Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [‎186r] (372/938)

(126,000 kilo&) of ^haat, 18 camels, a^d 700 uaitle 'beloa 0 f^fci
to a 11 Ismail. aIi Ismail is ^rssui.t believwu to ou
r»,&idi** to i->t FaxUiAa*r N-sir Kh4--** r e ^rotvoti.- a*,
w **d liis uiC 4* a1*<■ j-j * axd^<a as—*■*■ a•»'-<. o^^xivvA o.'-f t*a%*
•jatti^ i** tXi>• • ixle<-t3*• •
/“STOF FRE-.b < laformation just received, confirms
that All Ismail is with Fa sir Khan, Qa&h^ax., and it seems
possible that he is a somev/hat unwelcome guest as Ka&ir is
attempt i^- to organise a rapprochement between Ali Ismai I
^nd the Byshir^ Oo—sulate-Gensral. This latest devwlopms^t
-Iso indiCorUs th-t 'the activities of the diso.rm.axs^t
column in Dashti have .sot tn-n without wfiwCt. aIx Iseia^l
is not, however, lihely to be able to come -o sti-sj tc^i^s
as the Persian Government have a considerable score to
act tie v/ith him on account of his various misdemeanours
including raids and murders i.. the past */ 7
-a&o
Jolone 1
j.roce-ded to
Bad Sitan v? f :it.d Tan 0 istan
_ Kuiui. 7 miles from Khormuj
Air lhahpiri aini 50 tuj|f»A-A»gchi&• Thcrw hw
u of Buluh Dr«iSi UAbl made »n^ u i r i~ s as out
robbery which recently occurred in Tangistan.
is connected v/ith tribal politics in those p
of the results of the hostility which exists
and Chahpiri. It is evident that Ali Chahpixi
try ir.t, to purchase the Colonel’s support in ar; attem.
in^ru.tiate himself in the e^es of Gen-ral jehanbsjrii,
Mohamed a 11 Razmi of Khormuj has been doing likewise
rsci*.tly and
O Xii <*» a a X eA
met Husain
a case of
This affair
rts and is one
betv/t^n Kum u u
has bv-en
(c) Tno )Z Ci.ihpiri’s follov/ers while proceeding "to
Ahram with smuggled goods v/ere recent ly roobed and killed
by some 0;ashq.ai thieves at T.-ng-i-Behush in Buluk.
(d) Reference .paragraph I(b' y of last diary. * ^ It is
reported that Kliosrow '^ash^ai left for Shiraz by ai.r from
Bchbehan a-fter his visit to Gach Sarein. His followers and
vehicles were sent to Bandar Rig v/here they v/cr^ shipped to
Bujshire by dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. * \ iAo : -
VI „ PUBLIC REIATI OFS*
(a.) Dearth of any really startling nev/s from the Taiious
* theatres of war combined with the fact that the 11 thin blooded*'
Bushxris have been primarily occupied in keeping themselves
warm during whnt has been e^uite a cold &pcll s has
responsible for a general apathy towards events in gurOpC ...nd
the Far East.
(b) It has become increasingly noticeable of late that
■radio reception from Axis stations has been infinitely better
than the B.B.C, and on some occasions even better than Delhi
a,nd Tehran broadcasts. Luckily, enemy propaganda themes
have be; n weak, but this point is mentioned as it has been
the subject of comment by a large- number of locals.
(c) It has been gratifying to notice that the local
newspapers have recently been vying with each other to outdo
their opponents on articles of pro-Bfitish tone.
(d) The cinema van has given shows at Borazjan, Dalaki,
Halaila, Sor-i-Tul, Bahmani, the Military barracks, imamzodeh
and Aali Changi, during the period under review. The audience
at Bor a zj an numbered approximately 1200 and at Dulaki a crov/d
of 650 gathered to see "Desert Victory".
* VII. FOODSTUFFS.
(a) During H-M.Consul’s tour of Dnehti the question of