مجموعة ٨/٢٨ "بلاد فارس؛ اليوميات؛ سيستان وكاين، أبريل ١٩٢٧ – ١٩٣٣" [و‎‎٢‎٤] (٤٣٤/٥٨)

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^His Brilannic Majesty’s Consulate, Sistan and Eain, Diary ior the month of August
1932.
1. Persian Baluchistan and Sarhad .—All
the Baluch prisoners who were brought to
Kwash from Remishk, nine in number,
have now been shot.
Sardar Abdul Hussain of Remishk con
tinues to raid.
The brother of one Sabuk, who recently
killed a Persian soldier and cut the tele
graph line near Karvandeh, was shot at
Kwash early in August.
The mother of the late Dost Mohamed
Khan has returned to Dizzak. It is un
derstood that the G. 0. C. informed her that
the Persian Government would not permit
Ali Mohammed or Kausherwan to retrun
to Persia.
Qadir Baksh, Kurd, who has been ap
pointed Governor at Sarbaz, is very unpo
pular with the local Baluchis. He recently
applied to the G. 0. C. for assistance on the
ground that the tribes were purchasing arms
from different sources and comtemplated
attacking his fort.
2. Frontier. —A rumour has been^ current
in Kwash to the effect that the British in
tend to vacate Bobat, Kacha and Saindak
and to surrender that area to the Persians.
3. iSfofcm.—The authorities have been
very active in attempting to stem the flood
of contraband goods entering Sistan. A
number of raids have been carried out
against villages along the frontier a
considerable quantity of goods have been
found.
The appointment of 75 special Amnieh
Sowars has been sanctioned to be employed
on preventive duties.
No less than 49 arrests have been effected
by the Military authorities of persons charg
ed with smuggling who have been^kept m
Military custody. Two rates rule m
Zabul town—one for normal trade and one for
contraband goods—e.y., sugar loaf official
rate Rials 12 per loaf obtainable without
difficulty at Rials 7.
Cotton ‘ Shirting ’—open bazaar rate
Rials 13 per Zar, ' Private ’ deals Rials 5.
Smuggling is now so universal that it is
doubtful if any measures can be contrived
which will suppress it. Even the recent
orders which are said to have been issued—
that smugglers of certain articles are to be
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dealt with by Military Courts and to suffer
the death penalty—will not deter the border
tribes who are interested in such lucra
tive trade.
A number of important Sardars of the
Sistan area have proceeded to Kwash to
interview the G. 0. C. in connection with
the case in which one of their number is
accused of murder.
On 22nd August Amnieh from Sistan
engaged a party of smugglers and a running
fight took place. The smugglers escaped
to Afghan territory.
4. Health. —Consequent on an outbreak
of Cholera near Quetta, the Persians have
established quarantine at Mir jawa. Travel
lers both to and from India are subjected
to inoculation, unless in possession of
certificates of recent date. Mails were at
first held up by the Health authorities,
although they had no means whatever of
disinfecting them. Subsequently mails were
permitted to pass without delay.
An unconfirmed report has just been re
ceived of an outbreak of Typhoid in Kain
town.
5. Qainat.—On receipt of the news at
Birjand of the illness of Shaukat-ul-Mulk
at Tehran, very wild rumours were circula
ted to the effect that an attempt has
been made on his life.
6 . Education .—Notice has been given
that a new Government School is to be
opened at Zabul. Arabic, Persian, and
Military Drill are to be compulsory subjects
for the scholars.
At Birjand all teachers in the Primary
Schools have been ordered to prqceed to
Meshed for examination by the Khorasan
Directorate of Education. One village
school-master, who, by reason of being a
Mullah, was exempted from wearing the
National Headgear, was recently forced to
adopt the ‘ Pahlevi ’ hat by the Inspector of
Schools. He immediately sold his property
and absconded to Afghanistan.
7. Military News.—Practically all the
Sistan conscripts have now been sent to
Kwash for service. Only 40 conscripts now
remain. A small number of regular cavalry
which remained at Zabul have been dis
missed the service and replaced by cons-