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Bushire 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. .
254. No developments occurred in the matter of the possible transfer of the
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. .
255. In August the local post office indicated that they could not accept any
packets sealed with a seal in which the word “ 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. ” occurred.
Hen)am (Political).
256. An echo of the events of 1927 and 1928 was heard when the former
Sheikh of Henjam, Sheikh Ahmed, who had made his peace with the Persian
authorities in 1928 and had since been living in Henjam, was summoned to
Bandar Abbas and detained for eight days. It appeared that the widow or
mother of the Mudir of Customs murdered in 1927 had appealed to the Governor
of Bandar Abbas for blood money, for which Sheikh Ahmed denied liability.
After being interrogated, the sheikh was released on security of 20,000 rials.
Henjam (General).
257. Just before the close of 1932 a note was received from the Persian
Government admitting that if the deratisation certificate of the steamship Baroda
(see paragraph 192 of 1932) had still three days to run when she reached
Henjam, the quarantine medical officer had been wrong in preventing people from
boarding her. The note added that the officer had been removed. This proved
to be correct, though it was learned later that he had received a better appoint
ment in the Kermanshah area.
258. In May two slaves from Ras-ul-Khaimah took refuge at Henjam.
They went on board H.M.S. Bide ford, but later went ashore again of their own
accord. His Majesty’s Minister at once mentioned the matter to the Minister
for Foreign Affairs, and instructions were sent to the Deputy-Governor to let the
slaves depart in one of His Majesty’s ships if they wished to do so. They were
eventually conveyed to Bahrein.
259. With the important exception of the visit of the First Flotilla
Destroyer in September, no difficulties seem to have arisen during the year
between His Majesty’s ships and the Henjam authorities over such matters as
quarantine, identity cards, &c.
260. On the occasion of the visit of the flotilla, however, it is difficult to
avoid the conclusion that the local authorities were bent on making unnecessary
difficulties. As the vessels of the flotilla were not permanently stationed in the
Gulf, the Persian Government had been notified of their visit. It is known that
the latter sent the necessary instructions to the Governor of the South Ports not
later than the 14th September, and the Deputy-Governor is known to have received
urgent telegrams from both Tehran and the Governor on the same day. But, when
the flotilla arrived at midday on the 15th September, the Deputy-Governor stated
that he had no instructions and forbade the quarantine medical officer to grant
'pratique. > In view of the political aspect of the cruise (see the section on
“ Basidu ”), the senior naval officer felt that it was impossible to accept such
treatment at the outset and, having assured himself of the health of the flotilla,
he sent the bills of health to the Deputy-Governor with an oral intimation that he
had assumed pratique. It was only on the 17th September that the Deputy-
Governor admitted having received his instructions.
261. On the 5th June Mr. Morton, one of the staff of the Imperial and
International Communications Company at Henjam, was assaulted and badly
wounded by a gang of three persons. The local authorities acted with considerable
energy, and a number of arrests were made. Eventually, three men were detained,
two of them being former servants of members of the company’s staff who were
believed to have a grudge against Mr. Morton either on their own account or on
account of some friend. The dossier of the case was sent to Bandar Abbas, and
it was understood that the three men, who were in the meanwhile released on
bail, would be sent there for trial in September. At the end of the year His
Majesty’s Legation were still endeavouring to ascertain the intentions of the
Persian authorities with regard to bringing them to trial.