Coll 30/5(1) 'Persian Gulf Diaries: Bushire Residency (Persian) Jany. [sic] 1941.' [‎318r] (636/938)

troops luad tunnourtd oar® to Jardlstan to th# taot of >)*lylr
md fro®) Untrc owtpt do an at dam In a aurprlao attaak on
Oaiyix harbour* *01 Xamatl’o aion wort aurprlaod and aftor
aomo fighting In which ;Oi lw»all f a nophow wa* wouudtd thoy
dloptraod r Oi lanall hlnoolf oooapod taking with him shaikh
Abdullah oora^Janl who* he suspeoted at haring buoiod him
In no go tl at Iona while lafandiari waa preparing to attack him
and who will alao conreniantly aarra aa boat age for hie captur*
ed nephew* He la aald to hart had tine to take off with him
to Dorahak (id wile a aouth-eaat of iaiylr) hi a noney but not
hla other belonging! Including the prooeeda of aoeit aontha of
auocaaaful aauggling* , -.nothei report haw it that Jofandi&rl
gare -11 lanall three days In which to accent hie terms and
tl^t -11 took adrantage of this to aend hla family and wore
valuable poatcaalone to ^atar while preparing hie troops for
reeiatance• ^ovordlng tothia report only two houra 1 fighting
took plane *JL1 laaall lowing twelre men killed and a number of
wounded* fhe tenna which ware refused were roughly «
1 * All rillet to be handed over*
£• A certain number of licensed rifles to be held
by All. lasiall who was to reaids In taiylr*
3 * a company of road guards to be installed there*
Island lari Is now aald to bs preparing to subdue other
recalcitrant chiefs In the neighbeurhood of Jaiylr and ; angan*
Road guards in unreportsd numbers will be left at >alyir*
It appears that this defeat of All I snail coupled with the
a-bed s si on s earlier reported have done something to restore
Government authority but it le early yet to Judge now effea»
tive the operatlone have been* Xbe rs-tetabllfehii)«nt of the
road guard poet a should do something for the ^aolf loatloci of
)aehtl though road guard^ rapacity may e^ut .1 the chief a 9 and
be a source of trouble* The chiefs too may be bowing before
the present atone and their power of eauting trouble will be
in direct relation to the number of rifles they are able to
retain*
It seems as If the position of dais Ohulam a*mi may have
been strengthened as a result of the operations* Though not
from the beginning he early co-operated with the Sovernment
forces and may fairly expect favourable treatment* He Is said
to be anxious to have his wish to be given a permanent lease
of the rich area of duluk by the revenue apartment supported*
Ha la anxious* too* par hap a* to be allowed to keep a larger
number of lioenaed riflaa than hla neighbours. How far his
, esitleu will be strengthened as a result of his co-operation
with the Govawmaent authorities and the humbling of some of
hla rivals la aa yet not clear* But the petition of Khalu
Ho sain and Bahmiar sent to this Consulate revealed a lively
fear tint .a«aai might be favoured «u on*, ms brother chi eft*
• It has transpired (slo) that the Iranian authorities have
preferred this mkla Ghulam ummi to all other chiefs of the
area and male him the supreme chief in Daahtl'* That the
ahiefs will not accept easily ouch a position (if indeed the
Iranian authorities intend to bring it about) Is shown toy
the declaration of hhalu and Bahmlar the vehemetne of whioh
would aooord better with a higher cause* «?o this (the
supremacy of tala Ohulam .nzmi) wa wawas will never i*gree nor
tolerate it and will to the last breath of life in us do our
utmost to reeltt hi a tyranny and wrongdoing *' 9 tfhat precis#
sett lament tbs Iranian authorities intend in aahti beyond
reminding the chiefs of the existence of the Central Govern
ment and re-establishing the authority of the road guards la
net clear* >iaarmlng the chiefs will do isuoh but how
affectively they can be disarmed remains to be aeen* .tobbed
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