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Ciia ! ab Parajnllah, Hup pain Parayeh and Farayeh Hup pain of
the Cha'ab Karamullah and Mehdi of the Cha 1 ab Omaiiu Only
two.petitione oomplaining of Perplan military action have
heen received by this Consulate, The fir.pt wan aigned hy the
qheihhp named above and complained of unprovoked air attacks
on their fiocka and women and children. The decond purported
to he from ail the eheikhe, wan unsigned, and made the eame
complaints as the first,, There have been hardly any reper
cussions in other Arab areas in Khuzist&n. the general
opinion being than the Mian—Ab sheikhs, whose record of crime
and lawlessness is well known, have got their deserts, and
are themselves to blame for their misfortunes through not com
plying with British and Persian wishes. nheikh Abdullah,
brother of bheikh Ghassib, has, I believe, made some rather
wild and bombastic statements to the AoD.G.O* Basrah, but
there have been no indications that other Arab tribe* of
Khuzistan are likely to make common cause with the I.Iian-Ab
Arabs and give trouble to the Government. On the 29th shots
were fired at ^hush railway station* "'.Tie Persian forces
fortified some of the trackmen’s huts along the railway near
Ahu Dasht, but abandoned them on hearing from the British
Military authorities that they did not wish railway installa
tions to bemade use of during the operations. Otherwise
British interests have not been affectedo-
(-^•o/ Brigadier Humayuni hopes to complete his operations
witnin a few days. His .intention is then to deal with the
then an 6 a vno have la t.e.Ly been raining into Iraq, (see Tiary 9,
pai’a Iv ••rad diary para 86)« At first he talked of call-
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tn
nem
ail their &i*rns but now intends to demand
cmef offenders and a
•O told* vhe To A* ./.n‘1 otan that - he then
j’enx Turuf, out has promised me that
lien in this direct ion without obtaining
An attemit to disarm the powerful Beni furuf
- -percussions on the security of our lines of
iunioations and other interests in Khuzistan*
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Persian officials in «hadigan again
There was a skirmish between
and the timid official*
oaggn, and some Arabs from the Chenanoh tribe attacked a vill-
age near Bizfui. Two villagers were killed and some Live—
snook was carried off, of which a portion was later recovered*
Persian troops are pursuing the gang and have killed one of
its leaders.
ECONOMIC.
a j -&) ° 'lews of -one opening of the second front caused mer
chants with large stocks on hand to fear a sharp fall in
prices* //nole^aie prices have declined in consequence, put
this fall has not so far appreciably affected retail prices,
although the prices of .a few foodstuffs have fallen slightly.
Tne^black niarnen price or wheat in 8000 Rials and that c.f
barley 4000 Rials per ton. This represents a fall of 500
rials per ton on last month’s prices* The price of rice has
fallen
oy i> rials per i
16 o)
The news of I
by Mr*
7 o J. omon 1 5 epart
among
ode more tnodgix.i.
concea:
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to s a*dn e s s when
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resignation, fo 11owed
for Th:iran caused consternation
among the profiteers,
news arrived that the
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