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CONFIDENTIAL.
1955. j
Diary of His Majesty’s Consulat3, Kirman, No. 6 for tha month-of-Juiw l , 9S3r'
His Majesty’s Consulate.
126. The King’s Birthday was celebrated
in the usual manner on the 3rd. A recep
tion was held in the morning and attended
by the Governor-General, his assistant, the
chiefs of the Police and Municipality, the
European community and heads of foreign
firms. A dinner was given in the evening
to which the four Persian officials mentioned
above, and all members of the European
colony were invited. The Governor-Gene
ral, when consulted by H. M.’s Consul about
the selection of Persian guests, discourag
ed the idea of sending invitations to any
other local officials. While drinking the
King’s health at dinner, however, H s
Excellency delivered an unusually friendly
speech which was reciprocated by H. M. s
Consul in a suitable reply.
127. H. M.’s Consul visited the districts
of Zarand, Kawir and Mahun, on tour,
during the month.
Local Affairs.
128. Mirza Muhammad Ali Khan Dabir
Hahi, chief of the Census Department in
Kerman since August last, died on the 3rd
and Mirza Abdullah Khan Isfandiari, a
Census official on leave from Tehran took
charge of the department on the 6th.
129. Reference paragraph 88.
As the result of investigations by
Shahshahani, the inspector from the Ministry
of Justice, into charges of corruption brought
against certain officials of the Adlieh De
partment in Kerman, Sayyed Ali Khan
Kabir, Public Prosecutor of the Bidayat
Court, and Sayyed Muhammad Jandaqi,
one of the leading pleaders, were put under
arrest at the end of the month.
Another pleader and a few private persons
were also put under arrest, but were even
tually released on bail.
130. Reference paragraph 89.
Hassan Agha Allah-verdi (Qazvini), one of
the two merchants who represented the
Kerman Chamber of Commerce on the
Economic Conference held at Tehran in
April last, has been appointed Manager of
the new company, and it is agreed that
he will receive 12 per cent, of the profits
as his pay.
131. Reference paragraph 91.
In order to find funds locally to make up
for the deficit caused in the Municipality
funds as the result of the reduction b^
Tehran of the Kerman Baladieh allotment
for the current year from Rials 200,000 to
Rials 80,000, and to carry out the construc
tions under project, the Governor-General
has forwarded to Tehran, for approval, a
proposal suggesting to raise the Municipal
taxes on articles of import and export and
the various local commodities, in some
cases by more than 100 per cent.
It may be of interest to note that the
amount of the regular yearly Municipality
budget for Kerman is barely sufficient to
defray the cost of lights supplied to the
Municipal area by the Electric Company
and all other expenditures will therefore
have to be provided for locally, excepting
the reduced allotment of Rials 80,000 re
ferred to above.
Security.
132. Reference paragraph 96.
Contrary to expectations, several rob
beries took place on the Bandar Abbas and
other roads to the south-west of the pro
vince during the month. In one case 4
lorries carrying sugar and other goods from
Bandar Abbas to Yezd were attacked by
robbers near Deh-Shuturan, on the Sirjan-
Rafsinjan road, and all the contents carried
away. Early in the month, a few of the
remaining outlaws from the Buchaqchi
tribe k lied two men of the Amnieh in the
district of Char-Gumbad, some 65 miles
to the W. S. W. of Kerman city.
Reports of large bands of robbers from
Ears infesting the country to the west of
the Kerman-Bandar Abbas motor road,
near Hajiabad, were received in the latter
part of the month and a number of troops
were despatched from Kerman to deal with
the situation.
Two men engaged in the service of a Gov
ernment department at Sirjan were arrested
and brought in to Kerman on the 27th on a
charge of robbery.
Russian Interests.
133. Mons. Bezakoff, a Soviet represen
tative, called on H s Majesty s Consul
on the 6th, with a letter of recommendation
from the Russian Consul-General at Isfahan,
requesting the assistance of a British medical
authority, with a view to making enquiries
into the circumstances leading to the recent
sudden death of Nicolas Iliukhin, the late
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