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53 . H.M's tonsul aaippmpanlled'by Sartip Atta^ur, Central
Military Inspector—and Chahbar by L.T. ,, Nearchus ,,
on the 3rd. They returned on the 10th.
54. The Hon ! ble the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian
Gulf landed from L.T. n Nearchus M on the 10th and re-embarked
the same evening.
PERSIAN
55. Aghai Tacki Lachini a nominee of Mr Misbazadeh arrived
from Kerman on the 3rd and relieved Aghai Mohiet, the Director
of Finance, who left for Kerman on the 12th, Sheikh Abdullah
Gellahdari, however, took prompt action to have him removed ad
Aghai Mohiet returned from Kerman on the 22nd and again took
over.
56 . Ali Jallal Nik-Khah and Dost Mohd, the Chiefs of the
Taherzai tribe, arrived from Minab on the 5th, They were invited
to lunch at the Consulate on the 12th. They returned to Biaban
on the 24th.
57 . Aghai Nazirzadeh arrived from Kerman on the 6 th to
enquire into the proceedings of the Local and Provincial elections.
He came and saw H.M’s Consul on the 12th.
58. Sheikh Abdullah Gellahdari, the local member in the
last Ma.ilis arrived from Tehran on the 18th.
59. Ali Khalili, the Director of Customs designate,
arrived from Tehran on the 15th and took over on the 25th from
Aghai Mansoor Qane who will officiate as Inspector.
MILITARY
60. Sarvan Ghaffari left by launch on the 12th with the
first of two batches of 70 replacements for the garrison at Jask.
61. Sartip Attapur gave it as his opinion that the
retention of both a military and a gendarmerie garrison at
Jask was utterly unnecessary and led to disorder and corruption.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
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62. Reference para 428 of 1945. Songorzadeh, a
telegraphist and Rafii, a clerk in the local Posts and Telegraph •
Department were arrested by the Police on the 3rd for divulging
office secrets. It was reported that they had stolen a telegram
sent from Bandar Abbas and given it to representatives of Haji
Mushir, They were however released on bail on the 9th.
63. Reference para 39 of 1946. Voting took place on
March 1st, There was a small clash between the supporters of
the Gellahdari and Mushiri factions which was soon quelled by
the police. The following were elected, all of them being
Gellahdari supporters
1. Mir Mohammed Shams.
2. Haji Abdul Rahman Faridooni.
3. Haji Mir Mohd Arfai.
4. Mohamed Khan Gellahdari.
5. Haji Abdul Reza Rafii.
6 . Sayed Aqil Qureishi.
On the 12th March No. 1 was elected President, No. 4
Vice President and Nos. 3 and 6 , Secretaries.
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