Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [‎140r] (280/669)

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wa« taking wheat from Imam*cdeh to ?ovzieh station, one from
Marzian to Mamun station and two from All Gudarz to ]?zna station:
the fifth being employed in taking bag* and petrol to the collec
ting centre* from All Gudarz, ]?zna or "ultanabad. As, however,
the anbar at Marzian hap a capacity of about 4000 ton* and the
road from there to Mamun ip open moet of the year, the truck
working there ip being pent til Imamzadeh, po that pufficient
wheat can bo taken to Fovzieh daily to fill one wagon. After
^ much time, trouble and telephoning to Tehran wagonp have at
lapt been allotted and one daily ip to be placed at Eznu,
^'ovsieh and ^hahzand ptationp. Accomodation ip being provided
for about 60 tonp in the warehouse at each of the station*, po
that there may always be a reserve and wagons may not be delayed
^/C. L. 0 . by occasional breakdowns in the motor transport. When /_ visited
the collecting centres on the 12 th the quantities of wheat
cleaned and bagged ready for transport were 50 tons at Iraamzadeh
and l^ovzieh, 100 tons at Marzian and Mamun and 180 tons at 3zna.
(30) The large quantities being delivered at All Gudarz
itself indicate that collections from Borborud are better than they
were last year, Robberies and tribal unrest are, however, inter
fering with collections from the area to the south of Ali Gudarz.
Gendarmes sent to this area have been robbed of their rifles and
Government employees of their horses. The Zaleghi are mainly
blamed for this, but some of the stolen property has been
’’recovered" by Khajeh Mehdi Ghuli and it is suspected that he is
in league with the robbers and returning some of the property
in order to keep in with Government at the same time. It is said
that troops are to be sent to attempt to keep order in the area.
The- 600 tons which Khajeh Mehdi Ghuli undertook to collect and
deliver from his area has been apportioned among the various
families or tribes and the Khajeh has delivered 30 tons on hip
own account but it seems possible he will not be able to collect
the rest.
(31) Taqi Ruladwand is assisting Dr. Amampur in collecting
the wheat, by his influence with the landlords and by the
provision of men, more reliable than the Kharbar employees, to
prevent the removal of wheat from the area. Dr. Amampur wishes
to have him officially appointed as his assistant and I think
that this might be helpful.
(38) There have been no more complaints against Dr. Amampur
and at least some of the landlords who had paid money have had
itreturned to them. I have proposed that Dr. Amampur should
remain at Ali Gudarz. The situation on the whole is satisfactory.
VI. Tribal - Bakhtiari .
(33) Representatives of Morteza Quli Khan are reported to have
arrived in Izeh where they have been visited by the Chaharlang
hoptiles. The hostiles are said to have promised obedience to
Morteza Quli and full restitution for the events of last spring.
VII. Tribal - Kuhgilu .
(34) Abdullah Khan Zarghampur is reported to have arrived at
Ludab a point near Gherom, from where he is sending a spate of
messengers to the numerous small tribes with whom he will be in
contact in the winter. Meanwhile Zarghampur seems to have been
having trouble among the ^arhaddi. The quarrel between him and
Mohd. Hussain Tahery has apparently been patched up, but the
notorious Ali and Vali, who are commonly believed to be the power
behind the throne in Tali Khusrovi, are expected in Behbahan
within the next- few days bringing with them their rival candidate
for the kalantari of the Xuhgiln, the youthful son of Ghulam
Hua*ain Tahery. Ghulara AZi Tomraddi, the rival of Qaid ^asir
/Bahadur