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ordered to be begun at the end of December but owing to
uncertainties about zhe terms of the law and the manner
of its execution,no orogress had been made by the end of
the month.A preliminary meeting of notables was held in
mermanshah on Dec 23th but r.acn^d no decision.
3, In I-uaA it is reported tnat the new Governor ,Ar 5 UL
xiAbbiiD DiPlnh ( uct Diary,para. 9. ) ,is falling under the
influence of txae heirs of Ghulam Hussein -vhan Abu Qaddareh
the last her-oditary \^ali of Pusht-i-Kuh who aied in exile
in Iraq about 10 years ago.They are now claiming tne
“return" not onlj oi the late Vali's estates but also of
otner lands whicii. he and his ancestors nuver owned,
including some whiCxx in neza ah ah 1 s time were made over
freehold to the cultivators in an attempt to improve
thoir lot.The peasants are finding it a lit.Is difficult
to understand why under supposed "Dictatorship"” the} were
given lands while under so-called "Democracy" their 1 lands
are taken from them.
TRIBAL.
9 . In Kurdistan the situation had returned to normal,
HAS3AN KHAN REZA3I (Nov Diary,para.7) having made hie
submission to Brigadier HOMAYUNI,who thus brought/AUROMAN
operations to a more or less successful conclusion.This
enabled Homayurii to return from Kerivan to Senandaj and
set free a number of troops,some of whom were sent to
reinforce the garrisons in SAQQIZ,BANEH,and SARDAoHT
while others .^ere sent to BIJAR and TANAB,This disposition
was intended to prevent any surprise attempt to move
southward on the part of the Azerbaijan "Democrats".
10 . It v was reported that peac. had been secured in the
HALHUA tribe by an a reement between tne A^iZAmls (Nov
Diary,para.5) and th^ir rivals tne QUBADIANs.The Acizamis
agreed to accept KHUBhU QUbADlAN as Governor of Shahabad
on condition that he recognised their property rights
ana refrained from oppressing ihem.Contrary to expectations^
so far there; have been very few complaints against xvhusru
Qubadian's administration of his Governorate.
PO^jiilCAL.
•11. As mentioned in tne opening paragraph,conditions
have remained outwardly quiet out under the surface the_
Tudeh has gained strenjn^ at the expense of other political
parties many of whose adherents,disheartened by the failure
of the Moscow Conference as far as Persia was concerned,
are hastily taking steps to range themselves on what they
suppose to be the winning side.At the end of tne month
the Tudsh were protesting vigorously against the terms of
the antiquated law for the election of Provincial Councils
which denies the vote to most of their supporters.The
Governor General hoped to overcome’ this opposition by
allowing two o'f their friends to be appointed to the ,
Supervisory Committee,but this device did not entirely
satisfy them. . •
AuRlCQ xjTERE AND -SUPPLIES.
12. Rains were plentiful and harvest prospects are good
so far but of course anything may happen 'before next
June-July.The next requirement is an adequate snowfall
during 'January and February to provide water for the
Summer months.
13. Difficulty arose about the supply of sugar beet for
the oHAiiAbAD sugar factory An East India Company trading post. . The local beut crop tot-: lied
/about