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For all his diplomacy, Salahi has neverthe^less made enemies. One
such alleged that he accepts money freely, and that as the Governor
is merely a figurehead, his activity is only pretentious, whereas
SAItDAK AKhAi. was quite justified in not taking his job seriouslyl
It is undoubtly true, however, that had not Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Akram been at
It is undoubfly true, however, that had not Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Akram been at
loggerheads with his wife, he would now have had a good chance of
staging a come-back, as his wife is the niece of Qavam-es-Saltaneh.
i-iANSOOK returned from Qorveh on February
l<*th. On account of the snow he had never reached his village of
Serishabad (see para. 7 Jan. Diary) and it took him fifteen days
to do the "±0 miles from Qorveh to Hamadan, which he accomplished
partly on foot and partly on horseback. He now owns quite a fleet
of trucks, but again owing to the weather his wheat-transporting
contract has expired with only one-fifth of his allocation completed.
Shahzdeh, freed from the restraining influence of Major Simmons,
Regional Grain Adviser to the Kharbar, is now recouping his losses
by selling his wheat on the black market. This appears to point to
ccmpic ity on the part of the Chief of the Kharbar - AiwbL HJSSjlIxm
MOG hTADLn,
8 . As the time for the provincial elections approaches, the
political line-up becomes clearer. The chief candidates for the
riPdit-wing parties include the RAIS-UL-ISLAi^, Head of the Munici
pality, and SEYD ImaSROLLAH BANIS^DR, one of the principal mollahs.
GH0LA1I H0SSJ2IN KHAN AMIRI, the nephew of AMR NEAAM, is the only
garagezlu representative to have returned from Tehran so far.
Consequently the whole burden of furthering the interests of his
family has fallen on him, and his present existence is rather
hectic. The most prominent left-wing candidates are
KAIVAN and NAbOpTI, the manager of the. "Ekbatan" Theatre.
regard to the general elections also, there is much intrigue and
manoeuvring for position.
9 . The new Chief of Posts and Telegraphs is HaVIpI. His
'redecessor, AHMAD dAHRAMI, used to allow telegrams accusing the
police of misdemeanours to be read before despatch by the Chief of
Police, Col. Fatemi
r er and District.
10 MOHASSER ROWSHAN is reported to have succeeded ZbiN-UL-
ABHDIN SADRI as Governor of the ’Selas' - i.e. Malayer, TuiserKan
and Nehavand. Sadri kept order with a strong hand, but was ex
tremely venal, noticably being the servant of MALM the
Malles deputy for Malayer. The Chief of Gendarmerie ol ..ehavand
has been trahsfered to the corresponding post in Lalayer.
•Sconomic.
11 The excessively heavy snows which fell during.the early
part of February to an overall depth of 3ft., with dnIts irc:n
10-15 ft. deep, not only caused much hardship to travellers, man;*
of whom were snowbound for periods up to three weeks, but also
disrupted the economic life of the city, “itt 1 ® f <?° a H ® h *
reached Hamadan from the villages, andthebreadsituationatone
time threatened to be serious. The A.I.O.C. etoclcs of crude oil
and gas-oil were exhausted, and when kerosene aid not
their purpose, the bakers were obliged to ^venTof t0
bum wood, as they w-ere accustomed to ° th %, rnor h as requested
plentiful supplies of fuel oil. Salahi, th 9 Governor, nas e ^
GHOhAH HOSSEIN BORDOR, the local a.I.O.--. ’ ^ ^ supplement
the installation of further storage tan.es for gas on t-o
the one small one at present in use.
12. Gholam Hossein Horbor is of the few^eopU in Ha^dan
who ar« genuinely trying to relieve in sene measui