File 1749/1921 ‘Persian Gulf:- Residency news summaries 1921-25’ [‎188r] (390/494)

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^itn' S r° Uth l ' erSia RifleS ' COnVOy g0t in SafeIy fr0m Ka z e ™ii on the 9th Nor-
- 1’be disappearance of this most efficient and well-organized force is oreatlv
to be regretted For the past two years they have kept the Bu^ireSz
and Bandar Abbas-Kerman roads safer than they have been for vears and
probably ever have been ; it is to be feared that the roads will a4n shorUv
relapse mto their chronic state of disorder. ° anortiy
The Persian Government have instructed the Karguzar not to issue pass
ports or certificates of identity to any ex-South Persia Bifles men who may
wish to proceed to India or Mesopotamia or Abadan in search of work The
Barguz ir wired o Tehran pointing out that there is no work for these men in
Bus hi re and that it is undesirable that they should be unemployed and request-
ing Government to remove these restrictions and he has received a reply reThe
effect that all the ex-South Persia Bifles men are required for the Persian
instructions'.™ 68 an<1 hat ^ Ministr y of will shortly issue necessary
. Th ® Pe f ian Government seem to be much exercised over the conclusion
of the recent agreement between the Anglo-Persian Oil Company and Ihe
Kashkuhs, but this was to be expected as they have always objected to the
Company s agreement with the Bakhtiaris, and even now refuse to recognise it
officially. They are very suspicious of the agreements for the protection of
their employees and accuse the Company of attempting to raise a force oftheir
own some three hundred strong. The only basis for such an assertion is thal
the Company have engaged Amrullah Khan ex-uieutenant of the South Persia
Bifles and fifteen disbanded men all of whom are Kashkulis, as oil guards.
The Persian Government also asserts that under Article 3 of the D’Arcv
concession it is for them to decide who are the owners of the land in the
Basil t-i-Qii area, and that as the Kashkulis claim to this property has not vet
been proved the agreement is null and void. No such stipulation of course
exists in Article 3. r
. . ^, he construction of the road from Genawah to the Dasht-i-Qil area is now
m full swing and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company have already taken on 1 000
coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. for this work, good progress had been made with the hill secAon
Amrullah khan and the oil guard are ready at the site of the test boric" A
light drilling set has been landed at Genawah and is being sent up in ^pieces
by manual labour, and drilling operations will commence as soon as possible.
The Governor-General has wired to Ghazanfar and Zair Khider that some
Cossacks are being despatched to Dashti and Dashtistan to preserve order and
instructing them to assist the Cossacks.
Work was suspended as far as possible and two minutes’ silence observed
by all British subjects at 11 a.m. on Armistice Day.
Very heavy rains fell in Bushire* during the latter half of the month
9 43 inches being registered for the month, which is considerably more than
the total rainfall for last year.
Kerman .— (10th October—21sfc November )
The Governor-General’s attitude towards pro-British notables and officials
continues to be most unsatisfactory. Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Kasret, Haji Mirza Ali Mohmmad.
Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Mujallal and the majority of the local notables are endeavouring,
through the Kerman deputies, to secure the Governor-General’s removal.
Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Assad has made himself extremely unpopular with all classes by his
excessive exactions, his hostility to local notables, and his close relations with
the democrats. His administration has not been a success and the marked
hostility that he has shown to pro-British notables has lowered British influ
ence in the province.
Amir Saukat who hitherto has been a staunch adherent of Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
Assad, has also become disgusted with him and has wired to his nephew
Rafat-ud-Douleh, one of the Kerman Deputies, in Tehran that be would be "lad
to see the Got ernor-General removed. Amir Shaukat has been put to heavv
expense recently in connection with the Bakhtiari Force deputed to the Tezd
road, the whole cost of the maintenance of this force having been borne by