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Diary of His Majesty’s Consul, Kerman, No 5, for the month of
July 1931.
91. Local officials .—Reference paragraph
74. Mirza Ahmed Khan, Waziri, arrived
from Tehran on the 8 th as Director of
Posts and Telegraphs for Kerman.
92. Mohamed Ali Khan, Amir Ibra-
himi (Nusret-ul-Mamalik), deputy for Raf-
sinjan, arrived in Kerman on the 14th.
93. Sheikh Mahmud, Dabistani, better
known as the 44 notorious Dargahi , one
-of the two deputies for Kerman, arrived here
on the 15th.
94. Local affairs.—Reierence paragraph
89. Sartip Haider Quli Khan, who had
not yet fully recovered from his wound,
left for Tehran on the 8 th by an aeroplane
specially despatched from the Capital for
his conveyance.
95. Mons. Duckstein, an Inspector of
the National Bank of Persia, arrived from
Tehran on the 7 th and left for Bam en route
to Duzdab on the 24th.
96. Reference paragraph 75. Mr. M. R.
Contractor, an Indian Parsee, who at one
time was working in a spinning mill in
Japan where he lost one hand, and is at
present dealing in water pumps, etc.,
visited Lalehzar recently, having been de
puted by His Excellency the Governor
General to report on the possibility of
bringing water from that place into
Kerman. The result of Mr. Contractor’s
investigation is not yet known.
H. E. Reza Khan. Afshar, left for Yezd
on the 6 th to secure shareholders in his
spinning mill project in which His Majesty
the Shah is said to be very much interested.
The two deputies for Yezd and Rafsinjan,
viz.. Seyid Kaz m and Nusret-ul-Mamalik
respectively, met the Governor at the for
mer place at the express orders of His
Majesty to assist H s Exce lency in urther-
ing his scheme.
A sum of about Tumans 220,000 is
beheved to have been subscribed at Yezd,
50,000 at Rafsinjan and 17,000 at Sirjan,
which would now bring the amount up to
Tumans 477,000 out of the total capital
of Tumans 5 , 00,000 called for.
to the town. It is believed that the local
Municipality are agreeable to participate
in Sheikh Abul Qassim’s venture.
The Governor General mentioned about
two months ago in the course of conversa
tion with His Majesty’s Officiating Consul
that this town would have electric lights in
October but this appears doubtful as the
installation has not yet commenced.
98. Military news .—Reference paragraph
34 . The Kerman Column has not yet re
turned to its headquarters. After halting
at Khushnabad (Kerman-Fars boundary)
for about a month, the Column is reported
to have moved back to Lar. The parents
of conscript soldiers who have completed
the r term of service but are still with the
Column, are becoming restless.
99. Reference paragraph 77. Sarhang
Alburz, the Officer Commanding Kerman
Brigade, returned from Tehran on the 20 th.
100. Reference paragraph 78. The Con
scription Committee at Bam has adjourned
for two months owing to hot weather. So
far this year 120 recruits have been enlisted
from that district.
101. Communications .—Reference para
graph 80. The work on the Kerman-
Khabis road via Sirch was started at the
beginning of the month and about 300
coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. are being employed on the Gudar-i-
Sirch section. It is expected that the road
will be fit for wheeled traffic by next
autumn.
102. The Chief of the Road Department
left for Duzdab on the 22 nd en route to
Persian Baluchistan and thence to Charbar
in connection with the new Coastal route.
103. Security .—According to a report
from Bam a trader who was proceeding to
Pusht-i-Gudar at the end of June was
attacked by a band of robbers said to be
from the tribe of Jan Ahmad Jurjundi and
robbed of 400 Tumans worth of goods.
The same report states that one Akbar,
having collected a number of ruffians some-
where near Iranshahr, attempted to create
trouble, but was pursued by troops from
Zabul and forced to run away.
Reza Khan has since proceeded to Tehran
to report progress to His Majesty and obtain
further orders. In his absence, the assist
ant to the Governor-General, Dadras, has
been very active in promoting the scheme,
holding meetings locally and visiting the
districts.
97. Lighting of Kerman town by elec
tricity. Sheikh Abul Qassim, the Russian
sales agent in Kerman, is interested in the
' a plan t to supply electricity
enclosure in
,ND,A FOREIGN SECRETARY'S I
No fiSf I
Dated 17 SEP. 193 )
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104. Reference paragraph 262 of 1929. Ali
Jan, the notorious outlaw, is still at large.
He recently fired at a trader going to Jiruft,
wounding him in the leg.
105. Municipality .—Reza Khan, Muin-
zadeh Noor, arrived from Yezd on the 11 th
and relieved Waziri, as Chief of the Muni
cipality. The latter has been transferred
to Rafsinjan as Deputy Governor, vice
Abdul Karim, Rukn-us-Sultan, who has
been placed on the waiting list.