Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [‎319r] (638/938)

of thoix arms thoy ooy »UU quarrel* It »oy b« that taking
a«c^ &o»< of th«ir am»« putting the rood guards 0001 g tUea
again* and the oooaaional doaaent of OoTainaont force 0 for
the purpooo of knocking the ir heads togothor is the only
solution* but it does not appear fraught aith stateasanthip*
A report has been received froo "assrun that a Ooianan
living with Saslr Khan has bsen sngagcd in preparing a land*
ing ground at Farraahban^ This is substantially the oams
story as rei>orts4 In tihlrse sLlra^ .
It is >orgpo7 tias that the truth or othorwioo of this riaeour
waiyootablished by a reliable infomer going to tbs spot or
bgi tht visit over a^ea of an aeio^x^**e#
144* There are rumours that the garrison at Boraajan at present
consisting of one gurdaa of about 750 »«n !• to be railed to
the strength of a regiment over <4000 strong* or Yusuf
Koorl, the present rffioer Oosaaanding at duahire* is ths
rumoured new oommander* Hie latter is at ^reaent at .iehllem m
where too have been Solonel .usa^ipur* dolonel ^ahidi* and
shaikh Abdul baiid Than settling the affairs of Husain «uli
v ith a series of matrimoid*! alliances no less than four
in number* dhaikh «3xiul Uajia is reported to have also been
attempting to forward tin cause of the people’s party in that
distriot whioh night be a plausible cover for activities wore
inimical to us* ^aether report declares him to be working
♦hand in glove* with the military authorities in i aaarun
which is net perhaps surprising if he enjoys tin confidence
of the Governor General* However* the prasei«ee in ths
Massanl country of that* this rumoured «&is supporter in
association with military officers including the Gesnaadlng
Officer designate of the rumoured inoreaaod garrison at tha
strategically Important point of Kascrun (who at Feh 11 an is
Incidentally for some reason outside his area of command at
Buahire) may not be necessarily suspicious but should not
pass unnoticed* A report has it that one lieutenant i*lari
1 a<iaddam of the Iranian Air Force popularly credited with
having dropped a bomb on iahlevi’o palace before his depart-
ture last year accompanied Uhaikh Abdul £ayld to Mamassani•
I 4 B* It is reported that the ohirlks of dhuja Hlaise who are
posted on the nuehlre~*biraa r ad between iaaerun and l>alikl
have been taking money from oar a and caravans* /cson^ a
number of other instances dials 460 were exacted from a cara
van of 10 donkeys carrying barley for ioragjan* Villagers
attempting to bring «.heat from the raouseani country to
Boraajan have besn discouraged by their activities* A number
of Boraajunis are said to have complained to the Governor ,
General at ~>hira£ and demaiided the removal of these ohirlko
as worse robbers than the bandits they are appointed to
restrain*
it la rsportad from Tangle ton that «4als *11 Ghahpiri hao
stationed men at Awll^dhangli* 14 mfelee south east of Hushlre
to operate what appears to be a private octroi post* The
cnarges levied* one half kran per donkey load and cue kran
per carnal or mule load* sure not however excessive* The some
Haia *11 lo reported to be awaiting the return of live named
Tangietanlo of Gavainak* ladumarl* and aani (email coastal
villages of Tanglstan) who nave left for hahrsin to fetoh
cargoes of contraband goods* <ala *11 Ghahpiri aahaa colleot
a levy from the smugglers* the Mudir of vuotomo at P'adumarl
being unable and probably rendered unwilling to do other
than asm ive at his aetivltieo*
147 * heporto continue to come in of want and starving oonditiotH
in >&shti*
II 1 * local affair s *
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146*
A small strike occurred in the U*K.3*0.truck ass