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Coll 28/132 ‘Persia. Political Situation in Mekran.’ [‎9r] (18/69)

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The record is made up of 1 file (32 folios). It was created in 10 Jan 1945-1 Oct 1947. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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(b) The land lord class In Mukran especially Zabul
has prospered during the period undey report* Owing
shortage of grain in Iran and the hi
the black market f the land owning cli
principal grain producing centres of Iran f has made
fortunes while the peasant class has been hard hit by the
abnormal rise in the price of all essential imported article!
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The bread situation in the chief towns of the province
has on the whole been satisfactory, and the price of
Government controlled bread has been practically static*
Zahldan and Khwash depend for their supplies of v/heat on
Zabul* The harvest this spring is reported in some parts
of Zabul area as good but in others it is said to be below
the normal. Only 1600 tons of wheat are to be collected
against Tahods from the Zabul area from this yea^s harvest
for the use of the civilian populations of Zahldan and
Khwash* The collection this year is to be made by the
Revenue Department and not by the representative of Messrs
K.B* Sheikh Faiz Muhammad A Sons as last year* This will givs
the officials concerned the chance of H squeejEing H the small
farmers and lining their own pockets* Government Departments
(Army, Amnieh ) are making their own arrangements for supply*
The majority of the land lords in Zabul area are worried
over the opening of the Bohara canal in Afghan territory
adjoining Selstan, which is now nearing completion* When
working it will draw off a large part of the water of the
Helmand to irrigate land in Afghanistan, and leave very
little water for irrigating the land in Zabul area* They
think that this will mean a great decrease in the area
under cultivation in Zabul and may eventually result in
large number of Zabulis migrating to Afghanistan.
Swarms of deselrt locusts from the Oman and Fars visited
Mukran in March this year and laid eggs in the vicinity of
Iranshahr, Bampur. Sarbaz, Khwash f Mir,1awa,Zahidan and Zabul.
Steps were taken by the Persian authorities concerned for
the destruction of the eggs and hoppers and the menace was
dealt with effectively* Very little damage was done to
standing crops*
4 * msiQ Mm
Owing to distrust between smugglers in British Baluchistan
and smugglers on this side of the border, large scale
smuggling of prohibited goods from British Baluchistan to
Persia via the Mirjawa frontier and Afghanistan has
practically ceased*
During the period under report about 25000 tins of Anglo
Iranian Oil Company^ petrol and kerosene oil were smuggled
to Afghanistan via Zabul. These were mostly purchased by
smugglers from the A«I*0«C* office at Zahldan and its agenda
at Khwash and Zabul at rates varying from Rials 150 to 200
per tin. The cost of the petrol thus sold was credited to
the A.I.0.C at the rate of Rials 78 per tin and the balance
was pocketed by the officials concerned* As a result of
enquiries made, the Manager of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company
at Zahidan was held responsible for the sale of the greater
portion of the petrol thus smuggled to Afghanistan, and was
consequently dismissed*
5. BRITISH INTERESTS ‘ j
Sardars and important land lords in the Zabul area, who
remember the benefits they received during the last war,
cannot help feeling that the British Government has now los
interest in Selstan* One and all draw a contrast between tJ
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Six-monthly reports (referred to as appreciations) submitted by HM Consul at Zahidan [Zahedan] on the political situation in the province of Mekran (also spelt Mukran [Makran]), eastern Persia [Iran], and covering the period May 1944 to June 1947. Each report is organised under subheadings which vary from report to report but broadly cover: local administration; trade; smuggling; political affairs; security; communications; British interests; Russian (or Soviet) activities; army; and western reforms. The file also contains an appreciation on the political situation at Seistan [Sīstān] for the period July to December 1946, submitted by HM Vice-Consul at Zabul, which was presumably added to the file in error (ff 24-25).

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.

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1 file (32 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 34, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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