"ملف W/4 العداءات في بلاد فارس: حصار تانجستان، مصادرة شاي مورد إلى تانجستان" [و‎‎٨‎٦] (٤١١/١٧٣)

3. Soraa iayo ago the people of i 'anileh, who belong ti
trite'of, and are aer /ants of Huanain i^han surrounded the nouoe
of a c^rLciin liaji «li, who lived in one of the Maelleh villages,
and '.rao re la t ad to Zair uuhaminad Haji Galeh, and aaaistlng
the enei lee of liueaain Khan. They killed Haji All himself and
his son, ar. I for se/eral days 'xept the eillage of the latter
strictly besieged, but had to retire owing to dearth of arvnuni-
tion.
4. Zair Khidhar ar I ThajVh Huasain and waggrnu^s ha/e written
lattors to ail the people of Jashti, saying that Soulet-ud-Doulel
Is coming to ^ashti and ^angistan in order to assist the British
Gcvorrnert and take o/er the Governorship and ruin themselves
and the people of ^ashti. I'hey ask thera to send speedily *>00
iUfan ^chls *ith fur ls to x'angistan to stop him. Abdul Hassan
ani Zair iruhammad intended to go off and .Join them, but Hussain
they
^han caused this skirmish to occur, and/were unable to leave,.
Of course as far as possible he is preventing a single man from
i olr ^ to i'ar.^istan.
But it is essential, that as soon as possible, you should
serd o^f either Zair Abdullah Khan or TJ'aqih •'uham^ad Khan, so
that Kussain Khan'o following should not fall ^oul of each other
and that matters shoul I be properly set right,
5. toats from Madureari and ^ilwar are bringing and smuggling
hack lar^e quantities of goods from Bahrain: tea has got very
cheap in rar ^iatan. -heir boats are constantly taking to and
brln^in> ^ron- balirain smuggled goods.
6. The people of baraki, in particular Rais GhulamAli, ac-
cording to the reports of the ...udir there, are acting very well
indeed. Zair ilhidhar both in writing and verbally is openly
expressing his hostility towards them, while they pay no at
tention.