Coll 28/121 ‘Persia. Bandar Abbas Consulate Diaries.’ [‎136r] (272/439)

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117. Shaikh Abdullah OeliahtUrl, IWndar Abbas's fighting
oaouty, arr.vad on *arch afeth and Oinad with His v&J-ssty s ont.il
on saroh »oth. His Kajasty's Consul triad to intarast hldi in tna
question of iiaprorad roads, port faoilities and ganeroi post-»ar
aoonoaia questions oonoerning Ban aar abbas, but obtained little
res onse. Sheikh Abdullah's interaste appear to u* solely *itn
(a) Wajlls Intrigue at the oentre (He affinas that he is a
suportor of Said Zla). (b) e» el ling out his ensuloa “f'f («) .
improving hie aonallerable estates at Siriab. To ^
he has brought a banish Irrigation expert, vr. Khufud wit.t him.
118. Oa.otaln Ohaffarl, 0.0. Oar Ison Bandar Abbas left on a
1 40 days tour to slnab on the Ji—nd of aroh.
119 . Aghal Kelli, Rala-l-Hdareh Barbari Hah, Bandar Abbas, left
for Kerman on the J44th v a rah. He la reported to be proceeding on
leave. He was relieved by Aghai Saif Lari.
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120. Oapt&ln Alial, o#C. a*mdami?rie ^aa r^Xiov<?e of is ost
on larch a9the H# handud ovc^r to his aar?lstmt tem orarlly. It
la undaratood that hla r^oral 1c a direct result ot snclKh
Ahdullah aallahaari** vtelt, aa ao many ooBDlalnts acainat Allal
of oorru^tlorA and In efficiency wora thrust u on the T)e uty, that
wired Tehran for A Uni's Im^ediato removal* That Allal was a bad
officer and an unpleasant individual is ufr oubted* but whether he
was an exception to the usual run of Bandar Ah- dondar*; erle
official b is yet to be »Ma#
Hefer^CLee paragraph 67
4gha Bel adl , Hal a- 1-Bank Hiliie, Bandar Abbas called on
Hie lfajeaty f » Ooneul on the doth yarah ana talketi of the suaoeeoc«
obtained by the allies in their big new offensive in Gere any.
122. Hi a raje6ty f s Consul aid an ofxioial call on the acting
Governor on rarch 2lat t Uie nauros holiday*
12S* It is reported that about 60 bags of sugar w re oaught by
the ftandamerle at fturu on the 25th 1 arch while being
into the town froa the Truoial Coast*
124. There ar* over 2,000 bags of sugar lying in the Customs
whloh have bem leportad by aero Pants froa the Truolnl Coast over
the last six months, irevloualy this sugar had be*** released on
entry, but its freezing in the customs for 6 months has led the
merchants to fear that It may be takma over from then by the
Oovemment at a oontrolled prioe.
126 . asfsrence ararjrar h 7o.
Wo ftovemor has yet benn a jpointetl for Bandar Abbas. BheV
kh Abdullah ftellabdari Is anxious to get rosanensadcdi oonflrasd
in the post and is combatting every move made by the ftovemor
fteneral to aend down his own man. Bosanenaadeh lo at least
young and aotlve and is Interested in promoting the amenities of
the town arid is therefore preferable to whatever choice Is nade
in Keraam* As he is the doliahv, ri ' . ue he w uld also he la ^
a stronger position tlsm would bo a stranger, who was non persona
grata with the most influential local all due*
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