"تقرير الإدارة عن المقيمية السياسية في الخليج الفارسي للأعوام ١٩١٥-١٩١٩" [و‎‎١‎٦‎١] (٣٩٦/٣٢٨)

FOR THE TEAR 191 9 .
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Condition of road«. r i lie road between Linorah and Lar
the year t0 be Safe f0r trade tllrou S llo "t
Aviation landing grou-ids. Emergency landing grounds have
C h e r na f epared at Asaiu itogham and'
Fourteen slaves took refuge at this Consulate during the year, twelve of whom
Slave traffic. Were manumitted. The remaining two
, , . f+i ri f fii i -p 4? Were ^ rom Trucial coast have not
had their cases settled at the close of the year.
The mail service continued up to the month of June to be maintained bv
British interests.
the Persian Customs launch which plied
mwt, ti t q i \r rv ' + arl( l Henjam connectino-
^ith the B. I. S. N. Coy, s steamers at the latter port. This was discontinued
on the resumption ot the subsidiary mail service.
Since the renewal of the mail service there has been a large increase bo+h
of exports and imports for this port.
„ B -Ooy.'s steamers have called at this port on 29 occasions, the
Persian Gulf S. JN. Coy. s steamers on two and Government transports om 18
occasions during the year. * r
Foreign interests. ^ ^ steamer of Poreign nationality
called at the port during the year,
Turkish. —Salim-el-Khawja who posed as Turkish Consul here before the
war and who had been detained at Shiraz arrived on the 28th January,
He now professes pro Hijaz sympathies.
German.—R^]i Ali Germany, a former employee of Messrs. Wonckaus and
Company who had been a prisoner of war in Indi?, was released by the Govern
ment of India and arrived on the 19th September.
He is behaving well.
1 he late Mr-. J. H. Bill, C-IE., I.C.S., visited Lingah on H. M.S.
Visits of the Deputy Political Residenta. "Lawrence" on the 21st March and on
the 7th May.
Visits of tbe General Officer Comflandinff, Brigadier-General Elsmie visited
ire Force. 0 ' Lingah on the 7th May.
Vigits Of His Majesty's Ships. His Majesty's ships visited the port
on 21 occasions.
Piracy. No new cases of piracy were reported
during the year.
e ,,i 1 tlie " ^atal Zavar Prasad " which was wrecked off Busati was
ilea by Shaikh Mazkur Khan of Gaobandi undertaking to pay Rs. 10,000 in
wo instalments. The first instalment of Rs. 5,000 has already been paid and
the second is due in the month of March.
A sailing boat named u Pateh Mubarak ' T owned by Haji Abdul Husein
shipwrecks. Hyderabadi of Charbar was wrecked off
■n , Kalat on the 14th August on her way to
sran with a cargo of chandals. A representative of the Vice-Consulate was
scene i n order to safeguard the owner's interests and the salved
an als were handed over to the consignee's agent at Lingah.
On the 3rd March the Shaikh of Sirri reported that a steam launch with
Stranding of l. t, 29. nobody aboard had drifted on to the rocks
ppnro i i- • . wes ^ t ^ ie His Majesty's
holp^ 8 ! 1 * ^ ]ie soene and found the launch to be L T. 29 badly
sent ^l 11 ^ 1U ^ wa ^ er * ^ re P or t was made to D. N. T. O., Basrah, who
towed to B^ 6 S h ^ ^ 0wn ejected temporary repairs and the launch was
The local Madresseh has, with the introduction of a headmaster from India,
Education. made satisfactory progress, especially in
English.