ملف ٢٢٩٧/ ١٩١٩ "تقارير شهرية للمقيمية البريطانية في الخليج الفارسي. ١٩١٢-١٩٢٠." [و‎‎١‎٧] (١٠٤٤/٣٨)

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Tehran about eleGtions aud theie ia
not even any talk or them in Bunder Abbas.
• Reports were received from Lingah that small-pox was rasing there.
Bis Majesty's Consul wired to the Head Clerk, Lingah, enquiring whether this
was true, xhe Quarantine Medical Officer reported that tbe small-pox was
bad but was decreasing and that vaccinations were being carried out.
Mir Yakoob, brother-in-law of Mir Barkat, came into Earyan in tbe
Minab district and killed Haji Kambar Dadi, Kalantar of Earyan in the Minab
district, and carried away his belongings.
It was also reported that 200 Tahirzais were gathered at. Euhistak, and
one hundred men at Mahal-i-Jao. His Majesty-s Consul wrote a letter of
warning to Mir Barkat and advised the Deputy Governor Minab not to take
the offensive unless raiders commenced attacking and plundering Minab
district. The Officer Commanding, South Persia liifles, was asked to have
a party of men in readiness to proceed to Minab at short notice in case Mir
Y akoob intended raiding tbe district: matters now, however, have quietened
down.
Kerman (September 20th to October 18th .)—There were several
robberies committed during the last half of September. A caravap
consisting of about sixty camels en route to Yezd was robbed near Anar
on September 26th, and a caravan of pilgrims en route to Eerman was robbed
three farsakbs beyond Anar by a small band of mounted and foot Arabs, about
tbe same time. It was believed that these robberies were the result pf
Tumours, then current, that Prince Parman Parma, Governor-General of Pars,
bad been dismissed. Shortly after this, however, it was confirmed that
Parman Parma was no longer Governor-General of Pars : little activity
of robbers has occurred since this, but it was feared that trouble might
ensure. About October 17th news was received from Anar that some
300 Pars robbers had closed the Darvazeh, Payad and Eermanshah
passes on the Anar-Mehdibad section of the Eerman-Yezd road. The road
is, therefore, blocked to caravans and travellers.
The first post from Kerman to Duzdap left Kerman ©n September 28th
apd the first poet from Duzdap for Kerman Jeft on September 27th. The
service is weekly and the mails have since been arriving regularly, taking five
days on tbe journey to and from Duzdap. This is a great improvement as
letters from Bunder Abbas take eight days or more to reach Kerman. Accord
ing to information received from Duzdap, the Political Agent, Cbagai, is
making Sirdar Juma Khan responsible for .the safety of the postal service
within bis limits.
Tbe Persian Postmaster received orders on 11th October to abolish tbe
present mounted postal service between Kerman and Bunder Abbas and to
substitute a slow service by donkeys. The Persian Postmaster* with His
Majesty's Consul's concurrence, has replied suggesting that the orders may
be held in abeyance until all English and Indian mails have been diverted
to tbe Duzdap route.
No orders regarding tbe sale of Government grain bay© yet beep
received by the Financial Agent} from Tehran. The Financial Agent has
been instructed to issue 500 Kharwars of wheat and barley to the local Army
Department at current rates and deduct the cost from the Army Budget.
This grain will be issued from the stock that was being stored m the Gov
ernment ambars in Kerman and environs for the purpose ot regulating the
price of bread.
Th© Finance Agent has beep informed from Tehran -that Mirza Assasullah
Khan fiurdistani has, by an arrangement made in Tehran, been permitted
to commute the revenue i n kind payable on the crown lends rn Jiruft, &c.,
recently leased by hhd, iuto a cash payment at ifoe rate of 4 Tomans per
Kbarwar. Tenders for this grain were rceenfly myited m Kerman and a
sum of Tomans 9J per Kharwar was offered. ; The revenues s pf 4he.provinces
will thus suffer a # loss of Tomans per Kharwar by this arrangement:
or a total of over Tomans 5,000. ^ The Governor-General has sent a telegram
to Tehran strongly protesting against his commutation.