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attention and it is clear that the Oil community ft F
enjoyed the speech and much appreciated Oir Readef
visit, especially as it took place in the middle
severest heat wave of recent years. He flew to T
next morning.
DIGORDEP- A? MAS JI h -~T -S UhB I MAI'? .
( 8 ) e On the 13th August a regrettable breach'o'?
the peace occurred at Masjid-i-Suieiman. As the result of a
dispute about the price of melons a crowd assembled in the
bazaar. The local Gendarmerie, failing to persuade the crowd
to disperse, fired a few rounds, intending to fire into the
over the heads of the crowd. Unfortunately however one
bullet struck a man who afterwards died, and an old man who
was roughly handled also died. On the next day the head of
the Gendarmerie from Ahv/az, Col. Zavush, went to
order to report and found that order has been re-e
the culprits had been identified as Shushtaris, and were
packed off to Ghushtar. Enquiries are proceeding
POLITICAL AOTIVITIEL-h
(9)o As mentioned elsewhere, the proposal to send
Seyyid Ziaus friend Col» Kaaim Sayyah as U stand a r to replace
Misbah Faterni came to nothing: so no official encouragement
for the Eradeh-i'-Milii party exists* Nevertheless the party
appears to be going ahead, as the first public session is
reported to have taken place under the presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of DrcAiavi-
Khorasani on the 3rd August. Thirteen n links'’ (rabit) attended,
each supposed to represent ten 5 f circles" (halqeh), of nine or
ten men eacb^ The 'Minks ’ 1 were petty merchants, railway
officials, and other Government officials for the most part.
The local reactions to the evacuation of
POLITICAL.
( 10 ).
Tehran by British troops have been on the whole pessimistic:
most people in this area, traditionally critical of Tehran
and deriving its wealth from British oil, seem to regard the
withdrawal as likely to lead to the break up of the Central
Government or to a dictatorship. The head of the National Bank
expressed a modification of this view by saying that he
thought the withdrawal a regrettable thing on a short view,
but desirable in the long run.
TRIBAL.
(11) Arabs . The arrested Sheikhs of the Rani Turuf are still
in prison at Ahwaz, awaiting the reactions of the Ministry of
War to the sentences of the Military Court. The Brigadier,
Humayuni, says that the sentences are not subject to appeal,
but that the Shah may exercise his right of remission or
modification of the penalties.
r A A ‘ 0 /. (12) Lira vi Dispu te.
" Brigade,, Brigadier Hu
The Commanding Officer of the Ahuzistan
usayuni, renorts that the
irmament
operations which he had been instructed to undertake at Liravi
have been very successful, as 125 rifles have been collected
from the Liravis and 65 from the Hayat Davudis. The two
antagonists in the dispute concerning Hiasap are still quarrel
ling: one of them, Fathullali II. Df has gone to Tehran and the
other, Muhammad All Liravi, seems likely to follow him thither*
It is to be hoped that their quarrel will be settled there:
the parties will no doubt invoke the help of their friends in
the majlis: of whom hu.ltani is on the side of Liravi while
/Cafavi
* Hayat Lavudi