Coll 30/5(2) 'Persia Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) 1946' [‎53r] (105/148)

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British Consulate Qeneral, Bushire, Intelligent
• Summary TIo.5
for tM'month of Mar 1^46.
I. MOVEUEIITS.
Ca) Brit ish Officia ls.
nK Tu-r C J Pellv. O.B.E., Secretary to the Political
proceeded'* to"Shiraz on 2nd K^and returned to Bushire on the 16th
May. He l eft for Bahrain on 30th hay. -
117 iir. M. Asian, Meteorological Officer, returned from Tehran
on 5 th Hay and left for India on the 15th May.
H 8 . The Kon'ble Sir Geoffrey Prior, K. c . I .B., Po 1 itica 1 Resident
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. proceeded to Bahrain on ^th May.
119 Hr. Lant', K.H's Vice Consul, Tabriz, /■•nth Mr. Derbyshire
and * his s Wilson of the Embassy, Tehran, arrived on l^th -ay ^
returned to Shiraz on 23rd May.
-.on in G I Pettigrew, H.h’a Consul, Bushire, accompanied
by Mr. Pelly/ Secretary tS 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. , toured to nharg
Island on 23rd May and returned on 24th hay.
(b) Persia n Officials .
tot rninnp1 HumDhrev. A French citizen, Advisor to tne Persian ,
1 n- : str5 ofleaUhvIsited Bushire on the’lOth May for anti-melarial
■ struction. He returned to Tehran on 11th Hay.
II. LOCAL AFFAIRS .
■.oo ^ new company has been e stablished to supply electricity an
Bushire with a caoital of Rials 2,000,000. Mr. Husain Agar
has been appointed as Managing Director and is arranging supply of
machinery from England.
107 FathuUal- Khan Hiat Daudi has given an undertaking to the
Govern H'to sHSly wheat to the bakeries in the town throughout the
curre Persian year at a fixed rate of Rials 140 per 56 ,,ilos.
IgA. is Bushire inhabitants have not received an> sugar and tea
ratic • = 'or the last two months owini; to monopoly sugar stoexc. na - S
been exhausted and also owing to the tea f^ow having^en sealed
by the court investigating a charge of embezzlement which occ.
there. Black market sugar is sold openly m the bazaar.
Acco-rd^ng to Shaikh Sulaiman Nasuri, Bakhshdar of Kangan, the
petty enmi?iefbetween the local chiefs c^f that are a ; vere recently
utilised bv Nasir Khan Qashqai in an attempt to further .
Influence ' He appears to have sent one Hqnshi Habiburlah Gurginpour
to f area to act as an intermediary in tfre dispute. The result,
are not elf— yet but apparently the fear 9 ! Qashqai penetration
was sufficient to induce the . ' • chiefs to make up tneir
differences.
126. Reference paragraph 28 of Intel.Ligence Sirmar^ ,
It appears that Nasir Khan Qashqai has decideu ...ov to assis
Ghulam Razmi’s return to the area occupied by the CnahLa-c.-ib.
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