ملف ٢٢٩٧/ ١٩١٩ "تقارير شهرية للمقيمية البريطانية في الخليج الفارسي. ١٩١٢-١٩٢٠." [ظ‎‎١‎٣‎٩] (١٠٤٤/٢٨٣)

and to take charge of the road from Tang-i-^urkan to Dashtarjin including Kazeruii
for a fixed period of three months or longer if necessary. It is not known whether
His Majesty’s Minister has ratified the treaty.
Bushire-Shiraz Road.
The “ Shahi ” road-remains closed. The Firuzabad route is open and a con
siderable amount of traffic is going by it. Scarcity of fodder will however probably
result in its being closed also.
Nasr-i-Diwan appears to understand that he must give way before Soulet for
the time being. Impelled apparently by the near approach of Soulet and the threat
of a rising against him by the Kazerunis, he left Kazerun about the 20 th May and
withdrew to Kumarij with 28 riflemen. He was still at Kumarij at the end of the
monthi
Mirza Ali, Kazeruni, a well-known agitator and pro-German, left Borasjun for
Kazerun about the 19th May with about 100 tufangchis to assist Nasr-i-Diwan.
On finding that Nasr-i-Diwan had been obliged to leave Kazerun, Mirza Ali, Kaze
runi, continued his journey in the guise of a delegate from the Dashtistani Khans
to wait on Soulet and lay their case before him.. Mirza Ali was in Kazerun busily
intriguing on behalf of Nasr-i-Diwan at the end of the month.
Qaid Sardar of Khisht and his friends succeeded in driving Hussain Beg
(brother of the Khan of Daliki) out of Konar Takhteh, and forcing him to retire to
Daliki.
Bushire Hinterland.
A good Meal of desultory fighting between the tribesmen of Shabankareh and
Borasjun has occurred during the month.
A large party of Chahkutah men made a raid into Angali and surrounded one
of the villages.
Trouble has arisen in Tangistan over the accidental (?) killing of the son of
one of the Khadkudas by Zair Khidhar’s men. A large faction in the district has
united against Zair Khidhar, and the Darya Begi hopes that it will result in the
latter being attacked, but this is doubtful as Zair Khidhar has money and a good
deal of power and will probably be able to ‘‘ sqtiare ” his adversaries.
The enemy agents Bruggmann, Oertel and Dettmar are still with Wassmuss at
Ahram.
Bushire .-
Nothing of interest to report. #
Ling ah.
Plague broke out at Charak about 8 th April. Twenty-six cases and nine deaths
between that date and 22 nd April. The epidemic is reported to have spread
to lavuneh. r
^ A party of 28 Indian rank and file, including three prisoners, arrived from
Shiraz on the 27th April Party (with exception of one prisoner despatched to
Basrah) was sent on to India via Bandar Abbas.
(Reference mail robbery reported in Monthly Summary for April) Letters
were sent by His Majesty’s Vice-Consul to the Deputy Governor Lar and others to
assist m tracing robbers and recovering the looted mails. According to news from
Shiraz some of the letters have been recovered.
The Lingah pearling fleet left in the first w T eek of May for the pearling banks.
• f Q ^ W nr‘-n 1 'ff U i| k 1 rff lai ?- S t0 1 have captured Shahzadeh Hussain of Kerman who
assisted Obeidullah Effendi and certain German and Austrian prisoners to escape
from Sirj an, and also Amir Agha Khan, an important Baharlu chief. P
At the end of the month Saiyid Shubbar (principal Shiah Mullah) and the
Deputy Governor of Lingah had a disagreement over the settlement of an inherit
ance case. The former on finding that the Deputy Governor refused to punish
a man at his demand proclaimed Jehad ” on the 27th May and a crowd coflected
and some men were beaten and a few shots fired. The Director of Customs left for