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, General Kninayur.i withdrew
^■blockhouse at .Do Gumbedan
ga: ison had not been withdrawn,, The withdrawal purported to he carried
out in accordance with orders from Tehran which aimed at avoiding the
piecemeal overwhelming ®f relatively weak detachments» The fact that
the garrison of a hundred men from the strong
but left detachments of twenty-five men in
indefensible positions at Agha «Jari and Pazanun raises some couht about
lhis good faith and suggests that his aim was to extort military aid from
the British authorities hy jeopardising AIOCointerests^in the aerodrome
and puraping statiom Moreover,Do Gnmh'adan cannot rightly oe considered
as an.Witpost, It is a vital area of Gach Raran s eparated_hy some 20
minute^ motoring in a first-class tarmac road,and with telephonic commun
ication to the Gaelic Transport is available at tne Gach iOi* moving
troops in an emergencyo \
(26) The main scene of political and physical activity has "been
among the Boir Ahmed Gar ms iris, where Zargham, neuhev; and main rivalvf^
their chieftain Muzaffar Khan is _actuvej.y supported ay Ahuu^lah
Khan Zarghampair, hut Kin
Muzaffar ! s daughter, an;
opposition to his broth*
V. <4 '>V
was delayed
anthori 11es a:.a
letter fr®m Qai<
kadkhodas, found m the hody General Rkaqaui which purported to contain
overtures ta %he Iranian author! tie so Khus row,'being a friend of Qaid
Nagir, took rppertmity to withdraw his forceso The attack on the
Qarmgir villa.ee cf Khairabad did not materialise until rth August ana
was repelled with two killed on each side* Two days later,the sarhaddis
attacked Muzat’far ? a ^trchghold at Aru, apparently expecting little
onnositione Hiz ,ffar h .dir. •■e' er,received an additional twenty government
grow
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? and according to. tne official Persian accounts
drove off the attack after capturing two rifles along with Qalb All’s
rifles
horse and aoccuirements au.d killing eighteen of the attackers® This
success anpar^ntly so hear*toned Khusrcw tha ; j ne decided to throw in nig
l®t with Zi
yy
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^vpenenta ana Genera
.ane
•n Angus’
X" t
T%r»o
Humayuni left far Do Gum'bedan
*.*> »,>
•very hope of meeting Xaugrowo
(27)
0n‘ his way to
Oonrru.l-
4- ,
General and 24 hours in Gultanabad® His purpose seems chiefly to
have heen to ask the OcnsuX-General to act as an arbitrator in an
attempt to settle the tribal squah>Xes of the Behoahan-Gach Raran area®
He was told to contact the new Gemman&er in Fare, General Jehahbani,
whose duty, in von Ruction with CoX» Humayuni the cleaning of this
Augean stable 4-^ seem to He also wished the Consul-General
to support i&Xik langur whom Sultani is dragging t# Tehran on some
tribal treaty business he is talking abeut® His real 'purpose is probably
something tv do with the finances of Malik s mother the Bibi Khanum®
Aghai sultaai. got a flea in his ear, ic his very great surprise, for
Consul-General told him that all he knew of the miserable Malik Mansur
was that his men "kad threatened to shc#t at him in Baght and that
beyond
o ■
oAJUi
nil
n •* .snr.w
th* s attitude towards him
*
(SB) During the first week of August All Agha,one of the Musawi s
kadihftdas belonging to the Agha Jari tribe went off to Zarghamp'ir 1 s
Mob •!» :
Khun Knalili - compare para SS of the last di&r:
rorces®
is reported to have been behind the desert! on,presumably believing taat
the appears *•«/■ C? ^ . U vl >5 ’ v '-U 'CAl db.* xO. \y. O ‘ vk , .Id increase his own power and respon
sibilities in the area*
(23)
la i g—a
-Tu j j. ar re pc r t ed
his brother Ma^ inaadeh had
g> 0 00 ived