Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [‎55r] (110/938)

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Baqir Khcin snd Ahmed jQicin rjcrc the likely clfiinrn'ts to ^
property worth 30,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. but Rais Ali Chahpii has
acted quickly and bought up the property cheaply i.ori 045
Ahmed Khan. The Head of the Bush ire Court went'^-r'Ahi’a’^ ”
to look into this deal but was bought off by Rais Ali and
returned to Bushire.
166. The Post Master at Khurmuz, who was reported :
to have earned Rais Ghulam Razmi's displeasure by distri-
^ hG TudGh newspaper " Surush'* has quarrelled with
both Rais Ghulam and txhe military at Khurmuj. However
the Governor of Bushire visited Khurmuj recently and is
reported to have effected a reconciliation.
167 *^ . Shaikh Harib of Gavbandi visited Bushire on
5th April. He is the younger brother of Shaikh Yasir bf
Gavbandi and intends going to Shiraz to complain against
the Bakshdar of Gavbandi. He called on His Majesty’s
Consul and reported that he had heard of four different
objects attached to parachutes and commonly believed to
be wireless transmitter sets having been found at four
different places in the Shibkuh area. Inquiries are
being made about these objects which may be radio sets
dropped from Allied planes or may more probably be
meteorological instruments sent out by the Pilot Balloon
Observatory at Bahrain.
16c;. Mohammed Ali Liravi has gone to Behbehan ostensibly
for medical treatment. His two brothers Tahir Khan and
Qubad Khan have come from Behbehan to Liravi to look after
their brother’s interests. As F a thullah Khan Hiat Baud
is now m Shiraz, his brother Ghulam Hussain Khan has
visited Liravi to keep a watchful eye on Mohammed All's
brothers^
169. ^ Ali Ismail, who was reported in paragraph 132 of
last diary to have been allowed to return to his area witrh
official recognition, has addressed a letter to the Head
Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. of this Consulate-General complaining of the base
intriguers ^ who have made kadchteksixsi bad blood between him
and the British officials and offering his services to the
Persian Government and to his kind neighbour, 'the British
Government.
Mobile Dispensary Van .
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170. The van visited 5 villages during the fortnight. The
Assistant Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Surgeon reports that now that he is
vioiting some of these villages for the fifth and sixth time,
there is no reluctance whatever on the part of villagers
to bring their wives or children for treatment.
Shipping .
^ • S.S. ’ Tsinan” called* #n 4th April en route *t#
Basrah.
v Meteorological
172, Maximum temperature. 97
Minimum temperature 54
Rainfall Nil.
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