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erred Zne mat r
tc Tehran-,
Thi« ^oemn to he a move
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teza Quli Khan’a influence to the Mas jid-i- r, ulaiman
■Mir 2 a Mohammad Rafii seems to he a boorish sort o:
creature,
without co
come there
would come on the 27th,
and seei
ently spent three days in Mas jid-i-^ulaiman
he reoei
tacting any of the AIOC staff and. when asked to
to see me on the 25th sent a message saying he
since then he has 'been to Ahwaz
he A.LoCo in my absence,
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BO Hi AHMAIISO,
tr ou s e.d o p po s it lor
aosiv
. by hi f
.‘Abdullah Zarghampur has
attempt to poison Mohammed Hussain
Taiier! (see para 10 of diary No* 9) * His wife shahnaz, who
is the mother of Mohammed Hussain and widow of the late chief
the upper section of the Boir Ahmadi, left him and joined
Bon„ With her went the allegiance of some sections c:
tribe* and a number of Brno rifles* According to reports
of
her
the i.-rxce* ana a numoer or mrno riries* According to re
received at the end of the month, Abdullah Khan had succeeded
in persuading the lady to return*■ Though said tc be per
turbed by the growth of opposition to his authority, and
apparently estranged from his half-brother Khqsrow, he ha*
succeeded in consolidating hip. position at Tal~ 1 -K.hosrovi,
which is the main stronghold of the upper section of the
tribe and is outside his own area*
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'TIBI
An v
1 n ■{■
hr. oaf fa v* Ariani ana his nephew Zargham visited
'h<; month* They came to see me together on the
apparently made up their land quarrel, abandoned
coming to an understanding with Abdullah Khan
b decided to co-operate with each other and the
res i st ing Abdullaii Khan ? s oneroachmen ts.
art.se. that the promise made
,o
U -, r
nnen t o^* "bn
than, though his loyalty to th
uuianrchj.s - should be implemented acd
ren e r a 1 Ahmad i
.emented ar.d
Persian Governnent
e ompmc, me
had cost him dear at the hands of Abdullah Khan, he had not
been properly supported. It is to be hoped that Brigadier
Kurnayuni 5 s efforts to ^' h
as
•!
in payment for Muzaffarwill suoeed
t is .important that tribal chiefs ready to support the
Government should be helped and encouraged (see Diary 8, para
20 and
ary 7. para 19)
BAHMAI
( 6 ).
Mohammad Ali Khalili appears to have abandoned
^is intention of coming to terms with ^bdullah Khan Zarglampur
(see Diary No* 8. para 28) * He and Ahmad Balimai recently met
Musavi, .Raj.s-ut-Tuj jar, at Lekak near Behbehan, where Mur-avi
entertained him and his 200 men for two days* The A*L*C.
has received a'letter from him expressing his confidence in
Brigadier Humayuni and his gratitude for the recent issurn of
Government rations to the tribe* At the same time he gave
assurances that he would maintain security in his area and
re-open relationr: with Persian officials* He gave the
following excuses frr his recent negotiations with Abdullah
Khan Zargharmour
(a)« He
merit of
a threat
Morteza •;
his
the had been much perturbed by a pronounce-
Southern Army in Shiraz
which appeared zo be
to disarm the Bahmai‘ and leave them at the merjy of
all Khan and neighbouring tribes*
(b)* The Laraki Turks have a dispute with the Bahmai over
some .of the most'fertile land in the Bahmai area, which is a'
present in Bahmai possession* The Bahmai
state that the Laraki
del aim