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no disturbance. On 13th he and his party reached Kashan, the Governorship
of which place he is endeavouring to obtain.
(b) Abadeh would appear to be the rendezvous of numerous marauding bands
of various tribesmen, who have been on the warpath in the Yezd district and
also in the vicinity of Aminabad, where the telegraph line has suffered severely
at their hands ; about 300 lbs. of telegraph wire having been carried off between
that place and Yezd-i-Khast. A band of Kuhgelus is said to be moving north
ward.
(c) A band of Kuhgelus said to number about 400 has been looting in the
Roudasht district. Another band, numbering, according to the Sirdar-i-Zafiar,
about 80 was for several days in possession of the Orchini Pass. The party of
Bakhtiaris under Sardar-i-Masoud, sent out from Ispahan, failing to find the Kuh
gelus on the Orchini Pass, withdrew. Meanwhile, a party of 4 mounted Bakh
tiaris despatched with ammunition, taking another road, came up and was set
upon by the Kuhgelus. One Bakhtiari was killed, one wounded, two captured,
but subsequently released, and three horses shot (such at least is the account given
bv the Sardar-i-Zaffar). Subsequently, according to the same source, Amir
Khan Bakhtiari from Kumisheh with his party pursued the Kuhgelus as far as
the district of Semiram-i-Uliya, killed three or four of them and wounded several,
but was unable to follow them further.
1261. (a) Tehran Rood.—During the first week the posts got more belated.
That of the 19th October arrived on 5th November; and that of 21st October
arrived on the 9th November. The road to Sultanabad was reported safe, and
it was said that efforts were being made to ameliorate the postal service between
Sultanabad and Kum. Posts of 29th October and 3rd November from Tehran
arrived on 16th November. The Tehran-Kashan-Ispahan postal road was report
ed safe and very large caravans were moving on it.
(M During the last week there was a marked improvement in the arrival
of the Tehran posts—that of 2nd from Tehran arrived on the 19th, but that of the
10th on the 21st. It would appear that this improvement is due to the efiorts
of the new Amnenian contractor, Agaiantz, who has taken over the service from
Tehran to Sultanabad via Kum with the result that posts now reach Sultanabad
from Tehran in 5 days, instead of 12 as before.
(c) About 150 bales Russian piece-goods arrived from Tehran in the course
of the third week for Persian merchants (none for the Russian Bank).
Id) During the last week, the traffic was in full swing. Large quantities of
merchandise of all kinds came from Kazvin and Tehran, and large caravans left
for the north. The post of 17th from Tehran arrived on 30th.
1262. (a) Shiraz Rood.—During the first week there was no caravan traffic
on tliis road.
(6) On llth a report was received in Ispahan (apparently from Kumisheh)
nf an attack on and robbery of, a large pilgrim caravan from Shiraz for Ispahan
on the OrehinTpass by a bind of Kuhgelus said to number 400. Out of about
100 pilgrims, only two were said to have escaped.
(c) On 12th November the Governor-General informed Mr. ^
in consequence of the presence of Kuhgelus on the Orchmi, Salar-i-Masoud had
left Ispahan the previous afternoon with 100 Bakhtiari sowars, and Amir K an
Bakhtiari had been ordered to set out from Kumisheh for the same point. Sub
sequently, reports were current of fighting on the Orchmi between Kuhgelus and
Bakhtians in which the latter suffered some loss (10 Bakhtiaris are sald to ha
been killed and wounded). One Bakhtiari, badly wounded, was admitted to the
hospital on 15th. He stated that his brother had been killed m the fight.
(d) Some 120 mules, portion of a large caravan, arrived from Shiraz on 21st
They brought chiefly piece-goods. The road was reported sa e, u ere
no departures of caravans.
Roads,