Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎296r] (594/1237)

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On 2?td J\im 9 homv^r$ tiw ^atan loliiida* roproauood ti»
text of a lot tar addrousod oy Uis I'r ana'* Caucasian ...os lea
vasociation to t&c iresident of tde Azerbaijan Soviet# of which, a
tranaXatlan is appended to this diary* A few days later the throw
leading auilaiio in iishrix • ^irza iihaliX Uujtaltid# Mlrsa Baglr
Shasl and -^ujtahid digatuX Xalaa *• wore induced to send a brief
better to tm aaxoc newspaper re cord in*; their pleasure at reading the
eclai^tioa of the daucaaim nullahs baaed on the teaching of the
A or an on ixijuistice and beseeching Almighty dod to grant success to
the allies of Moslems and tiic dhahinahar of Islam*
.another iadicaticsn of the attempt to draw Aaerbaijaa -loslmae
into the soviet act is the proposal which is being mooted to scad
200 young as* lea* from fabrls for a year’s study of administration
asni economic* in Birini at Russian expanse, cn returaixv haac their
Knowledge of Kuesiaa would# it 1* being s^gested# enable them to
tains over post* now held by Jhristian* i*e. local dusBianh’aoeafcing
Amenians#
i 74 * 4 urj,lyfo ..ifalre. ..a lit It July the Gov waor-G«a*'al at
xuoris stated that he bad Just received serl ms mwn of die orders
in ths dessleh district* ;^ero ucg and other Kurdish chieftains
were# he said# attacking Persian villages and the vilingers were
Hocking to aoaaich to demand protection* fhare was also unrest
among the town population# who were afraid of Kurdish incurs Ions
nursing grievances about the non-distribution of iaonopiy goods*
ffce situation was so acute# tuc dovcmor-Oencral continued# that the
populaticm thought his colleague tVicrc was likely to attempt a
hasty exit# possibly in a Persian ariay tank# and to prevent this the
people had placed them unawr constant watch* The population had
also invaded the telegraph office to send telegrams of protest to
Tehran and it was from the postmaster at ^saieh that the Governor-
General her© had received his information* The Governor-Geacral
added that he had sent for the officers comandlng the Persian
troops and Gendarmerie in Azerbaijan in order to concert the
necessary measure a* h* could not, however# eerainicate with Tehran
a* the only remaining civil telegraph line ha* been taken over
by the soviet mllitaxy authorities, the Persian authorities being
deprived of its use. Telegrams to him from tine Prime kinistcr# he
a^ded# are now arriving days late by poet.
rith the approach of iiarvcet, disorder In the Kurdish
districts has been steadily increasing and a whole series of
incidents have been reported of which the following are typical* On
Gist dun* a band of ibO Shak&ak Kurds raided the villages of I n *ab#
Ahans Gan# uhilmaaserai and Hsilje and drove off all their sheeps
they also lifted several cows from the village of Tupohs* *11 tiicse
villages are on the north siicre of bake lmis* Persian troops have
been cent to deal with the eituatian. further north Kurds hiv©
stolen X t 000 sheep frexa the village of Valdlan between Khol and Aaku*
‘Xtw Euasiana in this case refused to allow the ersian military
authoritiee to intervene. Aear ^intexx a landlord named All Gull Khan
has been killed in hie villg^e by Gclali Kurds. To ti» esuth
tUthammed ammlxx, eon of Karim Khan ilorki, surrounded ths village®
of .usahikhaii and d ©rani ah* TTvere wore casualties on both side a and
liiUilly the Russians in Uesaieh intervened to send th® Kurds home*
The kuaaian® are also stated to nave obliged Aero beg to hand over
rifles which he had taken from gendarmes in his district# but in
spite of this the relation* between * ,aro beg and the Goviet
political officers ere ctill considered dose and in the beat
Jellasov mutual advantage tradition. It is certain that Sero Beg has
continued to levy tribute with impunity on > ©rsian villages in his
area*
*he 4 ersiaa military authorities are still casting their eyes
on Aohefeod* Gap tain iiusseln Aanaouri has proceeded there to repair
the barrack*# while Sarhang fuauf Xraapur# the commander of the
troop* at kianduab# has come to Tabriz to await the arrival of
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