File 3280/1913 'Persia: Bushire-Shiraz road; Swedish gendarmerie; conditions on the Bushire-Shiraz road; tours of Shiraz consul' [‎87r] (178/332)

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Enclosure No. 2.
Mornard,
TEHRAN.
551. Reference votre 16533, cereales fourrages d5p6ts gendarmerie
Bouchire Borazdjoun coutera plus de 12000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. y compris frais transport
quantite destinee Borazdjoun. S’il m’est permis donner avis, il ne parait
preferable differer reprise route Konar-Takhte-Bouchire jusque Norouze
procbaine. Etre necessaire, primo, liquider allocation 630 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. Ghazanferes-
Saltaneh depuis premier Assade conformement dispositions votre tdlegramme
No. 419; secondo, allouer a partir premier Aghrabe meme somme a Sheikh
Hossein Gouverneur Abmedi stipulant abolition complete Rahdari Ahmedi et
Tcboghodak. Total allocations s’dleverait jusque Norouze a 8190 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. .
Etendue route caravane territoire cbacun chef precites mesure huit farsakhes.
En attendant Norouze, gendarmerie pourrait s’employer occuper route Daleki
Kemaredj. Tache serait facile par fait que Nour Mohammed Beg chef Daleki
ne pourrait compter sur appui de son allie Ghazanfer deja salarie.
II est a remarquer que depuis environ seize ans aucun vol marchandises n’a
ete commis sur route Konar-Takhte Bouchire done occupation n’dtre pas
urgente. Si propositions admises pouvoir realiser 4000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. economic
jusque Norouze rien que sur ravitaillement tout en laissant a gendarmerie
mains fibres pour operer Deleki Kemaredj points les plus importants et
difficiles de la route.
14th October 1913. Zwinne.
Enclosure No. 3.
Telegram R., No. 403—1807, dated the 26tli October 1913.
From- The Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire,
To—His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran (repeated Shiraz).
I should be glad to know precise intentions of Commandant of Gendarmerie
regarding policing of the road from Daliki to Bushire.
I find that local authorities here are being asked to collect large stores of
supplies at Borasjun and Bushire for use of gendarmerie, but I beg to point
out that there has never been any prevalence of highway robbery on this
section, it has been simply a question of the levy of rahdari and exorbitant
prices.
The Khan of Borasjun has now been squared by subsidy and employment
of his men so far as his section of the road is concerned, and has already
ceased rahdari while Shaikh Husain of Ahmadi is ready to accept a similar
arrangement. It seems, therefore, useless expense both to subsidise these Chiefs
and pay the gendarmerie for the same purpose.
Perhaps the gendarmerie contemplate stopping these subsidies and amic
able arrangements as soon as they are in a strong enough position to do so, but
it will probably be a year at least before this is the case and meanwhile
employment of both systems together seems unduly expensive and not free
from risk of serious friction. Owing to scarcity and high prices of fodder the
expense of supplying gendarmerie from here as they desire will be enormous.
Enclosure No. 4.
Telegram R., No. 367, dated (and received) the 27th October 1913.
From—His Majesty's Consul, Shiraz,
To—-His Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tehran (repeated Resident, Bushire,
No. 261).
* EncloBure No. 3, ante.
Please refer to Bushire telegram #
No. 403—1807.
Uggla’s plan is to take over whole road as far as Bushire and to distribute
force of 187 men with 67 horses along section Bushire to limit of Borasjun