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"been
Q^shcLuli fire said to have/instructed not to cross the Pehlian
Kiver but to hold themselves in readiness for an early move along
with the Boir Ahmed rarhaddi uppcri* flocks y and the Darashuri
in particular were to maintain contact with hargh&mpur for
instructions in case of an emergency.
(24) Sarhang Humayuni sav; i/Ialek iiansur^ the Basht Bavi leader?
and iviuzaf far Khan Ariani, the B»ir Ahmed Garmsir leader, at Gach
"^^aran aerodrome on 8 th i,iarch. he warned both in very Much the
same tone as as Marshal Bhahbakhti's circular "feut, although he
asked Malek Mansur a number of questions that v. r ould be of
importance if a Persian Garrison were to move to Basht? no
direct mention of the advance was made. It is believed that the
Persian Couimander feels himself unable with his present forces and
commitments to make such a move. If he has to await reinforcement
it seems impossible that any effective action can be taken to
disarm the Kuhgilu tribes before the Cummer migration or indeed
until they return to their winter quarters six months hence.
(25) A troop of the C.I.'L who were spending the night on the
j.ishtar plain, between Behbehan and Gaeh Saran? became involved
in a tribal raid on the Lishtar village on the night of 9th
lu&rch. The Indian Officer opened fire after some shots had come
dangerously near his camp and was later thanked by the gendarmes
of the Lishtar post whose ammunition had been exhausted. A
member of the gang, which was apparently about fifty strong -
mostly mounted is reported to have called on the te?oop to
surrender their arms and retire under promise of safe conduct
from the raiders, bo casualties, as far as is kn<swn? were
suffered by either side.
(26) '“'he ’’Mile 2 r 7 ,: telephone house (compare paragraph 20
of last Ahwaz Diary) was raided by an armed gang on the night
of 12th March. The four gendarmes who had been posted there
had left on the previous day but the five tufangchis who remained
apparently gut up a good fight and drove cff the raiders.
(27) Pith reference to the incidents reported in paragraph
17 of the last Ahwaz Diary, Colonel Murnayuni had held the Boir
Ahmed Sarhaddi uppur sections responsible and called on their
Xalantar to produce the offenders. Captain Mohajer, the Officer
Commanding Gendarmerie in Behbehan, was found to have held a
number of road labourers of the 7;oir Ahmed Garmsiri in connection
with the same incidents and reported to have been applying duress
in an attempt to involve his old enemy, Muzaffar Khan Ariani*
(Muzaffar, though of little tribal consequence and certainly
incapable of organising a gang of the size involved in the
incidents under reference, is known as pro-British and a rn&st
useful person to the Anglo*'!ranian Oil Co s ),
(28) A party of Hayat Dawoodi, who have established themselves
at Taj ivialiki on the road between Gan aw eh and Gach Saran, have
I been levying octroi on foodstuffs and piece goods and claim
they are so doing on the orders ®f the British Authorities in
Bushire, On 7th March, a bale of cloth was taken from an
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co, van in addition to the octroi, and a
short tii#e after the van was looted and the inhabitants stripped ~
still in Hayat Duwoodi limits.
(29) Disquieting reports have been received of the activities
A'Mol Qoj*^ 0 f Asgar, a relative of the Bakhtiari n pretender K Abul
Qasim, in the neighbouhood cf Izeh. He has apparently been
v. , AjfvJc collecting the Haji Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. 's shareof the grazing tax and
attempting to come to an understanding with the Rahmai and
Teibi.
VI. Arabs .
(30) A somewhat obscure transaction over the recognition
of the sheikh of the Bavi (Arab) tribes almost led to trouble*
The Governor-General recognised one Barrak as head of the tribe,
Which contains 12,000 households and lies on both banks of the