مجموعة ٩/٣٠(٢) "تقارير إدارية عن الخليج الفارسي - ١٩٤٥ -" [و‎‎١‎٥‎١] (١١٤٨/٣٠١)

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Oil Company depot v.ith it* brfnche* in Teft snd A.rdik*n.
Aq*i Piroos, the Agent of the A.I.O.C. wa* transferred to
Bu*hire and waa temporarily relieved by an Armenian from
Tehran who waa subsequently replaced by Abdur Rahim Kotal,
a Jew from Tehran.
IV. LOCAL GC-yBH’TaSKT
Agha Ahmad Sidri held charge of the lovernorate during
the year under report except for about five months during
the feummer when he went on leave to Tehran. Naib darhang
Sayed Jafar Klian Sharifi, the Chief of Police acted for him
in his absence. It is understood that in return for the
assistance which 3adri gave to Dr. Tahiri and Said Kazim during
the 1943 elections tjiis official has, with Dr. Tahiri*a
influence been promoted to the rank of Uatandar and appointed
(on p&^erj to the 4th Us tan. He draws the psy of an Ustaaiar
hut has been retainer in ifezd in the interests of Tahiri’s
party.
Axcept for the usual change# amongst the members of the
local Government no events of importance took place during
the year. During the summer the Police check on traffic
passing through the main gates *es removed, ^nd the collection
of 3% tax on all food stuffs imported into the town was
abolished by the local Finance Department under instructions
from the Central Government. Following this a lav. imposing
sn 805 tax on business people was promulgated but no action was
taken to enforce its regulations.
St the close of the year the local head of the Education
^apartment announced compulsory education for menial Government
employees in the ni;ht schools, but like most other measures
ior reform nothing hs»s resulted from the announcement*
V. MILITARY AKD
Fo noticeable sfeanga activities have been reported
in this area during the period under review except that raiding
gangs, mostly from Kars, have been active in Terat, Marwas and
on the main Yezd-Kerm^n Road necessitating the occasional
movement of Gendarmerie forces to deal with them.
The most important event of the year waa the re-orga*Aea-
iion of the Gendarmerie force in this district and the
establishment of two permanent ,, Guruhans M at Nain with a _
garrison of 150, each under the Officer Commanding. Yezd. In
order to raise this force locally the Officer Commanding, Yezd, a
started recruitment a t the end of the year unuer review, but
the required number of recruits is still incomplete.
In order to ueal with the increased ana more or less
permanent lawlessness in this part of the country, a small
tower was constructed at Shamsh Pas* (on the main Yezd-Karman
roaa; ana the garrison of Kerman#hahan transferred to that place.
Colonel iloizi, the Officer Commanding Gendarmerie, 10th
Us tan, Isfahan, who has administrative jurisdiction over the
Gendarmerie Force in Yezd district made an extensive tour in
lerat, ^arwas, vbar Kuh and 'lain etc. in order to round u^ the
principal bsndits responsible for highway robberies in this
urea ttnd to carry out an inspection in connexion with the
re-organisation tcherne.
The Gendarmerie have now been issued with a new kind of