'Administration Reports 1925-1930' [‎97v] (199/418)

\
4
at
the
to
Early in the year owing to the receipt of numerous reports that smug
gling was on the increase the Olffiicer Commanding the Bushire Garrison ac
companied by the Inspector General of Customs proceeded with 50 men m
an armed dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. to Asaloo. Tangistanis fired on the party killing'the helms
man. The dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. thereupon returned to Bushire. At a later date the Gene
ral posted a few guards both at Dilwar and Asaloo. So far as is known the
efforts of the local authorities to put a stop to smuggling have not been very
fruitful. The Tangistanis still manage to smuggle sugar and tea m large
quantities into the town of Bushire. Whenever the military or police have
located and rounded up a party of Tangistani smugglers, the latter have
generally escaped unharmed with their loads.
Sarhang (Colonel) Husain Quli Khan, Hoshmand -i-Muzaffar Inspector
General of Census, arrived at Bushire on the 13th August and left tor
Mohammerah on 'the 17th.
At the beginning of the year, the Officer Commanding the Troops
Bushire received sanction to sell the present barracks, and to quarter
troops outside 'the town at Bahmani village, but nothing could be done
give effect to the sanction by the end of the year, as no good bids were onered
for the present barracks neither were funds available with which to build
new barracks. The present barracks are filthy and very unhealthy.
In August the Army Headquarters for the South at Sbiraz were abolish
ed, and three Brigade Headquarters were created instead, at Shiraz, Ahwaz
and Kerman. According to the new arrangement Bushire and other North
ern Gulf Ports come under Shiraz, Bandar Abbas, under Kerman and
Mohammerah under the Ahwaz Command.
About 250 Infantry arrived at Bushire from Khuzistan on the 3rd Sep
tember and left immediately for Shiraz. The General Officer Commanding
the new Shiraz area, Sartip Abul Hasan Khan, Fars, twice visited Bushire
in the month of September.
On the 23rd November S. S. 'Bahristan' of Messrs. Strick Scott and
Company discharged for the Persian Government 500 cases of bombs and 80
cases of fuses shipped by Messrs. A. & G. Valicki and Co., Marseilles.
Sartip Nasir-ud-Dowlah arrived from Tehran during November to audit
the military accounts.
On the 25th November, His Majesty the Shah arrived at Bushire from
Mohammerah accompanied by Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Asad, Minister of War, and Sartip
Murteza Khan, Inspector General of Troops. The Sartip inspected the
barracks on the 26th November and the whole party left for Shiraz on the
27th of November.
By the close of the year, the Bani Taruf trouble at Huwaiza in Khuzis
tan had practically been settled, but military operations were still in pro
gress against Iman Quli Khan, leader of Mamasani and Amir Dost Muham
mad Khan of Bampur.
The distribution of troops in the Bushire Area was estimated to be
roughly as follows :—
Bushire ..
Chaghadak
Borazjan .
Daliki
Dilwar
Lingah
Lawar
Shin
Asaloo
1st January.
274
9
11
11
31st December.
100
6
20
10
30
20
25
20