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^ KERIM KH^N BARKHaRDARI, Bakhshdar of ;he tribe
Uune Diary, para 19) has, as anticipated, been ii trouble.'His .pre
decessor and rival, ASGHAR KHAR 3AKHTIAR SINJABI aas^offlplajjied that
some 20 Persian Army rifles which had been entrusted ‘tdAfeihJir Khan anu
distributed by him to his henchmen had been seized by Kerim Khan and
disposed ofi-without the knowledge of the proper authorities. Three, it
Wo.s alleged, had. been smuggled across the frontier andi / s^ld in Khanania^
^ne others had disappeared. The O.C. Troops summoned Kerim Khan' to
nermanshah and held him there while an officer, Lt. KERIMI, went to
SinjaDi to investigate, at the end of the month Kerim Khan was still
detained in Kermanshah but the O.C. Troops had promised H.M, Consul
that he would be allowed to return just as soon as Lt. Kerimis invest
igations were completed,
J 7 * /T The KALHUR tribal dispute between the A'Zidkll and QU3ADIAN
factions (June Diary, para 21) still goes on. The O.C. Troops and the
Acting Governor-General summoned the pairties to Kermanshah and tried to
arrange an amicable settlement, but this proved impossible. At one
moment the A'ZAMIS collected some 200 armed retainers in SHAHA3AD and
threatened to start trouble but the summons of the leaders to Kermanshah
averted an outbreak.
18. In KULIAI the family dispute between AMIRI and AMJADI,
leading landowners of SUHGHUR (April Diary, para 14), again came to a
head and both parties came to Kermanshah co try and arrange matters.
It was.agreed that a party composed of the Acting Governor-General,
th e Directors of the Justice, Finance and Registration (Sabt-i-Asnad)
Departments should go out to KALA SAFID to examine the question of
water rights on the spot and try to reconcile the disputants. H.M. Cons
also agreed to join the expedition but strictly as a spectator. The J
expedition did not actually take place till August 3rd» After much *
discussion an agreement was finally reached and signed by both parties
timebein- d at h f^ast iS wil1 impr0VG the tranquillity of the area for the*
u h ? ve been man y complaints recently about the conduct
oi the JavaiYRUDIS who are again getting themselves a bad name. They
d f • .- prGVboLls bab record with tne Persian Government and the
P°T a tical Adviser last.year by helping in the campaign against the'
RASHID brothers (May Diary, para 19.), but are now committing a number
0 T a £? T S T T a Sf ress:Lcn against their neighbours, especially the
AUROMAH LaHUHIS, and are strongly suspected of buying rifles and amm
unition for illegal pur^-oses. They are also under suspicion of some
sort of collusion with the aUROM^H REa^BIS against whom the Persian
Army is now engaged in a punitive expedition (See next para).
f , HaSSAH KHAN REZABI, MAHMUD KHAN DTZLI and MAHMUD KHAN KANI
HaNaNI have for some time past been engaged in acts of brigandage and
lawlessness, including the seizure of lands belonging to various land-
owners of SANANDaJ, and have ignored repeated warnings from the Persian
and British authorities calling on them to submit to Persian Government
control and mend their ways. Finalljr, after the last ultimatum had bee'
ignored, the Persian Army sent out a column from SANANDAJ under the x
command of Sartip HUSHMAND AFSHAR to bring them to reason. This column
advanced to AB I HANG, border of REZABI territory and after a final
call to negoti ation had been disregarded, the troops advanced in mid
thnt H? 7 'S territory proper On the 14th July, it was announced
that RjjZaB itself had been taken after some fighting and casualties on
both sides, but it was subsequently learned that the town itself had
MAHMTTn e Tm?AT C ?r?iT? d Q! ) ATKT? nly -?2 in9 bei f hts surrounding it. On July 20th
KANI SANANI, with about 1,000 men and some support from
MAHMUD KHAN DIZLI and,it is said, a number of Kurds from the Iraqi side
MPRTv^v nt Th ^, . k Un r hed a s^Prise attack on th e Persian garrison
at MERIVAn. The attach was beaten off after heavy fighting, but the
position was so seriou s> that Col. BAYENDOR, O.C. Troops at Kermanshah
was rushed to MERIVaN with reinforcements a thousand strong from here
situation. Reinforcements were also rushed in from Tehran
and SAQ^IZ. At the end of the month, the fighting was still continu
ing and th e iersian military were so secretive about it that there was
reason to suppose that all was not going according to plan. On July 27th