Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [‎255r] (510/669)

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(30^. Luribjtan. The foliovTing ia copied from a report of
A. L. 0. Hamadaii : -
:t In the village of Ab-e-bard, about 30 mile a v^eat of
Burujird* there haa been a claBh betreen the an.'j and
the i.urs, in r-hich one aoldier and three tribean/en are said
to have been killed- "'he cause is said to be that last
year these Lurs held for ransom a certain landowner of
Burujird named k ah/nan khan and extorted from hhr, ^ 000
tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. and § quantity of sugar; kahman Khan T s so'.'i is
Major Abdulaziz hasrullahi stationed at Khorranabad, and
he sent secret orders to Captain Dabirmaaesh at ?iiVujird
to take revei ge» broad facts seem fairly well estab
lished, but the name of the tribe was given as the.
Mateshhbranch of the Bairanvand, a name trhich hat never
been heard elsewhere. The name of the leader 1* reported
a- >11 Akbar Baleroon, and he and his tribe have fled to
the mountains, since this clash, which occurred atout
three 7»eeici> ago, there has beer, agreat increase i;;
plunder a^d stealing of flocks in the area. '*
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The following items are taken from the :-eport
siiutanabad, which has just been receiveu
(31). Tudeh Pa rty . °he Tudeh party in the sultanabaci area
are losing prestige, owing to their corruption and underhand
dealings. Their meetings are poorly attended. At Du*ud, where
the party numbers about 30, a travelling concert parly tried to
attract memoers. It had little success; and after t’t second
performance the local Gendarmerie arrested the leading player
on the grounds of ridiculing the oresent regime, ^hc local
Mullah at Dcrud is a strong opponent of the party anc will
not' allow its members into the mosque.
(S#;. All G-udarz. A feud is raging between the local Gend
armerie Commander and the security Officer for the tribes.
Captain bchrab Khan* The former is noted for his corrupt ion
and the latter has the support of the local population, who
might, it is feared, ‘ven revolt against the Gendarmerie and
disarm them*
(33)
-arge number of cattle which had beer stolen
from villages of Mortesa Quli Khan by the Abdulwand t?ibe were
recovered by Captain ochrab Khan, whose relations witl the
Bakhtiari governor are good.
(34). Tribal^ The tribal Khans in the area bhahbazah Mazu
(about 40 miles up the railway from Andimeshk) appear bo be
conspiring together. Ait unusual number of social visits are
being made; tne last reported occurredbetween Khan Jai v/ith the
Papi headman, and two khans of the Khanavin family of 'he
bajwand with followers, who went on a three day visit *o
Pafsal Khan of the Lurs on 18th.
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ogd. J. P. Oethin
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