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was made by tbe absconding aUR*& chieftains at the
eleventh hour but, although not unreasonable in them
selves, tnese were probably designed, as in previous
sirniler instances, to gain iurtheCr tiae. 'X'he opera
tions were continuing at the end oi the uouth, ouen un—
substantiated reporta were received that the fugitives,
acoomparried by a bauu of iflounted loiiowers, had crossed
into f Iraq. Xhs authorities on the * side oi the
rrontier had dean warned o* thin possibility wail in
advance. ikarlier, there han been aoim groinid lor hope ^
trial the two orothcra would cornu into deruinaahaL
peaceably* l*ho wiie, younger non anu a©veral other
mtsnoera oi ftn-dj 11 ii—u®—-j .Ibl 1 /dtdH * s iai*iiiy joined the son
already in ^criaashaii, briugi<% a quantity oi moveable
property with them* it tnurciore iclu not Uiiliively
that the brothei's veiula follow aitox 4 tbs harvest*
to* The JA M trioea from 1 Iraq who entered i'eraian
Kurdiata?! in search of grasing (ouly niary, paragraph
IS) soon cams to serious cross-purposes with the
i^ersian military authorities at 6Aduii»* it ap >eared
that a number of the ROGHbAXil section of the JAi want
to call upon the 0.0. oAK Ik. Brigade, Ooioiel d.hCANBUR,
at hia aamo with the intention oi paying, or arranging
for t^e payment of, the gracing dues* The whole party
of fifteen was alaoped into prison on arx^ival a^id Pers
ian trooos mn& tribal supporters are alleged later to
have looted ROOH&ABI earn pa* This is said to have led
to fighting, in which one was >oilled ana one wounded on
the ^ rT ' ^D£ side, and at least one killed on the Pers
ian side* Karlier alarmist stories oi a
^ere soon proved untrue but in Sidii>iAiti)Ad, where
V -.M. Oonsal paid a visit at the end oi the month,
there war, coaaiderable foreboding among the lar,,e land
owners that the bad blood created (through uhe rais-
hm.dling of the situation by the Peraian militaiY)
between the aDOfTlMH 1 a and Persian tribal eieiaeuts,
notably the SBMKOT, will lead to the raiding arid
looting of villages in the frontier district ne^t year*
The Governor, \B—ud-D'.^JjuhH, who set*aed ikno&t
rellev i t be able to talk to K*M. Oonaal m W
subject took the official Persian view that tne tribe
hoc not complied with Persian Government regulations,
etc* He was obviously not the man to stanu up to his
own military and is regarded in us an amiaDlt
figure-heau* /