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13. The Chief of the Roads in the
Kerman Province visited Khwash and
Bandar Abbas daring the month. On
the 30th the Chief Director of Roads
arrived from Tehran and inspected the
Kerman-Khabis alignment via Sirch
(vide paragraph 214 of 1931) the next
day.
Security.
14. News was received from Sirjan at
the end of the month that Naib Syed
Ali Khan, the chief of the Nazmieh at
that place, while out hunting in the
country in company with some other
heads of Government departments, was
attacked by the robbers said to be
Parsis, and an Ammieh orderly was kill
ed. The story is that Syed Ali Khan
and his other companions who had been
carried away by the robbers have since
returned to Sirjan.
British Interests.
ll. The house of a certain Mirza
Darwish of Bam, who was former
ly a Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. in the British Yice-
Consulatte at that place, but since its
closing down, had been employed by
I this Consulate as a news- writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. , was
! searched by the Police authorities at
Bam on the 26th and Mirza Darwish
himself despatched to Kerman under
guard together with papers found in his
1 house. It is likely that the weekly letter
posted by him just before his arrest has
also been intercepted.
British Consulate, Kerman,
The 5th February 1932.
Russian Interests.
16. Reference paragraph 218 of 1931 .—
The Soviet Trade Representation in
Kerman gave the promised exhibition
of agricultural tools and implements on
the 7th. Two other Soviet agents, an
agricultural expert and the general
manager in Persia of agricultural tools,
arrived from Tehran at the beginning
of the month in this connection.
A number of local officials including
the Governor-General attended. The
show was not a great success and owing
to cold weather the total number of
spectators did not exceed a hundred.
The cultivators were also not much
impressed by the implements ex
hibited.
The Soviet General Manager in Persia
of agricultural tools later paid a visit to
Bam.
Miscellaneous.
17. Reference paragraph'222 of 1931 .—
Influenza, in a severe form, is said to
have spread to Jiruft and Rudbar. In
the Kerman town and environs also it
has not yet completely died out.
18. There has been a great scarcity of
rain in Kerman during the present cold
season and the prospects for the winter
crops do not therefore seem to be very
bright.
ABDUL ALIM L. K., Indian Attachd,
(In absence of His Majesty’s Offg. Consul,
Kerman, on tour.)
Distribution—
H. B. M.’s Minister, Tehran (2 copies).
The Hon’ble the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Bushire.
Foreign Department, Government of India, New Delhi.
The Chief of the General Staff, Simla.
H. B. M.’s Consul-General, Meshed.
H. M.’s Consul for Sistan and Kain, Zabul.
The Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat, incharge, Mekran Coast.
H. M.’s Consul, Shiraz.
H. M.’s Consul, Bandar Abbas.
H. B. M.’s Vice-Consul, Zahidan.
The Intelligence Officer in Baluchistan, Quetta.