"تقرير الإدارة عن المقيمية السياسية في الخليج الفارسي للأعوام ١٩١٥-١٩١٩" [ظ‎‎٤‎٣] (٣٩٦/٩٣)

C PERSIAN GULF ADMINiSTKATION EEPOET
After a short time it was found that it T(ould be impossible to tnovfl
up to Kerman without a stiffening of regular troops and accordingly one sec
tion of the 23rd Indian Mountain Battery, one Squadron of the 15fch Laneers
and the Headquarters Wing of the 12ith Baluchistan Infantry were desDafW
ed to Bandar Abbas from Bushire.
Some ^tie time was spent in raising a few men for the South Persia
Military Police, and then considerable difficulty was experienced in col
lecting sufficient transport for the column. It, however, started for Kerman'
in two echelons, on th^ 17th and 21st May, and reached Kerman after a ciuiet
march on the 11th June. At Kerman General Sykes received an enthusiastio
welcome. Energetic measures were taken to punish people who had helned
the uermans, and to get the town into some sort of order.
, fter a a t Kerman, General Sykes received orders to proceed
o Shu-az, and left Kerman on the 26th July wa Yezd and Ispahan, leavin?
Major Far ran m charge of the South Persia Rifles (this designatioA having
been adopted instead of South Persia Military Police) at Kerman.
Major D. L R. Lorimer, who had been appointed Consul, had in the mean
time arrived at Kerman (on 24th July) and had taken over the Political and
August and left on
the ^ 8th August having had a very cordial welcome there. It reached Ispahan
on the 10th September and remained there some time, as at this moment Ispahan
was threatened by the advance of the Turks from Hamadan, and it seemed
p ssible that the co-operations of the column would be required. This, however
OnfJ! tml 1 ne . C( : ssai 7 a nd General Sykes left Ispahan with the column on
October .0th arnnng at^ Shiraz on the 12th November. On its arrival at
Ispahan the column received a most enthusiastic welcome from the Russians and
I ersians, and during its stay the officers and men were most hospitably treated.
n n ar 1 r . ival tlle column at Shiraz, General Sykes took un thft
question of the disposal of the remains of the Pars Gendarmerie and m Hip
end decided to take over nearly all the officers and men available
_fi the ° f December the Gendarmerie posts down to Kazemn
well for deaUm* wfth the •■ PeiSia rI Ejl9es . an(i things seemed to be shaping
i tor aealin 0 with the Bushire road question when the revolt of Nasir-i-Diwan
Kazerun above-mentioned upset everything. After the affairs nf flia 9-^
fhaTfc f0UnC ! thatthe r ebels^eant business,^Tbecame evident
"dS dtkfSuS
Which had not bee a deeided upo^n up to the end of the^ear. 0Peratl0m
On the 6th April the tufangchis (riflemen) of the Deputy Governor's
Mnrder of the Residency Agent, Lingah. guard (the majority of whnm were Tan^i-
the Residency Agent, Khan Bahadur attacked and killed
Ali and AghaIhrahim. lt dotaSe gifenI thcLin^h Be^o^^-
necessary to mention here that TTi'« ^ x? - K ' e P or t- It is only
of the Gulf Ports, proceeded down the coast inthe "
best to secure the capture of the murderers but withnnf lse P 0 18 did his
assisted to escape by the Shaikhs of PWi qi • ^ ^ success, as they were
succeeded in effecting their escape to Tan^istan baudl and Galladar, and
to tura^t^Shaikh^of ^ifiru out'o^th^nl^' it would be advisable
Gaobandi out of Shhvu and i BO St t ^ 0ther of the
port of Asalu instead of the Khan of Galladai^ Thk t0 . ollar S e of tlle
the assistance of the Commodore Persian Gulf } s was don e m June with
a Vice-Consul ^Hbgah Is 6 ^.^HoTOo^The^fo to a PP oint
employed at Bandar Abbas. Mr G A G , 1(, ®' < - !osu '' was fully
Consul in 1913, was accordins y annoi,^/i Tr n . Wh ° had aot0d ™ v ™-
7th August. S y appointed and took charge of his office on