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of revenue, or of the powers of hukumat which they now
enjoy. •
Until his death in August 1921 Bahrain Khan was
supreme over the whole of Bampur and Dizak. He was
hated by the cultivators on account of the crudeness of ms
administration, which consisted in screwing as much as he
could in cash and kind out of them. The surrounding
chiefs too were antagonistic owing to the Baranzals having
usurped the power they formerly held.
The Sarhad is now divided up between the Damanls,
Rekis and Ismailzais, each of whom control their own
section of the district and any minor tribes living in it.
Prior to 1916 the Damanis were predominant, but as a
result of the punislunent meted out to them in that year
they are now content to live at peace with their neighbours.
(b) Kerman province is ruled by a Governor-General, Kera.n.
who has his headquarters in Kerman. There are Governors
under him in the various districts, to whom the revenues are
farmed out.
(c) Bandar Abbas is one of the Gulf Ports and as such B-taibM..
is subject to the Governor who has his headquarters at
Bushire. He has under him a Deputy_ Governor at Bandar
Abbas, who exercises authority in Shamil and Minab. in
Biaban the Deputy Governor delegates his authority to a
Kalantar. The islands are for the most part only nominally
under his jurisdiction.
Miscellaneous.
The unit of money in Persia is the kran, a silver coin,
the value of which varies with the price of sUver At the
present time (March 1921) 3T0 krans are worth Rs. 100.
The coinage consists of:
Copper
Nickel
{ Pul = in size to Indian pice. Hsed only
J . >in Khora-
* \ Shdhis—in size to half an anna ) san.
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1 Shahis—rfo bran.') Not accepted
> Khorasau.
2 Skdhis=fo krdn.j