Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [‎363r] (726/938)

received an allotment of HiaXe 3000 to maintain additionaX staff
for thj* 1 work*
(h) hefsreno* para IX$a) above*
/viiai atoadl produced a druBtio«*Xiy cut coneumption
pro^renne for Buehire end t>ie dependent areas* For Bukhire
iteeXf he ba«*d his eetimatee on a popuXation of about two-
thirds fif the eatiraatei and even lo* tl-e daliy
food aXXow&noe per head vcmee oniy to a quarter of a kilogram*
liven at thie meagre re.t,e p the BUipXtea loft in the Buehire ^aXia
will supply the district for onl* ai* weeks*
(c) ^part from ships carrying lorriee for assembly, three
ships called &t Buehire during the period under reportf they
carried fnisoellaneous goods, most of them being for Tehran#
One ship exported 600 b^ge of sugar from the iiconomics Jepartment
to Bandar ^bbas*
(d) Bugar has averaged dials 1370 per two cwt* bag, and
tea aisle 36 per packet of 500 gracwee, during the period under
report. xbcut 3000 bags of EUgar h^ve been sold for the up-
countr> markets#
VII. RJ^LTH nr BTldilTe: HIKTAal^vKB *
50 # Cases of malaria are increasing os the weather becomes
warmer# There have been no epidemics and the iort has had a
olean bill of health during this period#
Till* T.-UB J, TN ) .^IITIO/X
60# (a) M.aahgai - ?lagWiSiganl area #
(i) The negotiations between General Bi&hpoeh and Kaeir Khan
^aehviai will presumably be reported by the Jhiraz Consulate#
The information reoeived here indicates thst they terminated
abruptly with an enept ultimatum, on the part of i*iahyoeh to ftasir
Khan, to come to ; hiras to dlecuEE terms, cr not at all# i-ince
this meeting, Ha sir Khan has been reported in the Gacfc ^aran
neighbourhood.
Ui) unconfir»ed report states that ^ai ^klli, iiais-i-
Malia at hurabad (Mensfcani) has been trantfered as a result
of a report made againbt him by Vohtadi, a finance Department
Inspector, who recently visited this area# ^UdLli had an exceed
ingly bad reputation throughout the ^amassani and Kazerun areas for
extortion and corruption)#
(b) dashti and Tangist&n *
(i) The period under report has seen the utter failure of
Jolonel -rthenin to deal with the Khorrauj situation# .vfter daptain
laf^ndiuri, Rais-i^Annieh at Buehire, had provided him with aniraal
transport, and two officers from dhirnz had paid him a "stimulating*
vifcit, he summed up courage tc advance upon hit enemies* It
appears that the troopfc advanced 30 miles practically unopposed
and came to a halt on the northern bank of the Mund Kiver, the
southern bank of which was maimed by riflemen# The guns were then
brought into pf^Jy and one village was demolithed# orae cavalry'
and two sectiont of infantry crossed the rivers and then the tribal
leaders called for negotiations. Instead of pressing on another
ten railefe to Kdki, the rebels* headquarters, ^henin agreed to
negotiates and this was done by the meduim of a first class runner,
with-hares and hunter-with- hounds, -iais Ghulam nasmi# ahenin
appears to have accepted the astonishing terns that the rebels
should surrender the arms they had taken from ^nnieh poets in the
past /