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to Bushire en route to Tehran by the steamer which left Charbaron 12th Ainm f
Shahdad Abbas’ son was later released after payment of a heavy fine D’
Mohamed’s family hearing the news crossed the border and took refuge at Gwafi 10
with the concurrence of the Muscat authorities. No resistance was made bv tlT
tribesmen of Din Mohamed on the arrest of the chief. ^ 6
Persian customs. —Mirza Ali Dashti was in charge of the Customs up to Anr i
1930 when he was relieved by Mirza Gulbazi. The latter was in charge of the
Customs when the year closed. During the year under report, the Persian Gov
ernment have established customs posts at Ramdan and Bahu in an attempt to nut
down the smuggling which was rampant between Gwadur and Charbar I n
November Mirza Ashraf, Provincial Director of Customs at Bandar Abbas came to
Charbar on inspection and left by motor launch to establish customs posts at Tank
Galeg and Sadaich. Mir Subhan of Bahu and Mir Shahbeg of Bir who each
received a subsidy from this department have taken up appointments with the
Customs department on a salary which is stated to be krans 200 per mensem
Assault case .— A regrettable incident occurred in December when a British In
dian subject was flogged by the orders of the Military Governor for refusing to hand
over to one of his men a portion of a camel-load of wood he had bought and paid for
The matter was naturally regarded seriously by the British Indian communitv who
invaded the telegraph compound in order to despatch telegrams to the British
diplomatic authorities. The matter was reported to the Hon’ble the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. who was asked to insist on an example being made
of the Persian official concerned in order to give British Indian subjects a^eeliiw
of security in future. The Military Governor posted troops in the bazar and
these were not withdrawn for some time.
Gwadur.
Mr. Maris Ali acted as British Agent, Gw^adur, until 9th June wdien he was
relieved by Subedar Sultan Khan, a pensioner in retirement. The former left for
Bushire on 23rd June on transfer.
Wali. Seyed Ali bin Hamud was Sultan’s Wali at Gwadur up to June when he
proceeded to Muscat on leave. He resumed his duties in August. In his absence
Qazi Dad Mohamed performed his duties as Wali.
Sultan's Customs .— Seyed Ahmed Effendi was relieved by Salem bin Rashid
Effendi in March when the former left for Muscat. After some months the latter
fell sick and was relieved by Seyed Ahmed Efiendi in October.
< “ us ^ oms receipts are said to have amounted to one lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. at the
close of the year.
.. Desecratwn case. On 3rd August a case occurred at Gwadur of desecration of a
building in the Khoja burial-ground about a mile outside Gwadur. As there was
considerable excitement among the Khojas through this act, every possible action
was immediately taken m conjunction with the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat, who w^as at
tnat time m Karachi, to ensure the protection of the British Indian Subjects and the
detection of the offenders by the Muscat authorities. The headmen of various
communities were made to give an undertaking not to break the peace. The Muscat
°at rd . n ^ ah 1 t0 f t ? ke necessar y measures pending the arrival of a member
of the Muscat Council of Ministers. Accordingly Sheikh Zubeir was deputed to
Gwadur by the Sultan s Government. He stayed at Gwadur for a fortnight during
which enqumes were made by him. He left for Muscat on 1st September:
e Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat, also visited Gwadur on 27th October. He saw the
representatives ot tlie Khoja community, visited the Khoja Jamat Khana and
p 'v'' l alr 6 j ^° r the same date. The reports received from the
British Agent made it appear that nothing untoward had happened between the
naiuclns and Khojas m this connection when the year closed.
Rainfall.—hi the early part of the year there wms heavy rainfall at Gwadur
v uc c amagc man} houses. Such heavy rain had not been experienced for the
last twenty years. r
Locusts. - A flight of locusts appeared in January and caused some harm to the
harvest. A large portion of them died through the rainfall.