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ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL RESIDENCY
Gaih District.
Sardar Syed Khan was very seriously ill in November 1907 • },
suffering from paralysis and was not expected to live. He recovered' Wa8
and in March 1908 came south to meet the Governor of Bushire (DerT 0 R eV ^ r
at Charbar to settle the customs question. $)
One serious case of murder occurred during the year, the victim
named Mir Said Khan (son of Azam Khan), who was related to the Ch\
or
Gaih. Mir Said Khan married the widow of the late Sardar Hussein Ki
(formerly Chief of Gaih) and obtained with her much property and m
Soon after the marriage Sardar Syed Khan and Sardar Islam Khan 0 • ne5^ .J ,
+.hp Tnmifiv in f.liA Inffl TTncomn JThan'* xrriA^ ™1.- i UaiI neQ
the money belonging to the late Hussein Khan's widow, which resulted
quarrel, and the ultimate murder of Mir Said Khan, said to have been ^ a
trated by Sardars Syed Khan and Islam Khan. perpe-
Owing to the incapacity of Mir Syedullah of the Bir Sub-district tli
Bir Sub-district. ^ of Rs - 200 per annum' was
Mir Sahib Khan. dmded betWeen Mir Sher - ^
Four cases of slaves being shipped to the Arab Coast from the ports of
stave traffic. Gaih were sported during the year..
In the coastal portion of the Gaih district practically no rain fell this
Rainfall and Crops. season, and the crops of barley, jttwarr
and cotton have entirely failed. The
northern portion of the district where dates and rice are principally cultivated
are not so badly affected as water is obtained by srmll rivers from the
mountains some 30 miles north of Gaih,. where the rainfall is generally o>ood
These small rivers are bunded, and the water diverted into numerous channels'
and used as required. 5
Large numbers of the poorer classes of Bakchis in the south of the
district, have gone over to Maskat where they earn a fair living as coolies and
date packers.
Dashttari District..
Mir Abdi" Khan of Dashtyari died on the 16t.h January 1908, and was
succeeded by his son, Mir Din Mohamed. The Dashtyari subsidy of Hs 1 000
per annum is now divided equally between Mir Din Mohamed and Mir
MahmudKhan. Mir Din Mohamed is aged about 19 vears ; he has for the
past four years been instructed in the management of the district by his uncle
Mir Mahmud Khan, with whom he is on the best of terms. Although still'
very young Mir Din Mohamed is exceptionally popular in the district on
account of his sound judgment and leniency to the poorer people, and there
seems reason to hope that the district will thrive under his and his uncle's
V t * i ? 8 1 ^ ) ' . ? other districts in Persian Baluchistan, the population
ot Dashtyan is increasing. r
Tke limited rainfall this year affects Bashtyan rather more than other
EainM and Crops. districts, as their chief export is cotton,
, . ... , which requires much water in the
early stages of its growth. Ihe barley and dball crops hare also failed, hut
18 a falr Quantity of grain in the country from last year's good crops.
Bahu District.
Last year it was shown how Sardar Syed Khan of Gaih used Mir Ahmed
Jinan as his tool for the purpose of extracting as much money as possible out
ot his district. A few months later Sardar Syed Khan dismissed Mir Ahmed
Khan, and appointed Mir Nawab Khan {Syed Khan's nephew) as Chief of
tut w , Ca "' y (>n tlle administration of the district with Mir Asraf Khan.
Mir Wawab Khan is a strong man; he brought with him some 400 armed
lotto wersto Balm Kalat which created quite an impression in the country.
He dismissed Mir Ahmed Khan from the district and threatened to kill him
t he entered the Bahu district again. Mir Ahmed Khan has for the past
seven months been living at Dashtyari with Mir Mahmud Khan, who