File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [‎32r] (76/494)

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/^To. 3 of 1924.—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. Diary for the period 1st to 14th
February 1925.
20. Movements.
Persian officials .—The General Officer
Commanding, Southern Division arrived at
Bushire from Khuzistan on the 4th and left
for Shiraz on the 11th.
Asaf-il-Mulk, Deputy Governor of Dashti
and Dashtistan, visited Bushire from the
7th to the 8th. With the support of the
Governor of the Gulf Ports he approached
the General Officer Commanding to main
tain a garrison in Dashti for the better pre
servation of order. It is rumoured that, in
consequence, 800 troops have been des
patched from Bam Hormuz to Dashti.
Reference paragraph 222 of 1924.
Moazed-us-Sultan, late Karguzar of the
Gulf Ports, drew his arrears of pay and his
travelling allowance and left for Tehran on
the 11th.
M. Paquet, the Belgian Director of
Customs at Bandar Abbas, left that port
on the 7th for Karachi en route for Duzdap
on transfer.
Reference paragraph 10.
After only a four days’ tenure of his ap
pointment as Deputy Governor of Minab,
Itimad-i-Nizam was replaced by his pre
decessor, Salar-i-Ihtesham. His dismissal
is attributed to suspicion of his sympathy
with Mir Barkat.
Non-officials. —Mr. John Talbot Clifton,
J. P., F. R. G. S., the well-known traveller
and explorer {vide “ Who’s Who ”), and
Mrs. Clifton, arrived at Bushire on the 15th
from Basrah and are the guests of 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. .
Dr. Alexander Goortueski has recently
arrived at Ahwaz from Isfahan, where he is
said to have been employed as a Government
Health Expert. He proposes to practise
in Ahwaz.
21. Health, Persian Ports.
Small-pox in sporadic form is prevalent
in Bandar Abbas towm and Kishm village.
The Quarantine Medical Officer is carrying
out vaccinations at the Charitable Dis
pensary.
22. Opium.
Reference paragraph 4.
S.S. “ Kashima Maru ”, which had pro
ceeded to Basrah and returned, sailed from
Bushire on the 1st with the following ctin- j
signments of opium for Vladivostok :—
* 82 cases shipped by Haji Muhammad
Baqir Behbehani.
323 cases shipped by Haji Muhammad
Raza Baqir Behbehani.
30 cases shipped by Haji Seyid Muham
mad Kazeruni and Sons.
(* Suspected to be Indian opium shipped
as Persian opium.)
Mr. Abbas Nemazi, a Persian employee of
Haji Muhammad Husain Nemazi of Hong
kong, arrived at Bushire from India on the
4th with Juman Muhammed Dyer {vide
paragraph 08 of 1924). They are still in
Bushire.
S.S. “ Shinsei Maru ”, flying the Japanese
flag and said to be one of Haji Muhammad
Husain Nemazi’s boats, anived at Bushire
on the 10th and is still in port. Her last
port of call was Sabang. The name of her
captain is H. Kimura.
23. British Interests.—
S. S. “ Arabistan ” loaded 8 0 ton s of
red oxide of iron from Abu Musa on the 6th
ou account of Messrs. F. Strick and Com
pany of London.
24. Khuzistan.—
Arab Tribes.- —The Chiefs of the Beni
Turuf and Miyarab tribes were recentlv
summoned to Dizful to interview the mili
tary Commander and w r ere mulcted of
large sums before they were presented with
Robes of Honour and permitted to return
to their tribes.
The Beni Turuf, who w r ere the least
amenable to the authority of the Shaikh of
Muhammerah and used to receive from him
an annual subsidy of about tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 20,000,
have nov^ been ordered to contribute twice
that sum to the Exchequer and, in addition ,
to pay tax on their cattle. A military
officer, Yawnr Qasim Khan, has been
appointed ‘ Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. ’ of the tribe.
To the Shaikh of Muhammerah’s gre^t
chagrin, one Abdul Hasan Khan, who had
long been at enmity whth him and had joined
the Persian forces at the beginning of the
revolt, has been placed in charge of the
Chaab tribe of Felahiyeh to which the
Shaikh himself belongs.