ملف ٢٢٩٧/ ١٩١٩ "تقارير شهرية للمقيمية البريطانية في الخليج الفارسي. ١٩١٢-١٩٢٠." [و‎‎١‎٢‎٧] (١٠٤٤/٢٥٨)

Bandar Abbas.
Mir Barkat fled to Bashakird. His Excellency the Darya Begi appointed
Mir Gul Mahammad son of the late Mir Haji as Kalantar of Biyaban. Mir Barkat
has since returned and proclaimed himself Chief of Biyaban.
The eternal Hammal Bashi question has arisen again in an acute form. The
latest idea is to get the Bushire Hammal Bashi to take on Bandar Abbas as well.
It is to be hoped that he will do so, as he runs the Bushire business well.
Kerman.
It was reported from Anar that on 5th August a caravan of 700 camels was
attacked three miles from Deh Haidar by a party of 50 Lashanis. The robbers
carried off the whole caravan but the escorting “ Qarasuran” being reinforced the
tables were turned; two of the robbers (including the leader of the band) killed
and the caravan recovered.
A further report was received that on 8 th August Ali Akbar, who had been
carrying material for the Indo-European Telegraph Department and was returning
from Sirj an, had been attacked two Jarsakhs east of B-afsinjan and robbed of 47
camels. The robbers are said to have been led by Amir Khan Arab of Herat.
The Kerman Postmaster has been ordered to report urgently to the Central
Administration regarding the possibility of instituting a bi-weekly postal service
between Bandar Abbas and Kerman by means of mules and gholams to be procured
at Kerman and Doulatabad. As up to the present the South Persia Rifles have
been able to procure practically no mules in the Province, His Majesty’s Consul
thinks the scheme will present difficulties.
Kerman Town and Districts are kept fully supplied with false reports by the
local democrats and the Tehran papers. It is given out that the British have been
driven out of Baghdad, that Mackensen with 300,000 Turks and Germans is marching
on Persia driving the defeated Russians before him, that war exists in Russia and
that the “ Russians ” have been defeated, that the Germans will shortly arrive in
Kerman, and that disturbances are imminent.
It was rumoured that Sardar Islam Khan, Hussain Khan and Mir Hoti Khan
had assembled forces from Mekran, Kucha, etc., with a view to attacking Bahram
Khan and seizing Bampur, Nawab Khan Bameri having been invited to join them.
No news of this reported movement has reached Charbar or Jask yet.
A report from Anar dated 14th August stated that a band of 30 robbers on
foot had attacked part of a small caravan at Godar-i-Kermanshah on the preceding
day but had run away on the appearance of some Bakhtiari sowars.
A later report stated that 50 Lashani and Chahaki robbers had taken up
a position on the road near Shims. It is believed by some that a campaign o ro ery
by Ears tribes on the Yezd road has been organized by Hussam Khan Buchaqcin
and Ali Khan. The latter being in Tehran will, it is believed, be ao.e to reassuie
the tribes of the friendly attitude of the Government towards anything that savours
of pro-democratism or anti-Britishism.
On 10 th August a report came in of a large gathering at Heratn-Marwast,
ostensibly in connection with the marriage of the son of Amir Quh Khan Arab.
Hussain Khan Buchaqchi and Obeidullah the Turkish Ambassador sa ^
to have attended. The objects and composition of the meeting were uncer
but there was a tendency in Kerman to believe that it represented a scheme on the
part of Hussain Khan to enlist the help of the N. Fars tribes and ihat the raids on
the Yezd road are not unconnected with it. , .
In the latest report in diary form received frcm Kerman he., 27t j
His Majesty’s Consul stated that he had heard of no special development m the loca^
political situation during the week nor of any fresh activities on thwart the
democrats. Apparently! however, Sardar Nusrat received a te,e f a “ tr °“ ^
son in Tehran urging him not to press matters against the democrats but to make
friends with them. ^
When operating against Mir Barkat, His Excellency the Kahnu,
Ports asked His Majesty’s Consul to send orders to Zargham-us-Sultanek, Ka