Coll 28/112B Persia. Tabriz. Monthly dispatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan, & misc: reports.’ [‎160r] (320/451)

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par la# at of ^ricullur# nert# ua4«r ttt# old **r$l&a ragia#.
Hae&att ^audf;t 1 b a atw appolntaant, aaa Joafar uavi^n r«apl« f a
^lalet^r in 1U# National ^ovaraci^nt•
i)r* J&vld aacoapatxiad ^iruz back to x^hraa oa ^un# l5tu*
aiid iit,e rs&alMti tuert «var «lac<* 1‘htra la a rttKOur ha would
ralura at tba «iad of tha aoath, but thsra la %m thar story currant
that h« haa iiod aa iat^rviaw alth tha aiiah and touched His Ia;oarlal
^ajaaty for one ad 11Ion tomaaa "for public worksaal taerc or«
aot*# wuo think tual such a gratifying ©uccaae in a line ha *«11
underatand* uill not hasten hi® return.
'fba Ihird - ijiiary -« sloa of th«
^aarbaljan Hjutional (haucaforth to be known aa the ^no-
vincial openad on ^uiie 83i*d« In tnra* days, oy th# :>u lieii-
ed accouiit, it got through an iapreafciv# amount of buainea*. nut
it siiUgit be roneiabered that the Aaaaably 1© not a legislative body
in our a ease of tn# tern - hardly even a dabatlog chaaoer. Its
function is to llcten to what has b^en done by the ^raoBldiaa since
ite lust * It nary ^t^bion and to approve tho .aeaaurtt taken* If
there are debates at its meeting® they are not reported and to
far tne Atatably nae not rejected any law made by the ^raeoldium*
^Oiig the Xawa read and approved at this station vtnt
most Important of which have btaen noticed in previous diaries at
tho lim ot their passing uy tnt ^raoaidlua) were th« foilowi.igj
eetublieh^ent of tne hatio^l hank of hserbaijan; the hand tenure
lawj ^iatribution of ^tate «anda (Appals ^ectlinlj ^tvelopment of
natural ^©ourcea; trotection of b&ti * indirntrleoj*a law for the
eoa^u la ary iaouronct of *or<&i'n and government employ sea in the
National insurance companyj hahour haw (not yet published);
Volition of tiie special yinanolel ^ourt; ana a law for tint cos*-
pen&atian of crlf^led ^ida*!® and payment of penalona to the
fattilltii of those killed, in audition, a nuaber of credits were
voted, the most important beings 242,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. for Kurdten
-ducBtioa, health and Military *orceai °h« million toaana for the
Propaganda ^spartmentj 15,000 tdmane for Vm purchi^ae of a motor
car for the A®aembly| 36,000 toiaana for three months expenses of
tnt iabrla Orphanage; 38* nlliloa (tomaixe?) for the improvement of
fabriz and other to ana | 100,000 tcuna for the mineral exoloratlon
of tlk. province (referred back to th© ^ raealdiua); one million
tomana for the ttiitabli&iioient of training centres for the destitute
Usr ul farbla); and one million tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. for f'abrls municipality.
^ther business of the set ©ion included various minor
appointments and revisions of sentences passed by the Jriela
tribunal (wears 1 1 ^hkiina) which is one of the functions of the
Assembly* -Also, two eo . issloners were appointed to aei ist In
suptrvisUig the forthcoaiing electioios for the Iranian ^ajlia.
fhe most important business of the session, however, wna
to hear •ftaafar *iehavari # s report on the conclusion of the nego
tiations with *rlnc« iirux. Xhe . ^e^biy ratified the ^retmont
aihi approved the frsoaidiuss notification of its acceptance to the
Iranian * rime minister and i'rince i‘iruz.
> iehav>jri § apvtch, which covered the wnole of the national
uoverraaent s activities since its formation last December, as well
as the recant ae^oti at louts, l&sjtvd him hours, spread over tnree
sittiugs. At tne end of it the deputies unanimously passed a re
solution highly oammoadlhg i > ishsvari , s services to tits ^tate and
awarding him and All bbabiatary, the ^reeiaeut of the Assembly, a
special decoration. As a further mark of their ap recitation trie
• saemuly voted to confer on «fsafer riansvsri the title of ^Fida’llar
tasl f - father of ^ida’ls - thus aeitlix\g a questiim of affiliation
oout which, judging by the epithets applied to tu* rIda*is, there
** niti^erta been some doubt.
«isnavsri, in tenuerli^ aim resignation, eekad to be re
lieved of administrative dutlce because of tiie burden of work which
*la ^iiairmaiiai.ip of the democrat i-'arty imposed on hi a. The
^aaembly accepted hia request, but i mediately elected him to the
< raesldlum in place of Haitian baudat whs left that oody on hie
appointment to the ^epattaent of Industry.
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