Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [‎361r] (724/1237)

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General situation.
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evidenc® coatinueB to be received of ti^e salutory influence of the
xe/iran declaration* In tne /vhoi and E^zaieh districtt. for exainole.
X^^uraln^ coufidenc© is causing a reeu^ptiori .^eal estate trans-
^Jct^ons. Russian good faith ie being abated to-a^h rp rising
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.uharraa uae beon more seriously observed than for several
year© pact«\ The Persian police showed themselves incapable of
stopping cwa^roue street processions and special ceremonies in the
mosque® as they had intended to do* The crowds were satisfied
however, with disobedience; there was no disorder* *
In one respect nevertheless the police with military su port
were successful in asserting their authoi*ity* Tudeh Iran, in
conjunction with some associated parties, organised a commemorative
^ Ue k r f Vt? of bigat 01 I el ami, the father of Abul Hasean
ui xelami, the ex-deputy* who with twelve other martyrs of
Iranian independence was hanged by the Tsarist Russians on the 10th
ox ^uharraa thirty three years ago. ^ell over a thousand people
cemetery^ l0r ta ® c^^ony, but were dispersed before reaching the
2 ; ci^±Q* Karim Mubassar iioshani, lately Farmandar
at Ardebil* nas been appointed larmandar at Tabriz and will shortly
raileye ^baul Asia Ahmadl* the acting Governor General, who will
tnen leave for Tehran. Romani is well spoken of by those who know
p® f^adi, aae a Russian background for he was educated
xii oai*ist Russia, afterwards serving on the staff of the Persian
mission in i-etersburg and as consul at haku, Batoua and elsewhere*
n native of biiahpur, between Khol and Rezaieh, ne i e now about
sixty years of age*
^* ae Goveiyiment continue to be pressed by local notables for
*ae early appointment of a new Governor ueneral. No more definite
uuv fi bae beon received tnan a telejiram by the president of the
Uus&bor oi douiaerce to th* effect taut an appointment will be male
in a iew days time, .xo aore has been heard of rakravan (tne posaibll-
•eoole * v0 *** * s4om of Proteats) and many influenolal
ilt u U return of Fahlml. ’XiUa is not likely to
ye siaiica on b^ the Russians i and some are now saying that he will
insteaa uecome deputy for Karadagh. lahimi has recently been
utterly attacKed in a broadsheet issued oy a member of the Liberal
party here, which has Russian affiliations, h© is accused of
various despotic and illegal acts, such as ouppreseion of th© liberal
ftli* i 1 ?f #ati0 » ot oiaorder for private gain, the arming of the
-haiimal tribes and maiiy cases of wrongful imprisonment, he is
blaned lor the desperate food ahorta^e that occurred and finally it is
auggeoted that the people who wish to bring him back ore those with
wuom he shared his illicit gains*
tr/!!% iJire ? t x r aad telegraphs, Abul Hasean Parvaa, has
uewn transferred to rehran. 11© was at one time involved in some
unclean transaction over the exchange of wheat for sugar and piece
goous with General Huqaddam and tne Gupply Department*
elections* ho date has yet been fixed for the
commencement oi elections* The acting Governor General, who
previously stated that election notices would be published three or
lour days after Muharraa, now foresees their termination within two
month©, iiia latest estimate of the number of candidates is 3G0.
Apparently ©very tMag depends on the word from Azudi, who in turn savs
*/? + a J!f^ % 1 1 lLl ^ 1 oas lr0M Tehran, f osaibly the Government has not
yet iinally deexued its attitude to th© Kusaiun intervention,
although there is som© reason to think that it may have instructed
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