"تقرير الإدارة عن المقيمية السياسية في الخليج الفارسي للأعوام ١٩١٥-١٩١٩" [و‎‎١‎٠‎٢] (٣٩٦/٢١٠)

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for the tear 1917,
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Navy.
In-May Kuwait dhow " Muafiq'^ with a cargo of wood and coffee, etc.,
r from Calicut ran ashore at Kashidi.
'V iec s " Several attempts made by His Majesty's
. ^ ships and by the Nakhuda to bring the dhow into deep water failed on account
of bad weather. The major portion of the carsjo looted by the Baluchis was
11 recovered. Some of the cargo was reported to have been robbed by two men,
V su bjects of .His Highness the Sultan of Muscat, and taken to that place. The
1 i Political Agent, Muscat, was asked to recover the price of the stolen articles.
H' After several attempts to refloat the dhow had Droved futile, a Nakhuda of
^ Charbar undertook to bring the dhow to Charbar for Es. 2,500. The arrange
ments were still in progress when the year closed.
On the 22nd December reports were received that two dhows " Fatehul-
Karim" and " Vithalpussa, " owned by two merchants of Karachi, ran aground
it i at Tank on account of a heavy storm.
The following ships of the Royal Navy
called at Charbar during the year :—
"Euryalus," "Philomel," " Pyramus," " Britomart," "Bramble "and
" Muzafer."
Gwadur.
Munshi Abdur Rahim was Native Assistant, Gwadur, throughout the
year. His retention in Government service was sanctioned for a furthur period
of one year from 1st July 1917.
Saiyid Saif bin Badar has been the
Wal1, Wali of His Highness the Sultan of
Muscat,
The management of His Highness the Sultan's customs has remained in
the bands of Seth Muhammad Eahmoo
CxiBtoms - - Mowji who spends a greater part of the
year at Muscat superintending the customs at that place while his men ^oik
at Gwadur.
All disputes among British Indian subjects were settled by arbitiation on
the spot or by correspondence with the
Judicial. Director at Karachi.
Ten slaves took refuge in Gwadur during the year All of them were sent
by the Native Assistant to Karachi at
Slave8 " Government expense.
In the month of November, Mir Dost Muhammad, a brother of Mir
Ahmad Khan of Bahu, who is subsidised by this Department, came to Gwadur
with some following. He was able to kidnap a freed s ave named Jumak
serving in a country craft owned by a British Indian subject. t appears
that the Wali did not take any steps to interfere in the matter. Ihe Cler -m-
Charge, Telegraph Station at Charbar, is making endeavours to get the slave
back.
Karachi,
The 30th March WIS.
G. E. GUNTER,
Director, Fersian Gulf Telegraphs,
in Political Charge Mekrati Coast.
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Mr. A. Cane's report, No. 15, dated the 7th January 191S, on the condition oj
the districts between Biyahan and Bahu.
Petty squabbles of no real or political importance^ have occurred but
will always occur at different times among these half-civilised tribes.
In January there was a slight unrest at Rudbar but nothing of impor
tance occurred.
The ill-feeling between the late Islam Khan and his brothers was a mi c a Wy
settled, or at least moderated, by the former's permitting e J
the revenues of the district, and by bis granting them half o is p ^
in the event of his predeceasing them.