Coll 28/17 ‘Persia; Diaries; Kerman Consular 1931–1939.’ [‎93r] (185/1069)

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His Majesty’s Consulate, Kerman, Diary No. 1, for the month of January 1934.
1. The Consulate flagstaff was dressed,
as usual, on New Year’s day.
2. His Majesty’s Consul left for Bandar
Abbas, on tour, on the 19th of the month.
Local Officials.
3. Mirza Reza Khan Shari’at Vakil Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator.
’Umumi (Public pleader) for the Bedayat
Court in Kerman, arrived from Tehran at
the end of December.
4. Reference paragraph 314 of last
Diary.
Dr. Suhrab Barkhurdar, Health Officer,
Kerman, returned from leave in the early
part of the month.
5. Reference paragraph 214 of Diary
for October last.
Fara-Vashi (Mutarjim Humayoun), the
Principal of the Pehlevi Middle School in
Kerman, received instructions from Tehran
in the middle of the month to take over
charge of the Education Department from
Mirza Abdul Karim Khan Ebrahimi.
6. Azar Noush, who had been in charge
of the Roads Department in the Kerman
area for over a year, received instructions
to proceed to Tehran in the latter part
of the month. His successor, Daulat
Khan, is expected to arrive here in a short
time.
7. Sarhang Khajoui, the new Rais-i-
Amnieh in Kerman, arrived here at the
end of the month. Sarhang Abdullah
Khan Tumaj will shortly proceed to
Tehran.
8. Reference paragraph 251 of Diary
for October last.
Agha Sayyed Abbas Tabatabai arrived
from Tehran at the end of the month, as
Chief Judge of the Bedayat Court in
Kerman.
9. Reference paragraph 312 of last Diary.
Mirza Fatih Ali Khan Mustaufi was
appointed Deputy Governor the dis
tricts of Jiruft and Rudbar at the end of
the month, and Mirza Muahammad Ali Khan
Vaziri (Muntasir Diwan) succeeded him
as Chef de Bureau of the Govemorate-
General in Kerman.
Local Affairs.
10. As the result of a recommendation
by the Commission of Enquiry, before
their departure to the Gulf, and in order
to obtain a rough idea of the amount of
expenditure, the Governor-General is
arranging for an assessment of the cons
truction work carried out by Kazimi,
the e^-Governor-General, in the Municipal
area of Kerman town.
11. Reference paragraph 213 of Diary
for September last.
Two engineers from Tehran arrived in
Kerman in the latter part of December
and proceeded to Rawar, to inspect the
road in connection with the project of
making a motor alignment from Kerman
to Meshed, and to estimate the cost.
12. Reference paragraph 255 of Diary
for October last.
The item allowed for the registration of
property situated in the first area in the
town having expired on the 20th of the
month, an extension of 15 days has been
granted by the local authorities.
13. Reference paragraph 288 of Diary
for November last.
As the result of representations made
to Tehran, permission has been received
by the local Registration authorities to
make arrangement with the local papers
for the publication of notices in respect
of the property in the province, excluding
the property situated in the first area of
Kerman city, the contract for which had
already been given to the editor of
“ Sitara-ye-Jehan ”.
14. The question of reviving the old
Indigo industry in the Province, on
modern lines, has been taken up by the
Governor-General since his arrival in
Kerman, and negotiations have been going
on with the leading Persian traders in
Bombay with a view to obtaining infor
mation on the subject from India. The
last proposal is to arrange for the engage
ment of an expert from India and to form a
small company, with a capital of ten to
twelve thousand tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. , whose head
quarters will be at Bam, the biggest town in
the chief indigo producing districts in the
province—Bam and Namashir.
15. Asadi, the Director of the Endow
ments of the Holy Shrine at Meshed,
arrived in Kerman via Zahidan on the
7th and left for Meshed by the same route
on the 20th. As the result of enquiries
made by him in Kerman, a number of
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