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million rials for the appearance of Jabber'* family at the
end of the fortnight. *
( 36 ) General Ahrnedi addressed an assembly of sheilchs of .
Khuzistan on 27th September, lie is reported to have been
affable and to have stressed the point that the Arabs were
Persian subjects and therefore entitled to all the privileges of
jEjr Persian citizens, he raised an unconcealed laugh when, while
^Mnting out to the Beni Turuf sheikhs the benefit* of education,
he *aid that a* a result of schooling in ;5urope and xehran,
leading positions were now occupied by ”their neighbours, the
Bakhtiari*’.
VIII. Tribal - Luristan .
( 37 ) it is reported that the ZALIKI are raiding in the
CHAM SULTAN area, and that the raiders are in partnership with
KHAWJ3H MEHTI QULI. ALI TULALWAND went to Isfahan in connection
with this matter at the end of September and before leaving asked
me to press for operations to be undertaken against the Kj 1AV/J73H,
as he feared a possible flare up of tribal trouble if no thing
were done to curb him.
(28) It is reported that shooting incident* on to Railway
have slightly lessened in numbers.
(29) It is reported that an American lorry was shot a,t
and one man killed in the Rezan Pass. The lorry was travelling
after dark and unaccompanied contrary to orders.
(30) The struggle between All Mohammad Gazanfari and his
cousin Amanullah for Tarhan continues. It isthought that soon
a shooting incident will be arranged which will be the signal
for the recall of Amanullah.
( 31 ) sarun-us-sultaneh asked for assistance in regaining
some of his father’s, the late Wall of Pu*htekuh, property.
The sarun is living quietly in Khomain with Abbas Mirza hishmati.
A IX;. Elections .
(32) Abdul Aziz Farzali,Abdur Rezaq Ka’abi and Abdul
Hassan Ka’abi, three sheikhs of Khorramshahr, who had been
summoned to Ahwaz to meet the Minister of War, stated that
Colonel Humayuni had canvassed their support for Neqabat in
Khorramshahr. To judge from the entertainment lavished on
the sheikhs by Neqabat him*elf and the free use they enjoyed of
the Municipality’s car (the Director of the Municipality is a
brother of the candidate) the report i* well-founded. The
sheikhs stated that Neqabat's failure to further their interests
during the time he previously represented Khorramshahr was due
to "the regime" and that his knowledge of their need* made him
preferable to any other candidate who had appeared.
(33) Dr. Hussain Parhoudi, who was Director of Education in
Khuzistan in 1935, reappeared on 26th September and announced his
intention of standing for Da*ht-i-Mishan. He claims that he has
persuaded sheikh ^artip, the Beni Turuf candidate not to stand
and has gained his support for himself. The Beni Turuf, are
reported, conceivably as consequence of these negotiations, to
have found a new candidate in Abdullah Atishqadeh, a contractor
of Khorramshahr who is favourably known to the Beni Turuf.
(34) It is confirmed that Qasim Fuladwand has been returned
for the All Godarz seat of Burujird, and Dr. Itibar for the town
veal*
(S5)
At Gulpaigan the election went in favour of Abdul
/Wuassini