Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [‎121r] (242/938)

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(b) His Maiesty's Consular Agent at Lingah r<r >orts that
Shaikh Abdur Rahman al Obaidali of Armak, and his nephew,
Ibrahim, were recently attacked by unknown person; about 18
mnes North West of Charak, the Shaikh being wouna d and his
nephew killed. It is also learned that fighting o ; a s naii
scale is going on between Shaikh Yasir al Nasuri o- Gavbandi,
and some tribal elements from the interio ?' 1 ^ Lashku , i-pa
langanah of Lar), but details of the trouble are still awaited.
(c) The Officer Commanding Bushire Gendarmerie has
proceeded to Shabankareh in connection c i an p a ^g?aph
between Hishmat-ul-Mamalik and Amirullah Khan (ex. paragrap
' r (a) of Summary No. 14 of 1944). One of the ba Hussain
c ’Ployed by Hishmat-ul-M a malik is Abbas, son of J^d Hussam,
of Ana who has collected a number of armed followers
to o 'pose Amirullah, and the Gendarmerie are now attempting
ffiufl^ll rti^fL^^irfz 5^1 Hlshmat-
Aqa^fr^ r^Khisht^presumably S in d the hope^hat^he^wlll _be a ^de
to stop the Persian authorities taking any action which will
restore Amirullah his rights.
(d) All Chahpiri is reported to have fallen out with his
son, Ghulam Hussain, over a dispute connected with the dis
tribution of Government sugar in n ? h ^h ra fa ther and
apparently made two abortive attempts to shoot his father ana
a number of oppressed Tangistanis are regretting that he was
not a better shot.
VI. PUBLIC RELATIONS...
(a) Every new Allied success is welcomed by the Bushire
public as yet another stepping stone to the rapid achievement
nf oehe and a return to a normal existence, with prices at
reasonable level. The premature announcements made by the
B.B.C. regarding the liberation of p aris, ‘_arseilles a d
TWdPaux were the subject of some criticism, but ^nis nas
^suited inanydir ihtion in the popularity of the B.B.C.
news bulletin^ The Persian daily news sheet issued by the
Consulate, is in great demand.
Ar, Fnaiic-h class for Persians is now being run in
(b) An English ^ass ior M , s Consulate . Lessons
Bushire by a member oi tne sraii o book
-p he in? ?iven for two hours a week on the text dook
: -ential Enplish” by Eckersley, and the 15 students un
ins ’uctionappear tohe remarkably keen on their work.
VII. FOODSTUFFS .
£ cocks of wheat and barley held by the Cereal and Bread
Department on 25th August, 1944, were
Wheat 151 tons.
Barley 324 tons.
VIII. SHIPPING AND COMMERCE..,
f i nacka?es were cleared from the Customs during
the fortnight? ^consisted of 635 bags of sugar, 307 bales
of raw cotton, ^OO bags of coffee °f tea 100 bales
ages 0 of 0 attari?^27^cases°of a machinery, 1§ Lses of matches and
43 packages of sundries.
(b) The market has remained dull and no business was
transacted Towards the end of the fortnight, there was a
further da-Uease in the prices of sugar and cotton P iecegoods.
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