File 2297/1919 ‘Persian Gulf Residency Monthly Reports. 1912-20.’ [‎359v] (723/1044)

™ 9 -, Tlle A ® ank ar ® contemplating sending another consignment of sneoie
ma Bandar Abbas to Kerman. The sum is 100,000 Tumans. They have 0
safely received from Yesd 9,000 Tumans. ' ]Ust
e3tS ' £t 71 °- ?i tee ?, ce P^TfP 11 55 7- Both Sistani British Proteges disanneared •
after much trouble and delay owing to the Baluch raid, two rifles believed to he
their property and 1882 yards of Kerbas of which they or their master are
owners, were made over by the Local authorities to the Consulate Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. who
now has thorn m his charge. ' vn °
711. Another of this gang of Sistanis turned up here at the ConsnW A.
mandmg assistance, He had however, no documents to support his cla^m to our
good offices, and was accordingly sent about his business^. 1
I*} an £ tlier Sl ' sta ni, Yar Muhammad, turned up with an old “ Rahdari »
from the Sistan Consulate. On reference being made to him His Maiestv's rnn i
Sistan, stated that the document, which was obsolete, should be take/from / ’
and that he should be told to obtain a Kesh one through his Brkishln^n mp“o™
He has, however disappeared, and it is reported that he has proceeded to Know
o buy rifles which he will export to Afghanistan avoiding en route Kerman.
il 3 :- rr i h ^ C T U i ate A bein § kept very bus y in the matter of debt-collectins
Bant ivi hlgh ldeals of ] ustlc e in Persia might be, entertained by the ActhS
Bank Manager, and the failure on the part of the local anti,,,rot/ . j i , l g
to respond to them. There are several very combated r 01 ?
have now been running for more than a yL^th fan ! p ^ CaSeS wkch
These cases are due, it would seem, to the very complacent mannef^Ywr 8 '
Bank and the Hindus did business until the financial smash of a vear "YC^if
Sands^Yat^ This is well, as this sortoAok
of these cases being brought tot termination ' h 18 n ° lmmedlate P ros P®cf
that 'the Hindu™ "artihS hoMin^ ^ ActiB § G r rnor ™ ho complained
SttS ^mpokS aSg’ ttt^eytt
they would have to look to their Safety thekseKet 8 HeTl P lactlcal “ 0 o°P ol y>
put m a statement of the cost landed / ® mselves - He also required them to
they have submitted cmrect orYcnlY I* 6 SU S ar tie y k oW. This
15% their sugar cost Ks. 8-90 per man ("fit IbYwYl t* a ! owln S for a profit of
Rs 9. Considering the many risks hl " ^ W been sellin g at
aga nst the Persian Government and indi 'd llnSatlsbed claims they have
authentic) would not app“etve PerSlanS ’ the 15 % ^ <«
the Parsees has been withdrawn YwinetYth^ 6 Hlndl } s tllat .the competition of
of tea, sugar, oil, woollen and cottn/ g eneral financial collapse. Prices
excessively high in Kerman I hpv 1 ? iaterials a nd other imported articles are
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the agent and employl’ifjfMe'ite^ C™telii % u t !esome 0336 of conflict bet-
Deputy Governor there, Latif Khan Ba’kht^! ’ Ti d Com P an y at Hawar and the
matter of 6 Tumans, and the _ i*. T lle , ori gm of the dispute was a
matter of 6 Tumans, and the gravamen Zf-v. ^ or ^ n °f the dispute was a
his men forced their way into the bmwp x lea air 18 deputy Governor and
Incidentally the latter claim that sYlf - ° ne ° f the , W ? avers ^king for Castelli.
and injured, and that some carpets were dYmTged! 110 Ud ' nS ^ ag6nt Were beaten
The Deputy Governor Tifl'Hf
having been engineered by CastellPs agents ^TheT-/ h ° Ie dist P bance as
are Turks, and are open to everv su/Lm ' tj 1686 . bo ^ b m Ha-war and m Kerman
in Kerman, is a pestilent intriguer. ^ ' n * usain °fi> the right hand of the firm