Coll 30/5(2) 'Persia Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) 1946' [‎10r] (19/148)

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for the aonth of May f 1947*
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^•rgard Armsteh* 0*C* troops* in Bushire returned to
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Bushire from shires on the 1st Be brought sons new uniforms
and a^iunltlon. He had also oollectdd up 40 recruits*
On the 13th the Bushire garrison returned under the
comand of Sargurd Bauju* The soldiers number about 500 f and
mere received with scant welcome by the people who hung out a few
flags and sacrificed two sheep*
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30 Gendarmes arrived from 3hlr&a on the 1st day* Posts
have now been established at Kumarlj and Burasjan* Their presence
seems to have brought trouble in its waket for on the 16th some
townspeople demonstrated in Bura&jan where one guard was killed*
The headman have been arrested* The cause of the trouble is not
clear but it is thought to be connected with the elections*
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The senior Baval Officer* Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. # Captain Bendy Ii*H*
arrived in Bushire In H.U.5* M r ildgoose w on the 16th* H«^*S*
**ulldgoose* 1 saluted the flag f but the Persian tunboat Chahrukh
was unable to return the compliment due to lack of blank amrihltlon*
The C*B*0« and the Governor of Bushire 9 Aghai Hesa ^ahiml exchanged
callst the Governor returning his call on board * ildgoos• ,, • This
braving of the briny forms a precedent for Bushire • so far as I
know • and what with an abortive visit on Chahrukh the day
before to arrange for a return salute 9 Fahlmi is on the way to
becoming an old salt In the ranks of Farmandars*
X am afraid that it will not stand him in good stead for
he la to be removed and replaced by Aqal Amir Arfa 1 *awami
recently Farmandar of Fasa* He has apparently shown weakness
in the iatter of the preparations for the elections* Amir Arfa 1
should arrange things nlcely 9 and live down the reputation of
rasa* The current Joke of Fasa is that when complaints were sent
to Tehran that the elections in Pars were manipulated^ a reply
was received that one free election slight be held In rasa*
Ahmad Far a mar si flew to Bushire on the 14th and In the
same plane travelled Khalil Gashtl* Both sat quietly in their
respective s«ats 9 and not until some days ago did venom appear
in the Bushire paper* Faremarsi* however 9 had bills printed re
futing the nasty things being said about him and had these
distributed from door to door*
He has been recalled to Tehran but falls to obey the
summons 9 this in spite of the vengeance of the fire and sword
against General lais-ni which the Prime Minister is breathing
in Tehran - according to a wall Informed tribal leader*
All bashtl is also being tipped 9 and seriously at that 9