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1516. Shuja Nizam, the Deputy Governor of Bandar Abbas, with 33 men,
and Medhat-es-Sultaneh, the newly appointed Deputy Governor of Lingeh, with
seven men, have left Bushire for their posts.
1517. It is reported that Zair Khadhar recently took steps to recover revenue
from the inhabitants of Gurak. The latter at the instigation of Saiyid Murtaza
Ahrami, declined to pay, whereupon Zair Khadhar took measures to prevent
them from cultivating their land. Bais Haidar of Samil in Tangistan, has, how
ever, since intervened and effected a settlement of the dispute. Zair Khadhar
agreed to restore animals and arms plundered from Saiyid Murtaza's adherents,
and the Saiyid instructed the inhabitants to pay their dues.
1518. Two hundred Sarbazes, without arms, and 100 sowars have arrived from
Shiraz for duty under the Governor of Bushire. The latter has asked permission to
supply the Sarbazes from arms and ammunition which were imported two years ago
for Nizam-us-Sultaneh, then Governor-General of Bars, and which are still lying in
the Customs at Bushire.
1519. Pay for the sowars has been fixed at 180 krans each per mensem, each
man to provide his own horse, arms and equipment, and to pay for the upkeep
of the former. The salary of the Sarbaz has been fixed at 45 krans each per mensem.
1520. Russia.—A large tract of land from the eastern wall of the Russian Foreign interests.
Consulate-General, Bushire, has been pillared off by the Sadid-us-Sultaneh, the
Russian Consular Agent, during his recent visit to Bushire. (F-ide paragraph 1344).
1521. M. Loiko, Acting Russian Consul-General, lately informed Captain
Birdwood in conversation that the land in question was the property of the Russian
Government, and had been purchased during M. Passek’s incumbency of the Rus
sian Consulate-General. The frontage on the sea side and the extent inland on the
plain are very considerable.
1522. Turkey .—Monsieur Najd, Radjab, the newly appointed Turkish Consul,
arrived and assumed charge on 21st December.
1523. The Resident left for Mohammerah on the 1st December and returned Movements of His
on the 6th in company with Mr. J. G. Lorimer, his successor. Sir Percy Cox left Majesty’s Repre-
for England on three and a half months' leave on December 8th. sentatives.
1524. Itela-ul-Mulk, Chief Persian Commissioner of the Turco-Persian Frontier Miscellaneous.
Commission, a passenger by the Russian steamer, landed at Bushire on 12th and
called at the Karguzaret. He re-embarked the same day for Mohammerah.
Shiraz.
(From 16th November to 20th December.)
[Kindly furnished by Major W. F. T. O’Connor, C.I.E.J
1525 (a) On 16th November His Majesty’s Consul rode out from Kazarun
and examined the Tul-i-Kuhak fort, and heard the details of the affair from the
Swedish officers on the spot. He then rode on to Kamarij.
(5) On the same day the gendarmerie column marched to Kamarij from Shah-
pur.
(c) On 17th November Major Uggla conducted a reconnaissance of the
Konar Takhteh plain with his officers, and himself proceeded to Konar Takhteh,
where he discussed the question of taking over the road with the Kalantar, and
with the agent of the Shaikh of Mohammerah. He returned to Kamarij m the
evening.
(d) On the 18th November the gendarmes marched to Konar Takhteh, which
place they occupied without any opposition.
(e) On the same day His Majesty’s Consul returned to Kazarun.
(f) On the 19th November Major O’Connor left Kazarun and travelled to
Shiraz where he arrived on the 22nd. Here information was received that at sunset
on the 21st the tufangchis of Kazarun and the neighbouring villages reinforced
later by All Muhammad and his band, attacked the small detachment of gendarmes