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ADMINISTRATION REPORT ON THE PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL
Latterly, however, orders were issued that the whole amount should
SstK RS.Sf.Viiri.r" ■*> *££

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) • •