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* where he served some years ago as Op Co troops* The departure
of All Khan Fniadvand is welcome, for there Ip no drabt "-hat
he was using his position primarily to further his own etds
and down his rival Khwajeh Wehdi Quli .K'han 0 will end the •
u Feridun campaign' , , which mu-st: have cost the Persian Government
a lot'of money in return for only a handful *f rifleso .1 am"
iold that Colonel Gar z an, wh« has passed through Bum dire! en
)ute to Ali Gudarz and Isfahan, is the "bearer of a message
from General Rasmara to Qadar that he is to pay hack tho bribe'
Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. 20,000 taken from iUiawajeh I/Iehdi Quli Khan, auo of
a message to Khwajeh that, if he ever dares bribe a Persian
officer again, he will be hung* 0
•B - KanGAi,u
(4). Opposition to Abdullah Khan Zarghampur is growing* On
the 16th August Brigadier Humayuni and the Military Gov^nor
of Behhehan, accompanied by Abdullah J s brother, Khoprow; than
Zarghampur, and Malek Mansur Khan of the Ravi tribe„ vie.' ted
Malek Mansur f a fort at Basht and met * liussaih Quli Khan Rivtami
of the Mamasgani. Brigadier Humay.ini also' saw Mohaiimu: Kii
Khalili of the Bahmai (see paragraph 8 of 10..ary 'To* ll) ? Mvho
had come in to Behhehan with Mohammad Hussain Khan Zargbumi,
chief of the faibi Garmgiri, to see the Military Governor*
Mohammad Khaxili declared his readiness- to stop further raid
ing by the Allahdini Bahmai through -Janeki territory (para
graph 3 above refers) « Though apparently having faith It.
.•Humayuni, he expressed to the A»L,0* Jhw&s, his distrust <,*f '
the intentions of the Persian Government* As a result of
these meetings and negotiations a meeting taok place in B$h~
Bdhan .on the 17th August attended by Brigadier Huinayunii
Colonel Pursaif, commanding the Behbehan brigade| the Mill-' •
tary .Governor of Behbehan; and the following three chiefs ;-
Mozaffar Khan Ariani, chief of the Boir Monad Garmsiri, SR.osrow
Khan Zarghampur, and Malek Mansur, Basht Kavi*,.. The A,LoO*‘
Ahwaz, also attended by invitation, but took no uart in the
discussions* Those present considered "a plan, strongly supp
orted by the Military Governor, for active operations b.\ the
three tribal chiefs mentioned above against Abdullah Khan
Zarghampur, which would take the form of attacking and occupy
ing certain properties and st.ngholdg situated in the-.winter
quarters of the Boir Ahmad sarhaddi* The Military Governor
claimed Tihat in addition to the three chiefs mentioned hoove
Mohammad Hussain Khan Taheri of the Boir Ahmad Barhaddi, who
had been imprisoned and dispossessed by Abdullah, All and Vali
Izadpapah and some fjeotions of the Boir Ahmad narhaddi, and
Hugs am Quli Khan Kugtanii of the Mamassani could be rel ie d on
to oppose Abdullah, Brigadier Humayuni has gone to ^elran
to discuss, among other things, what is to be done about
Abdullah* _ On his way through Burujird he told me that ( he
tribal combination envisaged above could not of itself oppose
an attack by Abdullah, nor haa he himself sufficient trorps
at his disposal to give effective cusport. Moreover, the
possibility that Abdullah might be able to detach c dr uvre
chiefs by restoring their property Aunt also be u. -h - c
Humayuni agreed that probably' the safest ALcn. van to "erioukr..
these chiefs to stand firm against AbduJ.lah* <;• thread.r K.ldrui-*
ishraents and concentrate on se.curi.uc
belonging to Muzaffar Ariani, and , ^ ^ _
Mansdr* If these are securely held and contain adequate strik
ing forces Abdullah 5 s power to interfere with the oilfields and
their communications wnl be much lessened. The news oc* this
meeting' and of visits to Ahwaz during the month by his mother
Khosrow, Muzaffar Ariani and Malek Mansur provoked a threaten—
img letter from Abdullah to Musavi, Raia-ut-'TuJJar, Behcehan,
who hag been chiefly instrumental in getting these chie-A to
support the Gov * - - -_
two f;
..?u
Basht
slanging to Maiak
Abdullah, has appealed for help to
/N&ssiv Khan Qaehgfti,