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809. It is reported that one Ghulam Hasan bin Zayer Abdullah, the Jcedkhoda
of the village called Chahak about 6 farshakhs, south-east of Khormuj is trying to
induce the kedkhodas of Dashti, Rais Ali of Dilwar and the sons of Hyder Khan
of Tangistan to collect their tofangchis and proceed to Firozabad to the help of the
Soulet-ed-Dowleh. Shaikh Husain Chahkutai has also received a letter from
Ghulam Hasan asking him to join the kedkhoda of Dashti and others, but the
Shaikh has not replied.
810. The people of Bushire, including the Mullahs, are stated to be of the
opinion that had it not been for the presence of British troops in Bushire, the town
would have been plundered by the Tangistanis and Dashtis who are well aware
of the present weakness of the Central Government. The bearing of the Indian
cavalry and infantry quartered at Bushire has been entirely satisfactory and all
signs of resentment at their presence seem to have disappeared. The change of
feeling is due partly to the above circumstance and partly also to the fact that the
populace appreciate their position in the Gulf ports as compared with what they
hear of things in the North.
Foreign Interests. 811. The SS. “ Almeria ” of the Hamburg-Amerika Line embarked some
200 Arab passengers at Lingah promising to land them at Basrah on Sunday,
18th instant. The ship having been detained at Bushire on the 17th and ISth*
the passengers attempted to assault her captain and crew. The captain asked
for assistance from shore and 12 tofangchis were sent off by the Governor. The
ship left for Basrah on the evening of the 19th.
Miscellaneous. 812. Saiyid Abdullah, Behbahani, one of the local Mujtaheds, has been
expressing his displeasure at the action of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in insisting on the
continual confinement of the man, Saiyid Abbas, who murdered one of the Residence
peons in November last and is still unhung. He is also exercised over the
sentence of 3 months’ imprisonment awarded at the instigation of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
by the Governor to one Muhammad Sherif bin Ibrahim Balooki, recently caught
smuggling arms on board a British India ship.
813. Mirza Ibrahim Khan, a follower of the Shaikh of Mohammerah,
arrived recently in Bushire. He is understood to have been appointed as the agent
of the Nizam-es-Sultaneh and with the Governor’s consent left during the third
week for Shahbancara and Khisht to look after the Nizam’s properties in those
parts. It is stated that Mirza Ibrahim Khan will carry on his correspondence with
the Nizam through the Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Arfa.
Lingah.
1st to 31st August.
Condition of
Country.
Arms Traffic.
814. {a) Lur.—Early in the month the town of Lar was attacked by
Girashis, who looted a number of camels and livestock in the vicinity. Ghulam
Husain Khan, Yaravi, who is on friendly terms with the Girashis, is thought to have
incited the attack. His relations with Saiyid Abdul Husain are in consequence
strained.
(6) Later in the month, it was reported that the merchants of Lar had agreed
to pay Ghulam Husain Khan of Varavi a sum of 700 Tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. per mensem to pro
tect the town against attack by Girashis and other robbers ; but, soon after this
settlement, two small caravans journeying from Lar to Hurmud, escorted by Ghu
lam Husain Khan’s tofangchis, were attacked and robbed.
815. {a) The Deputy Governor received information that a caravan, which
left Lingah for Bastak on the 25th August, carried some rifles. Twenty tofangchis
were sent in pursuit and part of the caravan was intercepted on the 28th
August near Meharkan. Twenty-five rifles were captured and brought back to
Lingah.
(5) Independent news was received that the same caravan carried sixty rifles
belonging to Ahmed Shukrullah of Bastak, which were recently purchased at Lingah
from the notorious smuggler, Muhammad Sharif Mullah ; but these were on donkeys
travelling ahead of the main caravan and were not detected.
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