'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf Political Residency for the Years 1915-1919' [‎97v] (201/396)

22 ANNUAL EEPOET OF THE PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. POLITICAL EESIDENCT
rate of exchange), Kerosine from 5-7 Krans to 9-10 Krans per man feanir
lent to about lis 23 per 4-galloa tin). ^ a '
Much inconvenience was also caused in the town by the high price f
firewood, which partly owing to shortage of transport and partly to tb - -
enormous consucnption by the South Persia Rifles (10 Kharwars a day) ros 6
to 30—32 Krans per Kharwar or roughly lis. 2-4 per Indian maund, ' 8
The province was remarkably free from internal disturbances durin» the
Dieturbftncee. ^under report, in spite of the scarcity
and the efforts of the Demoerats de-
scribed above. In the west of the province the outlawed Hussain Kh
Buchaqchi with Shahzada Hussain and the Turkish " Ambassador " ObeW 1
ulla managed to evade the efforts made by the Saidabad garrison to capture'
them. They took refuge at first in Kuhiscan on the Pars side of the border
later among the fastnesses of the Chehar Gumbaz range and were
no doubt iu regular communication with the German and Austrian
^-prisoners in Pars and with Wassmuss at Ahram. Although how
ever Hussain Khan's brothers, Murad Khan Shikuh-us-Sultan and Bahman
Agha and other Buchaqchis at Saidabad undcubtedly helped him secretly
while professing eternal friendship with the British the Buchaqchi tribe
as a whole was quiet, and the rebels did not dare to repeat their attempt on
Saidabad of the previous September. In August they made their way via Yezd
territory to Tehran where they were received with open arms by the anti -British
party. This lack of enterprise on the part of our enemies of the year before
was undoubtedly due to the march through the province of the Shiraz Rein-
^mnents Column, in February and March, and to the strengtheninc of the
Saidabaa garrison from it. The Column, which consisted of 20 British officers
48 Entnsh Non-Commissioned Officers and 1,400 Indian Officers and men of the
Ibth Kajputs, Burma Mounted Infantry and miscellaneous details, reached
oaidabad in two echelons on 18th and 24th March respectively. Half of the
Burma Mounted Infantry were left there, and the town was shortly afterwards
made the headquarters of the Vlth South Persia Bifles Infantry.
Narmashir, Jiruft and Eudbar suffered as usual from the incursions and
general turbulence of the neighbouring Baluch. At the beginning of the year
the Governor of Bam was forced to enrol 150 levies in addition to the 100
a ready kept up lor the delence and policing of Bam and Narmashir. Apart
from ordinary Baluch lawlessness, the chief feud of the earlv part of the year
between Bahrain Khan of Bampnr and Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Khan Bameri. This beran
wi th the killing of two of Bahram Khan's kinsmen by Jallal Khan, son of A T awab
Khan m Beeember, and in February Bahrain Khan, accompanied by Jihaiid
and bh ah sowar In the East India Company army and later Indian Army, an ordinary native cavalryman or mounted cavalryman. Khan (the leaders of the 1913 invasion), entered Narmashir
liil i.V . 1011 - 2 al l J 0rS ! e t, tlle . Bameris first r "-- ar Kighan and again at
wo?it J 1 rl v,-"f 6 t , ^. "1 s 80118 was killed and another seriously
p ^ lS i™! • ? i S ' a8 besie S ed - Bahram Khan eventually
returned to Baluchistan with large quantities of loot, but one of the chiefs who
M* Muhammad Khan, shortly afterwards fought Mai
s ik nf f T B C0Unt a §T raided Narmashir and Jiruft about the &
H p ra l uif ;i , e ' Ba8 helped by Juma Babadur of Shah Wali Borand
lintlt! I ifti dan gerous ^proportions. The levies of the Bam Governor,
lootino-Tirn/t nnrl S !r| S 0 de f'^arez range, and Wali Muhammad after
iOGtnij, J u ult and lludbar returned to Bampur.
one of Bahram vf„ t > eSUmmer ? ea ^ ereigIied ' exce P t fw the ambushing of
Julv a L a n a "w ans r av r by r ? aman K-han, son of Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Khan, in
from Motr. i attenipt by Islam Khan to invade Bampur with forces
of Bam and Karmashlr "enjoyed a ecurkytf {if"'''' of th t e r 'f 6 ,
had long been unaccustomed 3 0£ - ll£e and P ro P ert y to whleh ^
Islam Kh'ai'^n-l'hl<- 6 h t ' l ti during tbe year was a feud between
the Balucbi«fan Khit; 0, Khan and Saheb Khan over the disposal of
Khan a<'ainsi. Inn , , <: ,.V llues ', ' ,: ' am Khan's brothers called in Bahram
o bin,, and a battle was fought in August at Bint in which Saheb