ملف ١٧٤٩\ ١٩٢١ "الخليج الفارسي:- ملخصات إخبارية للمقيمية البريطانية ١٩٢١-١٩٢٥" [ظ‎‎١‎١‎٧] (٤٩٤/٢٤٩)

Th© Yezd road has been cleared of robbers: robberies, ho^e^er, took place
in November on the Leojan and Shiraz roads. Two thousand sheep were
carried away on the latter road and the soldiers and Amnieh smaids a\1io
pursued the brigands were worsted in a conflict and suffered se\eial casualties.
Roads now appear^ to be undisturbed throughout the province.
Several rifles and a considerable quantity of ammunition captured by the
Kuhigelu at Shelil were delivered to the Military at Isfahan on the 9th
December.
One-hundred cavalry and 500 infantry from Burujurd have passed Kum on
their way to Tehran.
BaJchticiTi .—Sowars of Saham-es-Saltaneh and Shchab-es-Saltaneh are
reported to have oppressed the villagers at Talkhunche and Lu, a military
force has been despatched to inquire into the matter and check abuses.
The inhabitants of Bagh-i-Badrun propose to come to Isfahan to lay
. before the Shah their grievances against the Bakhtiari and to claim redress.
The interview between the Minister for M ar while on his way to meet
the Shah, and the Bakhtiari Khans passed off in a friendly manner, but the
general attitude of the Military especially in connection with the Shelil
incident, is causing the Khans considerable anxiety as regards the Minister’s
future attitude towards them. He promised to discuss matters outstanding
between them on his return with the Shah and professed his willingness to
consider their views. On his return with the Shah, he accepted their presents
and is reported to have been pleased with the reception they accorded him.
Nusrat-es-Saltaneh informed His Majesty’s Consul-General that, at Sirdar
Jang’s request, he was using his good offices with the Shah to effect a complete
reconciliation between the Bakhtiari and the Minister for War, and before the
termination of the Shah’s visit, stated that ha had been completely successful,
which new s w as confirmed by Sirdar Jang.
The Khans have shared in the cost of erecting a telephone wire to
Dehkurd and have subscribed 20,000 Tomans.
The “ Tufan ”, which was suppressed in Tehran, is being published secretly
and copies are being sent to Tehran.
Russians. —On the occasion of the anniversary of the bombardment of the
Shrine of Meshed by the Russians, the “ Ghurresh ” published a supplement
upbraiding the people for mourning a eleven-year-old wrong perpetrated under
the Tzarist regime now swept away by the Bolsheviks, and pointing out that
there lay far greater cause for lament in the news that the British had bom
barded and destroyed the sacred shrines at Ne^jef and Kerbala. His Majesty’s
Consul-General pointed out to the Governor ^General, the utter falsity of these
pernicious statements and requested him to contradict them and to check this
f orm of anti-British propaganda.
The Russian Consulate-General continues its propaganda amongst the
labouring classejand Democrats. Pamphlets in Armenian and Persian have
been published by its agents picturing the blissful state of Armenia under the
Bolshevik regime and describing the advantages of Socialism.
The Russian Consul-General, for the third time in the last two months,
has notified that he holds charge of Armenian interests in Isfahan and has
called upon Armenian citizens to register at the Consulate under pain of losing
their rights of citizenship on failure to do so.
8/iiraz.—IIis Imperial Majesty the Shah reached Shiraz on the 4th
December and received an enthusiastic reception from a large crowd. On the
6th he received His Majesty’s Consul, and later in the day, the Soviet Consul
who had been pressing for an interview ever since the Shah’s arrival apparently
for the purpose of giving notice that his Government had broken off relations
with the Persian Cabinet in connection with the failure of the Commercial
Agreement. During his stay, His Imperial Majesty received a petition from
n the muleteers asking for the prevention of oppression on the Bushire road
which had been suspended during the rdgime of the South Persia Rifles but
had begun again. His Imperial Majesty left Shiraz on the 10th, stopping at
Persepolis, Surmaq and Qumisheh.