'A Grandfather's Tale: Memoirs being mainly concerned with service in the Indian Army and the Indian Political Service in India and the Persian Gulf from 1932-1947' [‎49r] (97/118)

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and the rebels were if anything pro-British, but with trigger happy Persian
soldiers in Shiraz and excited tribesmen surrounding the city, things
looked a little dicey. However, I was confident that the British Consul in
Shiraz, Jakins, who was our next door neighbour, would take adequate
measures to look after everyone, and Guy Pettigrew, still in Bushire, was
doing a similar job there.
Meanwhile in Bahrain Colonel Hay had some talks with the R.A.F. about
the possibility of flying the family back from Shiraz, but quite apart from
the practical difficulties of doing this, there was a danger that the Persian
Government might consider it a hostile action, and to my disappointment but
not surprise nothing came of the suggestion. A few weeks earlier, before my
brief visit to Persia, Colonel Hay had, rather to my relief, moved out of the
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. to Jufair, where he took over the very pleasant large
bungalow recently vacated by the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . This
now became 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. . I myself had moved back to the A.P.A s House on
the 22nd September, to leave the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. free for Colonel Galloway and his
bride, who were due the following day. However, m the end Galloway nimseli
did not arrive till the 30th September, and his wife ten days later, as she
could not get an air passage with him. She was charming, and until recentiy
been a senior Civil Servant in the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. . Colonel hay l eft fo ^
by air on the 3rd October, so Galloway took over as political Re ^ d ent and I
carried on as P.A. though we remained m our respective bouses, weeks>
worthwhile the Galloways moving out to Jufair just for a
Over in Shiraz the siege went on in a desultory fashion, which did not
prevent the tribesmen coming in every morning in "mufti” to buy fables and
other items from the city market. They would then return to thexr portions
and shoot off a few rounds in the direction oi the near * s * 0 ut for a
A curfew was imposed in the City at night, and Eu ™P ean s venturing out
mild game of bridge or some other social amusement had to ^ -L
identity cards. The only d a nger was from nervous Persian sentries who
apt to shoot at shadows.
Eventually Bunty Pettigrew and Jane decided it -s time to -ke^a move
to rejoin their respective husbands, war or no h Consul to arrange
10th October 1946, having prevailed on baggage to proceed under
for two lorries containing the t he Rebels'
the cover of a union jack and a flag of the city gates
head quarters at Chenar Rhadar, aom ® ^ ° u • but after long and
were opened two Persian Army tanks dieted theij^ ^ Qashgai en0Qmpme nt
loud argument they were aliowed to p • tribe, and he lent
they were made very welcome by Hiat the heaa Bushire
his own motor car with a small tribal ® as als0 wit h the
in greater comfort ^ arrived at ihenar Ehadar an hour
E furt^ fela/ae the driver of the car^ad gon^nto ^
th^hill * 1 wasTvery slowlf^ r^wS ^^ 1 ^ blocked by the women,