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                                    ADMINISTRATION REPORT ON THE PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL
                               Latterly, however, orders were issued that the whole amount should
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                                                                                   Tomans.
                                 1. KaBr-i-Shirin                                   4,600
                                 St. Ghilan «
                                 8. Ay van and Saamur                               8,200
                                 4.  Senna                                          1,700
                                 7.  Merivan }  Kurdistan .                         7,200
                                 5.  Sakiz
                                 6.  Baneh
                                 8.  Jawanrud Pareh .                                100
                                 0. Hamadau                                          800
                                10.  Hush Kuri •                                     150
                                11.  Kerind  T bureaux de surveillance
                                12.  Mahidasht j

                                                                       Total   .   17,150
                              As I have above remarked, these subordinate offices are seldom  or never
                          inspected, and abuses of all sorts have undoubtedly crept in.
                              Revenue.—The revenue (or maliat) registers are issued from Tehran to
                          the Governors of provinces for collection.
                              The revenue is actually collected by the Deputy Governors and paid into
                          the Governor, who, after paying (?) the military forces and other Government
                          expenditure, remits the balance to the Imperial Treasury (administered by the
                          customs). After the payment of the political pensions, the balance is sent to
                          Tehran.
                              The revenues collected during the last year are as follows:—
                                                                                  Knot.
                                Kermansbah                                       451,900
                                Kurdistan •                                      553,000
                                Kangavar                                          14,480
                                Asadabad                                          22,000

                                                                    Totax    .   1,041,380
                             The revenues’of Burujird amounted to krans 334,000, and those of Khore-
                         mabad to krans 457,400. I have not been able to ascertain those of Hamadan.
                             There is no doubt that the revenues are most unfairly assessed, some
                         villages being very heavily taxed, while some others have never even been
                         brought on to the registers,—the owners paying a bribe to the Governor, and
                         the latter not reporting the existence of tbe village to the Central Government
                         This fraud is very common in Kurdistan, the province being more out of the
                         way than Kermanshah.
                             The following is a list of the chief tribes in tbe Kermanshah province—
                                                                               Number of tent*
                               Name of tribe.            Name of Chief.
                                Kalhdr   .   . Daoud Khan, Saham-ul-Mamalek  .    12,000
                                Gur&n    .   . Hubsein Khan, M ansur-ul-Mulk   *   8,000
                                Senjabi   .   • Sher Muhammad Khan, SamBaxn-ul-    3,000
                                                Mam&lek.
                                Kerindi   .   • Ali Murad Khan, Ihteshdm-nl-Mamalek •  4>000
                                                                                   4,000
                                Zangana •    • Muhammad Beza Khan, Zahix*-ul-Mu3k .
                                Bijelan   .   . Karim Khan, Shuja-nbMamalek         600
                                Sharaf-i-Bayani • Suleman Khan, Sbubab-ul-MamAlek   300
                                                                                    700
                                Abmadwand    . Muhammad Kban, Fath-ol-Mamilek   .
                                Nana Kalli   . Muhammad Reza Khan, Zihir-ul-Mulk .  1,000
                                                                                    300
                                Pairwand .   . (Governor appointed by Governor of pro­
                                                vince)^                            6,000
                                Kuliii       . (Chieftainship divided up) •   •
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