"تقرير الإدارة عن المقيمية السياسية في الخليج الفارسي للأعوام ١٩١٥-١٩١٩" [ظ‎‎٥‎٠] (٣٩٦/١٠٧)

22 PERSIAN GULF ADMINISTRATION REPORT
After this miscarriage the Germans, Democrats and the Sarclar Zafar all
pressed the Sardar Nusrat to leave the town and he withdrew to Rafsinjan.
The Bakhtiaris now became more and more discontented with the ascen
dancy of the Democrats and bepran to put pressure on their unheroic Chief
the Sardar Zafar. The only result appears to have been that he withdrew from
the Government House and took up his quarters outside the town in the
house of the Adl-us-Sultan, and that the Democrats seized the Artillery Barracks
and appointed two of their number, Abul Qasim Shimr and Ali Kaku, to the
command or the troops vice the Sardar Nusrat. At this juncture however news
was received of the defeat of the Mujahidm in various parts of Persia and the
arrival of General Sykes's Mission at Bandar Abbas became generally known
and the Democrats began to lose heart and think of flight and safety. Seller
also decided to move toSirjan and Zugmeyer announced his intention of re-
iurning from Bam. The Sardar Zafar advised him to proceed direct to join
Seiler at Sirjan. This he did, but apparently on the instigation of th« Sardar
Zafar his paity was attacked by the Bakhtiaris at Baft, with the result that
Itizud-ul-Hazarat and others were killed, the party was looted and Zuo-meyer
was fortunate enough to make his escape towards Sirjan.
Meanwhile relations between the Bakhtiaris and Democrats in the town
had reached a crisis, hostilities broke out and the Bakhtiaris captured the
Sarbazkanah and arrested a number of the Democrats whom they threatened
to kill, Ihe Sardar Zafar, however, inteiyened and, persuaded by his son, Ali
Muhammad Khan and others, he ordered their release. The Bakhtiaris had of
course, availed themselves of the opportunity afforded for pillage, and/ though
restitution was afterwards promised by the Sardar Zafar, articles of no value
were returned to their owners.
Seiler now procured a safe conduct from the Sardar Zafar for himself
and his men and proceeded to Sirjan with a Bakhtiari escort under the
S ahab-un-Isizam. All the Democrat prisoners were released and the
Nazim-ut-Tujjjar and M. Ghulam Hussain, Editor of the " Kerman " accom^
rife ttv n of iro treat ' The /f ar + retur - d to his q-x*
to the sound of 110 guns and devoted himself to the agreeable task of
back the Sardar nl Km TT' ^ Den ; 0cr P at apathies. He also summoned
^ the Sardar ISusrat who returned after an absence of three weeks It
appears that at some point he sent men after the Germans to plunder
lem, who however found themselves forestalled, for when the Germans
reached Saadatabad m Sirjan they found it held against them by the W
pi
sftates St S ^f
to trace and recover the nronprtv hnf nn ^ 4? y Saidar Zafar
rendered by the Adl-us Suite" ^ aCC0Ullt 0f reC0Terles 1188 as J" et ^en
Seller and the Democrats with the heln nf flio qi ^ i at-
succeeded in continuino- on their q ? i j Shahab-un-ISizam
to establish a headquarters in Sirian h f l St ? ac ^ a ^ad. They had intended
sent ovU orders Zt to let thll'Tf Zafar 113,1
succeeded in escaping out of the Kerman province' C nSed tlle,r mmds aild
from^e^eniian^tege! 01 ' 1 '' 18 ' 0r at least the oMef ' them, and the Germans
but ^leir^rule' was m" ]"d tIle ; i r COn<1UCt . in its
Kermau was only a stepping stone their nil' 311 ? "PPression, lo the Germans
were content to leave locS affairs to fteir allies the Dp" 161 ^ ^ ^
them happy and occupied But thp-ir no + i . - Democr ats and so keep
the misdeeds of their S n er® ihereTno ^''^^^^^ ^sponsibility tor
ignorant of the plots to murder Parukh Shah . e eTe + hey were
lo have been Austrians present at thp sjpprpf n . ussaino ff5 and there appear
the life of the Sardar NusraTwas plMMd nifrf ^ wllich the attempt on
the attempt. was P lanli ed, and indeed at the actual scene of