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con-'oPioL.te to Khalili’p upkeep by himself r^an^ominff the
■va -P"l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ J _ If il . ' . . °
?s or at a price
secure the return of
^perpuade 11 the Persian authorities to
:heir own property.
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iS 6 ;. .The Teioi negotiations are proceeding satisfactorily
and Monde Hussain Zarghami has sent a Quran for Musavi to sigh
as a guarantee of his safety when he visits Behbahan for
discussions with the Persian authorities.
( 2 v). Malek Hansur has again been fishing in troubled waters
and is reported to have sent iTIarnasani sowars to the aid of
Zarghampur’s_supporters in Dil. This report is probably connected
with the activities of the relations of some of the children
murdered by i/ialek Mansur in July (see para 23 of the diary for
15th-31st July); they are reported to have taken up positions
astride the Jo dumbedan—Bashtroad with the intention of
looting all Basht Bawl -caravans.
(28) The Jushmanziari—compare para 39 of. the last diary—
h£d_ a minor clash with the Boir Ahmed ^arhaddi. Light casualties
on both sides are reported and the leader of the Teibi Garmsiri
is apparently arcitrating c
(29) ,;1 he Larashuri and Qashguli migrations are reported
to be well advanced and both tribes are expected to be to the
south of the River Zuhreh by the first week of November.
VI1 0 Tr i bal-— - Arab 0
(30) With reference to’para 43 of the last diary, it now
a Ppcac"s chat the Governor-General also took part in the move
to place ’’responsibility” for-the outlaw Jabbar on the leading
iw-xvi sneikAs, The ultimatum has, of course, expired and Barrak
and the other ^sheikhs are playing for time by sending ir. fantas-
r©ports of the amount of ammunition expended and formal
Barrak is reported to be content
i° free from official pre^ure to
m whom he has neither financialnor
t i
requests for further supplies,
to be outside Ahwaz where h
produce votes for candidate
political interesto
. c ‘heikh/ Lufteh and others of the Beni Turuf, who have
persistently bilked their dues to the Khuzistan Agricultural
Pro jec u, requested H, ji. Consul—General to arbitrate between
themselves and Colonel Noel. This doubtful honour was firmly
declined, ' •
V32) ^ Curkheh and Khagsraj Arabs, reinforced by a few ^agwands,
have been active/raiding in the neighbourhood of Dizful. In
tne^ third week of the month in an attack on Bonewar Kuchik they
killed two villagers, but stole only a few cattle. On 22nd
October they raided Qumesh and took away sixty buffaloes and a flock
XiSz’jdxof sheep,
VTII, T r i b a I —xjiir i s t a n.
(33) The road and railway have been free of incidents during
-he fortnignt under review. In order to avoid interruption to
road traffic, arrangements have been made that the tribes
returning to their winter quarters shall cross the road at one
point oniy and under strict supervision by the gendarmerie.
^(34; _ M’ohd, Hussain Khan, chief of the settled ^agwands near
Lizful, has^naa a difference with the Kais-i-lntezamat at ^hush
ever tnis facers failure to take action against ^urkheh Arab
raidess and some renegade nagwands supporting them. Mohd. Hussain
states that he offered full cooperation in effecting the arrest
/of the