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Diary of His Majesty’s CdtisuI, Kerman, N?. 2, for tlie months
February to April 1331.
22. Personal. —Lieutenant-Colonel E. W.
€?„ Noel, C.I.E., v sited Khabis in February
and Yezd in March. On the afternoon of
the 25th April he handed over the charge
of the Consulate to Mr. G. A. Richardson,
O.B.E., H. M.’s Consul and Assistant Resi
dent, Bandar Abbas, and proceeded to
Duzdap on the 26th en route to Dera Ismail
Khan on transfer.
23. Local officials .—His Highness Seyid
Mohamed, Tadayun, Governor-General,
Kerman, left for Jiruft on the 3rd February
in connection with a motor road to that
district. At the end of the month orders
for his recall had been received and on the
7th March, on his return from Jiruft, he
handed over the charge to Dadras, his
assistant, who still continues to officiate.
At the end of April, however, the ap*-
pointment of His Excellency Mirza Reza
Khan, Afshar, to the vacant pest of Gover
nor-General, Kerman, was announced from
Tehran.
24. A number of changes have taken
place, during the three months under report,
amongst the Local Officials at Kerman :
(а) Mirza Fatullah Khan, Mustaufi,
the acting Provincial Director of
Finance was relieved by Prince
Mohd. Hassan Mirza, Daulatshahi,
on the 29th March.
( б ) Yawar Ismail Khan, Da war Panah,
on arrival from Shiraz on the 4 th
March, took over the acting com
mand of the Kerman Brigade.
Sarhang Alburz, the permanent
Officer Commanding, however, re
turned from Lar via Bushire and
Bandar Abbas at the close of
April.
(c) Sarhang Haji Baqer Khan, Qara-
ghuzlu, on recall, was relieved at
the end of March by Naib Sarhang
Mahmood Khan, Kianpur, as Rais
-i-Amnieh.
{d) Yawar Seyyid Sadiq Khan, the
Chief of the Nazmieh, received
orders of transfer to Tehran during
March and his relief was announced
in the person of Yawar Ghulam
Hussein Khan, from Bushire.
During the latter part of April
however orders were received re
instating Yawar Seyyid Sadiq
Khan at Kerman.
(e) Sheikh Murteza , Nahavandi, the
Chief of the Court of the First
Instance (Bidayat) in Kerman was
transferred to Sultanabad in the
same capacity and left on the 23rd
April. His place has been filled
up by Akhgar, the Public Prose
cutor of the same Court. Latter’s
relief is expected from Tehran.
25. Local Affairs .—In spite of the ru
mours in the early part of March that the
whole staff of the Adlieh (Justice) Depart
ment in Kerman was to be transferred to
Ispahan, information was received at the
end of April that the jurisdiction of the
Kerman Appeal Court would be extended
to Yezd and Bandar Abbas from the
22 nd May. Also that an extra Sulhieh Civil
Court will be established in Kerman town
and paid for by the Municipality. At the
present moment there is only one Sulhieh
Court in Kerman and though the Judge,
Shariat Madari, is well reputed, he is unable
to cope with the large volume of cases filed
in his Court.
26. The Shah’s Coronation on the 4th
Urdi-Bihisht (25th April) was not celebrated
owing to intimation from Tehran that it
would in future be observed on His Ma
jesty’s Birthday, wh ch falls on the 7 th
Isfand (27th February).
27. Mukhatib-us-Sultan (Nabavi), former
ly the Superintendent, Persian Telegraphs, |
Kerman, arrived in Kerman on the 13th
February to make necessary preparations
for taking over the telegraph office and,
lines from the Indo-European Te egraph
Department. He left for Duzdab on the'
21 st.
28. Mehravaran, an Inspector of the
Finance Ministry, proceeded to Jiruft on the
18th February to enquire into charges of
corruption against the Malieh officials
there, and returned in the middle of March.
Mirza Muhsin Khan, Fikri. the recently
appointed financial Agent, Jiruft, was sus
pended, and replaced by Tehran by a senior
official of the Department. Mehrawaran
returned to Tehran on the 23rd April.
29. Faramurzi, an official of the Ministry
of Economy, visited Kerman from Tehran
during the period under report. He ac
companied Mehrawaran to the Capital.
30. The re-assessment of revenues in the;
province, in respect of the estates not