ملف رقم ٣٤٨ لسنة ١٩١٣ الجزء ٢ "بلاد فارس: شؤون كرمان" [و‎‎٦‎٧] (٢٨٤/١٣٨)

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No. 1212, dated Bushire, the 26th April (receWeid 41
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From— Major S. G. Knox, C. I. E., Officiating Political Resident in the Per
sian Gulf,
To—The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, in the Foreign and Poli
tical Department, Simla.
In continuation of my letter No. n68, dated 19th April 1914, I have the
honour to forward, for the information of the Government of India, a copy of the
XT _ , , , , . . 1 letter, noted in the margin, which has been
No. 24.C., dated 15th April 1914. ^ H;s Consul a(
Bandar ’Abbas, in regard to the recent raids in the province of Kerman.
No. 24*C., dated 15th April 1914.
From— CAPTAIN H. V. BlSCOE, Assistant Resident and His Majesty's Consul,
Bandar ■ 'Abbas,
To— MAJOR S. G. Knox, C. I. E., Officiating Political Resident in the Persian
Gulf, Bushire.
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter No. 871, dated 24th
March 1914 enquiring whether I could ascertain to what part of Baluchistan the
raiders who recently threatened Bam belonged.
2. It is difficult to obtain any authentic information, but the following story
was recently told to the Consulate Munshi by a servant of the Treasury Agent
at Bam who has arrived at Bandar 'Abbas en route for Karbala, and I give it
for what it is worth. He states that a “ kanat ” digger at Darzin saw three
Baluchis approaching and hid himself in the “ kanat They sat down by the
“ kanat ” and the digger for some time listened to their conversation, from which
he learnt that one of them was a man called Aqa Shairdil and the other two his
followers. Finally the digger crept out of the “ kanat ” and succeeded in killing
all 3 of them, for which he was subsequently suitably rewarded by the Deputy-
Governor of Bam. It was in order to revenge the death of Shairdil that the
Baluchis looted Darzin. According to the Munshi’s informant Shairdil is a man
of some consequence in the Sarhad, and all the Baluchis who invaded Kerman
province came from Sarhad. This report must I think be accepted with consi
derable reserve.
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