'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME II' [‎252r] (508/706)

QASR-I-SHlRfN
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supply a regiment for internal affairs, and each Sultan, or head of a
section, has to furnish a certain number towards it. The regiment has not
been raised for some years. The Kalhur formerly were responsible for a
regiment, but Baud Khan Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. -i-Muzaffar undertook to supply 1,000
horsemen when necessary on condition that no regiment be raised. This
was agreed to.
Turks '.—
At the present moment there are no troops in Khaniqln, though a force of
some two hundred is supposed to be quartered there.
Quite recently the Turkish authorities have been endeavouring to press into-
military service the Persian subjects resident in the district.
There is at Khaniqin a Police Commissary and one policeman. This
officer also undertakes the post of Mudir-i-’Umum, or judge of petty causes,
for wffiich purposes he possesses a clerk and a messenger.
Apart from the regular military, there is a small force of “zaptieh”, armed
mounted messengers and police, under one officer. These are all natives of
the district, and the service is voluntary.
Up to recent times an arrangement existed with certain tribes to guard the
frontier when necessary, particularly, with the Jaff MuradL As arms are now,
however, forbidden to all but the military, the tribes would probably, in time
of necessity, make the excuse that they possess no rifles.
Frontier arrangements .—From the Sir van river junction with the Quretu,
both northwards and southwards, the Turks have erected a line of towers
called' ‘Qulla (Qal’a?) which commences south of Banakhilan on the SIrvan,
and continues to Khani Bey on the Hulvan. From that point southwards
they attempted to extend the line east of the Baghcheh mountain to Mandali
but the Sinjabi have destroyed the towers four times, and the Turks have
desisted. At each of these Qulla are a few guards, who have no duties except
to stop the passage of suspicious persons into Turkish territory and to patrol
the frontier line.
On the Persian side there is a customs post at Haush Kurl (N. Akdagh),
one at Kaleh Sabzi, and one at Tangab, also posts at Sarab-i-Mirt and Aiwan
in Luristan. These are all under the direction of Qasr-i-Shirin. The last two
are not frontier posts.
Among the first three, and Qasr-i-Shirin, some thirty horsemen are divided,,
there being six at Haush Kurl, five at Kaleh Sabzi, six at Tangab, and
seven at Gilan (Sarab-i-Mirt). They are armed with Martini rifles sup
plied by the Government, but have to provide their own ammunition.
Their duties are excise only. Tangab apparently meaningless in situation, is
the entrepot for smuggled goods to Gilan, and goods going by the tribal roads
to Sar-i-Pul and Harunabad. Its use is principally in winter and spring, when
the nomads are in the neighbourhood. It was originally placed to prevent
the extensive smuggling to Karind.
The guarding arrangements on the Persian side are :—
Sharafbaini to supply 70 horsemen.
Bajlan to supply 150 horsemen.
Sinjabi to supply 50 horsemen around and at Kaleh Sabzi.
Sinjabi to guard Tangab (no station).
Haush Kuri has no guard, being included under Bajlan.