principal^ of string
d*sSs to give the greatest degree of immediate relief as time
will not permit of his remaining for more than &ne night in
any one village® He is leaving small quantities of quinine
with vat#-us kaOkb.®da«®
(28) Aghai MalakM( s* appropriately named) a rtud contrac
tor of Kampsax, according t® General Zarrabi ? s statement® has
not paid road labour for a period of over six weeks® He parades
as being an employee of the British Government, and on this
excuse and #n the strength of the possession of British propa
ganda material defies the local authorities® The details of the
case are not yet available but he has been imprisoned for over
a week in KhorramabasL 3 ail by General Zarrabi, The matter has
been referred separately to KoMoLegati-in®
(2?) General Zarrabi complained of the number of r*ad acci
dents due to the fast and reckless driving by the drivers of
tJ*K«C»C and ' aid to Bussia ,? lorries® The average is over *ne
person killed each day®N-ambers of cases mu«t occur of which
the officials hear nothing® Tha number of lorries damaged,
over-turned or brakes. d-K-wn in other ways is very high, and a
d®zen of such vehicles can be seen fl.ai.ly cm the Tehran-Andi-
meshk road®