"تقرير الإدارة عن المقيمية السياسية في الخليج الفارسي للأعوام ١٩١٥-١٩١٩" [و‎‎١‎٠] (٣٩٦/٢٦)

FOE THE TEAR 1915,
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allowed through for some time. On finding he had been bluffed the Qawam
collected his men and the two parties remained facing each other for some
time.
After a time the Gendarmes and Democrats called on the Qawam to
make terms with them, but they offered such conditions that the Qawam
rejected them with scorn. The Gendarmes therefore attacked Qawam, and
after several days fighting, as his ammunition was running short, he had to
evacuate the city, towards the end of December, and retire in the direction of
ITasa.
Thus, at the end of the year, Shiraz was in the hands of the rebels, and
its Governor in retreat while a hostile gathering of tribsemen menaced Bushire.
The rebels nominated Nasir-ul-Mulk, Governor of Shiraz, and Mansur-us-
Sultaneh as Ilkhani of the Khamseh tribes in place of Qawam-ul-Mulk.
To return to Bushire: nothing of much importance happened after the
end of the occupation except the arrival
Bushire after occupation, of the ladies of the Shiraz Colony alluded
to above, on the 20th November.
Occasional night raids were made by sniping parties of the enemy on
various outposts. On the night of the 9th of December a rather bigger affair
took place. A party of about 100 or so got through the outpost line and part
of it came right up to the Cavalry camp at Imamzadeh and fired into it at
close range, while another party fired at the British Residency at Subzabad;
fortunately only tme sowar was killed and a sepoy slightly wounded; one or
two horses were wounded.
The following ships visited Bushire: His Majesty's Ships 4 'Juno" t
"Pyramus", " Clio", "Espiegle", "Law-
Miscellaneous. Visits of His Majesty's ships, rence", " Dalhousie", " Britomart " and
" Bramble.
^ Owing to the threatened attacks on Bushire from the 4th August, His
Majesty's Ship "Juno "and one or two of the smaller craft were always
here.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
and Chief Political Officer, paid a flying visit to Bushire on 30th Decern.'
ber.
Pour slaves from the Trucial coast were manumitted during the year.
A table showing the year's rainfall is attached.
A. P. TREVOR, M ajor,
Deputy Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Bushire;
April 1916.
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