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In the Ohahar Lang Bakhtiari Khawajeh Mehdi Quli
‘has at last submitted and handed over soma rifles* Further
disarmament by the use of troops is* however, to be abandoned*
The growing strength of the apposition bloc among the K_uh~
galus has caused Alxlullah Zarghampur to appeal to Nasir IGian.
Qashgai f®r aid, which Nasir apparently seems inclined to^
give owing to his oa.th to assist Abdullah* In Luristan All
Mohammad Ghazanfari, who has so far avoided obeying orders to
go to Tehran, is likely to be sent there by the military.
In Khuzistan Arab rebel sheikhs and bandits have been pub
licly hanged and others sentenced to varying terras of im
prisonment* The effect is said to have been good and all
Arab areas are quiet. Further disarmament operations ape
being discussed in Tehran.
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(2) . Reference paragraph 2 of Diary No.11* Complaints -
have been received from Mortesa Quli Khan’s representative in •
Izeh, Mirza Mohammad Rafi*!, that the riflemen employed to
maintain security, have not had any pay* It is to be hoped
that this will be remedied, for leaving them unpaid merely
encourages them to prey on the population. Ammunition prom
ised by Morteza Quli has not been provided* Mirza Hohanmad
himself is proving unsatisfactory and there are many complaints
against him. Complaints have been received, both from Izeh and:
the Janeki area that. Government monopoly goods are not reaching
the inhabitants. The American Financial Adviser is sending
sufficient supplies to Ram Hormuz, where they can be obtained
in the usual manner* As his proposal to open a branch Finance
Office at Izeh. was turned down by Morteza Quli Khan, he is not
prepared to send officials and supplies into the Janeki country
itself. The two Khans, Farajuilah and Mahmud, who share res
ponsibility for the security of the Janeki area are distrustful
of each other and apprehensive of further raiding by the .
Bahmai. Their apprehension is probably simulated in the hope
of getting ^ome more arms and ammunition.
(3) . Reference paragraph 3 ®f Diary No. 11. Khawajeh
Mehdi Quli surrendered to the Persians during the month and is
n«w at Farsish, geuth-east of Ali Gudarz,* the main Persian (♦where)
f«rce of approximately 1,000 men under Colonel harder Baiiadur
are camped. Another Persian force of about 600 men is at
^hahpurabad, eight miles south ®f Ali Gudarz, under the
control ef Major Ali Fuladvand. Reports of the number of rifles
collected vary; the Persian General r, taff stating That 3#0
'have been collected from the Mogul and Zallaqi* When I was
in Farsish on 23rd August Brigadier Qadar tolci me that only
50 had been collected from the Mogul; other reports spoke of
170* As a result of a report made by Captain ^ohrab Khan.
Behnam, who was specially sent down by General Razmara t# in
vestigate, Major Ali Khan Fuladvand is to be reniovec. ’ The
troops from Isfahan are to be withdrawn; Brigadier Qadar is
being replaced by Colonel Garzan; Colonel TTaravaj 4 , only just
recently appointed to look after the Chahar Lang Mawivand, is
to return to Tehran; and captain ^ohrab Khan himself is to
replace Majtr Ali Khan as Security Officer and is tc work
directly under the General etaff* I am informed that about
forty troops will be left in Ali Gudarz and that further dis
armament in to be carried out through the personal influence
of sohrab Khan, who is well liked and. respected in the area,
/where he