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Coll 30/5(2) 'Persia Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) 1946' [‎62r] (123/148)

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The record is made up of 1 file (72 folios). It was created in Jan 1946-Oct 1947. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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dithf".i to Hiat Daudi in future. Fathullah Khan Hiat Daudi
with i'.nhomraad Ali Liravi who had accompanied him from Tehran
left fo, ,iisar on 20th March. The military garrisons at Ganaveh,
Hisar and Bandar Dilar. have not yet moved and are unlikely to do
so fc’" ^onie time,
74* P i’erence paragraphs 45 and 46 of Intelligence Summary No*
2, The previous history of this case is that in about 1920 the
Chahkutahi family (from the village of Chahkuta which adjoins
Tangistan) urchased 4 dongs of the Balook from Fathull-Mulk
Shirazi, who sold the two additional 'dongs 1 at the same time to
othc purchasers. After Reza Shah's rise to power, in accord
ance with the oolicy he adopted towards tribal leaders in other
parts of Persia, he exiled the five Chahkutahi brothers to Tehran
and Azerbaijan, and had the revenue of the area collected and
credited to Ms treasury.
After the Allied occ ’.nation of Persia in 1941 for some
reasca or otM- the .Chahkatahi Shaikhs delayed their return to
the south ?Mut a year, during whion time Ghulam Razmi of
Lavar in Dasnty, (just^north of Khurmuj) took possession of the
whole area. Later, to regularise his position he took a 3 years
lease at Rials 60,000 a year from the Government. This lease
expired in November 1945. On the termination of the lease the
Finance Department issued a notice calling for tenders for a $*eah
lease. Ghulam Razmi offered mo increase his yearly payments to
Rials 70,000, while Nasir Khan o a shqai is said to have offered
Rials 80,000. The Persian authorities in Shiraz, who did not
welcome the prospect of the Qashqais taking over the area, lying
as it does outside Qashqai territory, referred the matter to
Tehran. In the meanwhile the Qnshqar’s took matters into their
own hands.
Shaikh Mohammad, the eldest of the sons of Shaikh Hussein
of Chahn.atahi, came to Sushue and visited the Consul on 4th
March and took the opportunity of justifying the action of his
family who, he eaplained, in addition to taking by force the
area occupied by Ghulam Razmi whose lease of 4 of the 6 sharoo
had expired, had also arranged to lease from the owners the
remaining two shares. He stressed the friendship to the
Bri h ;: ; h Government of himself and his brothers who have recently
written letters to 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 same vein.
The sons of Chahkutahi appear to have settled down in the
Balook- i-Bushkan and are trying to make friends with all
neighbouring chiefs of Dashti, Tangistan, and Dashtistan. It
is reported that they have retained at Bushkan a considerable
alaount of grain and numbers n cattle, animals etc, belonging
to Ghulam Razmi. The latter 3S reported to have met All
Tar-istani (Chahpiri) of Ahram and is endeavouring to gain support
to fight the Chahkutahis directly their Qashqai supporters migrate
to Sarhad. He Ghulam Rqzmx - appears to have paid a^considerable
amount of money to Sarha.ng Nawisi of the Kazerun military
garrison and to the Bushire O.w. garrison in order to get the
Chahkutahis expelled from the Balook-i-Bushkan, but so far the
military authorities have only opened a military post at
Chahkutah on the pretext of meeting any further trouble. In the
meanwhile, as Ghulam Razmi is unpopular in the pashti area, all
but a few of the petty chiefs of Dashti have taken oaths not to
assist him. Aqai Khalil bashty the Bushire Deputy in the Majlis
appears to be opposed to the Chahkutahis, the reason being that
he is afraid that the Chahkutahi? may in the next election vote
for their relative, Fr-msrzi the Editor of newspaper 'Kaihan .
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This file contains copies of the monthly diary of the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Consulate-General in Bushire that was compiled by the Secretary of 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 Bushire.

The diaries are separated into a number of different sections that vary slightly from month to month. In addition to reports concerning specific events or developments that took place during that month, most entries contain the following headings:

  • movements
  • local affairs
  • communications
  • military
  • elections
  • tribal
  • political
  • trade and commerce
  • public health
  • country craft

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (72 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 74; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-72; these numbers are also written in pencil and are circled, but are crossed through.

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