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written a friendly letter to the Deputy Resident in answer to one from hint
welcoming them in their appointment.
Shiraz.
Town quiet. Road to Bushire via Kazerun practically closed. Kazemn is
still in the hands of the rebels, but their present leader Nasr-i-Diwan is getting
unpopular with his subjects and Soulet-ud-Douleh is marching against him
accompanied by Mr. Bristow, Captain Geard and Mr. Hai Malcolm as Political
Officers. Soulet appears confident that he will “ pacify’" Kazerun, but unfortu
nately the South Persia Rifles are not yet in a position to take over the Town.
Muhammad Ali Khan, Kashcjuli, now professes loyalty to the Persian Govern
ment and his brother recently occupied Mian Kotal and another strategic point
commanding the road to Dashtarjin in the loyalist interest; the Farman Parma
is sending tufangchis to take over the district from them as the South Persia
Rifles are not ready to do so yet, and the Kashkulis being in migration cannot
remain in possession long. Whssmuss factotum, Muhammad Reza Dinsi, is
reported to have hurried off to Soulet-ud-Douleh s camp. The post of the 7th
April from Lingeh for Shiraz was looted : it included three bags for Sir Percy Sykes,
three for His Majesty’s Consul, Shiraz, two for newly established Field Post
Office and four for the troops at Shiraz.
The Qawam-ul-Mulk is still on his revenue collecting and punitive expeditions.
He professes to have captured two of the principal Baharlu Chiefs. Incidentally
he visited the Shibkuh district and upset most of the arrangements recently made
there by the Governor of the Gulf Ports.
Bushire-Shiraz Road.
As mentioned above, this, the “ Shahi ” road, remains closed. Nasr-i-Diwan
still has 100 men with him; 100 more are with his Farrashbandi headman Meshedi
Ibrahim in the lower town. The remainder of his force is drawn from villages
in the Kazerun plain, etc. He is constantly seizing men’s goods and drawing bills
on merchants : consequently the fickle population is already beginning to fear
that it has been backing the wrong horse. Anything like a determined movement
would probably bring back Kazerun to loyalty : but unfortunately the terrain
between Shiraz and Kazerun is considered too stiff for untrained or half-trained
troops.
When Muhammad Ali Khan, Kashkuli, left Shapur and proceeded to the neigh
bourhood of Dashtarjin, Nasr-i-Diwan promptly occupied his villages. As
mentioned above Muhammad Ali Khan himself has occupied Mian Kotal and a
position dominating Dashtarjin, and has called on the Governor-General to get men
sent to take over these places.
On the 28th April a report reached Bushire from Borasjun that a large caravan
from Kazerun for Shiraz had been attacked by Qashqais, According to a letter
from Khisht Ali Wais’ men recently carried off 30 mules with their loads in the
neighbhourhood of Guwarkushi.
Bushire.
His Excellency the Governor of Gulf Ports left on April 1st for a tour in the
“ Persepolis.’* As stated above he found Qawam-ul-Mulk had made great confusion
in the region of the Shibkuh Ports.
On the 7th April news was received from Ahram (Tangistan) that Zair Khidhar
had detained 20 camel-loads of Messrs. Ziegler’s goods on their way to Shiraz by the
Firuzabad route. Subsequently the goods were released on payment by the
camelmen of a blackmail of 600 Tumans (£165). Excepting, however, for black
mailing at Ahram the Firuzabad road has been satisfactory of late and the amount
of merchandise passed along it has only been limited by the number of transport
animals obtainable.
Sayyid Muhammad Doctor, Wassmuss’ Secretary And Medical Adviser (formerly
Karguzar’s confidential secretary in Bushire) has left Wassmuss and is reported to be
taking his family to Behbehan. Wassmuss has been joined at Ahram by three
Germans and Austrians supposed to be some of the Kerman party who escaped at
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