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in the price of wheat which ha.? manifested itself chiefly in
increased deliveries under the sugar "barter scheme. In Dizful,
however, which i® reported to have a daily consumption of ten
tons of grain, the bakers are now drawing only four tons daily
from the government ambars. They can apparently buy wheat in
the open market so cheaply that they can"sell pure wheat bread
at 5 rials a kilo; ’'government bread”, which in Dizful is
believed to contain a trifle over 30/£ barley, is sold at four
rials a kilo.
'cr w ^ (16) Orders for the dissolution of the Khuzistan Tobacco
/* 66r > 3 , an( ^ Cigarette Monopoly have not yet arrived, but Mr. Solomon
appears to have gained a notable success in securing the
abolition of the provincial road transport monopoly. This
company is alleged to have cornered the black market in tyres
and was thus able to force the few independent private lorry
owners to conform to its edicts. The size of their profits can
be guagdd from the fact that a single payment entry in their
books unaccounted for but presumably covering a bribe to some
official — amounted to Rails, 1,600,000,
V. Baibal—Bakhtiari "
(17) _ The Persian authorities’ plans for the disarmament of
the Janeki and Bahmai country show little development as a
result of Colonel Humayuni’s visit to Isfahan except in the
order in which the minor tribes are to be dealt with. One
column of two thousand men is to start from Isfahan for Izeh
while a second column of six hundred men is to go into the^
Janeki country from Ram Hormuz, A third column "consisting of 350
tufangchis under iviohd. All Khan Khalili is to start against the
Janeki from Mumbi. After the hypothetical disarmament of the
Janeki, the Bahrnai hostiles and afterwards the Teibi are to
be disarmed.
VI. Tribal--Kuhgiln.
(18) _ The fortnight has produced no incidents of note, but
uncertainty about the Persian government’s intentions with,
regard to Abdullah Khan Zarghampur has produced despondency •
among the local supporters of law and order (extending even to
Rais-ut-Tujjar)who no longer know whether they should support
the anti-Zarghampur bloc or "lay off” part of"their risks by
entering into communication with Zarghampur. Zarghampur
himself, who is now reported to be at Pilli, has taken advantage
of a clash between the Zila’ee subsection of the Boir Ahmeds and
some Bakhtiaris under Jehanshah Ramsami, to protest his devotion
to the forces of law and order and denounce the consistent
double-dealing of_the Bakhtiari khans. He has also added to the
general apprehension in Behbahan and the Boir Ahmed Oarmsir
by announcing that the ^arhad ”il” would winter at Alamdar—a
position which should have been occupied by the Persian forces
some weeks ago had they seriously intended to attempt any control
of Boir Ahmed °arhaddi during the winter.
(19) ^ In the Boir Ahmed Garmsir the negotiations for a
reconciliation between Zarghampur and his renegade brothers
supporting Muzaffar Ariani appear to have made no progress* Ali
ano Vali Izadpanah with their protegee Nasser, not having decided
on which side of the fence they will come down, are apparently
being courted by Zarghampur and his opponents and enjoying their
unusual popularity.
varie ^ of u nconfirmed reports states that the Boir
Anraed Sarhad party which left for ^emirurn at the end of October
ostensibly for raiding has returned bringing with them two German?
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