'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf for the year 1932' [‎560v] (24/72)

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CHAPTER IIL
Summary of events and conditions in Fars 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 oi
Firuzabad against Ali Khan, a step brother of Sowlat-ud-Dowleh, Rainfall luid
been poor in the winter of 1931-1932, the opium monopoly had ruined the mainstay
ot present cultivators so that the condition of the louver classes was desperate
throughout the year.
2. Farajullah Khan Bahrami who had been the first civil Governor General
in Fars 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 Fars 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
ot the civil authorities and the military nature of the regime in Fars gradually
disappeared save amongst the tribes and one or two outlying districts such as
Lar and Firuzabad.
... ^ Jl-i'y™ troops continued to bo under the command of Sarhansr Ibrahim
Khan Zawireh. The normal strength of the troops kept in Shiraz appeared to
he about tuo thousand. No troubles occurred which called for extensive onera-
KMJS t m July a contingent of about 500 troops under the command of Sarhan"-
llussem Kirnn Pur Kashgar which had left for Dasht in the previous XovembeT-
to co-operate with other forces in disarming that region returned to Shiraz. In
he province of Shiraz very severe restrictions were placed upon the possession
oi rue-arms ot any deseriphon and later m the year it was made a capita) offence
t "i 1 j u ? d "*• P 0 ^ 088 ^ of an >' breech-loading weapon, AK Khan remained un-
subdued buit inactive till about October. His follower then heganto terrorise
the iiuzaoad region and on November 16th about 1,000 troops proceeded to
1 iruzahad uiider the command of SarhangHnadi. They drove Ali Khan and Ids
h lowers—wlio were reported to number only about 100 fighting men—further
s^sdained 1 ^ Bv^he^ch'se e^^ em ents took place in which a few Lualties wei?
A r b' e ch'se of the year the operations had not been terminator! *^1
W hcHne^hn" at ^ H * ^ ™ ^tur^’S'^tr
,f:„ Seeu . nty ' vp f 5 00fl in , tlle early months of the year but as the effects of
,hc poor rains made themselves felt brigandage began to increase In all some
six armed robberies occurred on the Shiraz-Bushire road and two on the Shiraz'
Isfahan road. In outlying parts of Pars robberies on minor roads were much
hrwmfWK 1 ™’ Fasa ’ F ™ a,:iad alwl Ijar " ,ere the regions most affected.
IJie Sorklu family was responsible tor much of the trouble. Jan Mohamod
fhot hl His S rfK Kef h" d ha,lg r d !" J ” ly ' , Another ^mous brigand, Hadi, was
s lot. Ills nlaines however took upon themselves to avenge him and were
lesponsihle for much trouble round Lar in the last month of the year The
Ammeh was active and on the whole not ineffective. Large numbers'of robbers
were executed publicly by firing parties in Shiraz. An increase in severity was
noted m November and December and protests W'ere made that many men had
)ecn siwt W1 ^ ,0ut P r °°f of brigandage simply for carrying guns.
-T The policy of disarming the tribes and keeping them entirely divorced
irorn rlieir 1.credit aleaders was pursued vigorously. Bv a law passed on tbo
< i June 1 93- the whole of the properties belongingto the Qawam-ul-Mulk in Fars
were transferred to the Government, the Qawam receiving other land in compen
sation m northern provinces. The blow struck at Sowlat-ud-Dowdeh was much
Tehran 6 were ^ f 1S son ’. dor)ut T s to fhe ^ajliss and not allowed to leave
1 ehran, veie accused of conspiracy with the tribes and in August were arre^teil
and put m prison where they still were at the end of the year. TheTatiire o/the
f vrd < | 11C iV 1 f aiI1 -i t | l h ° m d °- eS n0t apr)e?ir fo ho entirely convincing M 7 hat their
a ver bud vea, I aTof waK^Vtfi f ° r < ’ 0 y, eeh,re - ' The tribes themselves had
\ti\ odd }eai. Jjack or water led fo creat losses iPr/x i ?
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