'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the year 1932' [‎524v] (24/73)

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CHAPTER III.
Summary of events and conditions in Ears in 1932.
1932 was in the main not markedly different from the preceding year. Secu
rity was somewhat less good than in 1931 particularly in the latter half of the year
which closed with operations of a military nature being taken in the region of
Eiruzabad against All Khan, a step brother of Sowlat-ud-Dowleh. Rainfall hud
been poor in the winter of 1931-1932, the opium monopoly had ruined the mainstay
of present cultivators so that the condition of the lower classes was desperate
throughout the year.
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Earajullah Khan Bahrami who had been the first civil Governor General
in Ears since 1929 was transferred to Tehran on March 22nd where he was
appointed Minister of Posts and Telegraphs. Shortly afterwards Mohammad
Ali Khan Shaibani, the Director of Finance for Ears and brother of the impri
soned Amir Lashkar previously in Shiraz, was appointed Acting Governor
General and he continued to discharge the double function till July 14th when
Hajji Shams-ud-Din Jalali arrived from Isfahan where he had been Governor for
a year. The administration of the province passed more and more into the hands
of the civil authoiities and the military nature of the regime in Ears gradually
disappeared save amongst the tribes and one or two outlying districts such as
Lar and Firuzabad,
3. The Ears troops continued to be under the command of Sarhang Ibrahim
Khan Zandieh. The normal strength of the troops kept in Shiraz appeared to
be about two thousand. Xo troubles occurred which called for extensive opera
tions in July a contingent of about 500 troops under the command of S aril aim
Hussein Khan Pur Rastigar which had left for Dasht in the previous November
to co-operate with other forces in disarming that region returned to Shiraz. In
the.province of Shiraz very severe restrictions were placed upon the possession
ol fire-arms oi any description and later in the year it was made a capital offence
to be found m possession of any breech-loading weapon. Ali Khan remained un
subdued but inactive till about October. His followers then began to terrorise
the I iruzabad region and on November 16th about 1,000 troops proceeded to
|^ uzabad U1 l dcr the command of Sarhang Saadi. They drove Ali Khan and his
in i°7i erS ^? V 10 T ei r 1 I 7 0rted t0 nurnber onI y about 100 fighting men—further
rf'u " T e ^? gement \ t<?ok pIace in which a few casualties were
Mi wu d ' hy % el lT of the T y ear tbe operations had not been terminated and
bul accHneTtiJm ^ H ° "' aS ^ in the
4. Security was pood in the earlv months of the vear but as the effects of
ihe poor rains made themselves felt brigandage began to increase In all some
a.x armed robberies occurred on the Sbiraz-Bitshire road and two on the Shi™!
Isfahan road. In outlying parts of Pars robberies on minor roads were much
The Sor 1 khi 0 fam;iv 1 wa FaSa ’ Fln ,'f 1,: ' ad and Lar were the regions most affected.
h bo'klu tamily was responsible for much of the trouble Jan Molnmed
S klu was cap hired and hanged in July. 'Another famous brigand Had was
shot. His relatives however took noon then,selves to avenge him am Jlre
responsible for much trouble round Lar in the last month oY tl e™vear The
Amnieh was active and on the whole not ineffective. Large number of robber!
were executed publiclv bv firino* Dartie^ in Qw™ a* • ^ numpers ot icbbers
noted in November and December and protest. werfmXlW m SeVenty
been shot without proof of brigandage simplv for earring ^ many In ° n ),a<1
from ^ ® ntire, y divorced
7th June 1932 the whole of the properties n y 3 law P assed . 0,1 the
were transferred to the Government the Qawam reeek -;!3 a,' v, ani ’i U ’^' k 111 Fars
sation in northern provinces. The ’blow struck w la ?^ 111 com P en -
morc severe. He and his son rWnitO.c 1 a i.^ 0 "iat-ud-Dowieh was much
Tehran were accused of conspiracy with'the Win?«md t0
and put m prison where they still were nt thn nnd rif August were arrested
evidence against them does not airmen* 1 / l end *?/ ^ be y ear - The nature of the
eventual fate will be remains tnie^ire VhTtTrfi ^ "PS
a very bad year. Lack of water led to vronf Iaco ’ ^ ribes . themselves had
considerable suffering to themselves D Vhq i* ° S am . ( J a ^ their live-stock and
to enforce the policy of forcing the nomads to' e m Z 110 eircnmstances
persuaded to do so’and a new ^IwnmAuilt at To!^”’ 17 : ^ few
Ardckan for this purpose. ^ at Tol -i-Khosr 0 m the vicinity of
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