"تقرير الإدارة عن المقيمية السياسية في الخليج الفارسي للأعوام ١٩١٥-١٩١٩" [و‎‎١‎٥‎٦] (٣٩٦/٣١٨)

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On the 27th April Major-General J. A. Douglas, C.M.G., C.T.E., handed
oyer commmd to Erigadier-General A. M. S. Elsmie, C.M.G., and'left for
India. /
During the summer the peace was only disturbed by occasional petty
robberies along the road where not more than two or three mules were carried
away at one time.
Nasr Diwan, his Farrash Bashi, and party arrived inShiraz on 12th April
and took " bast" vrith the Qawam and Ghazanfar-es-Sultaneb of Borasjun
gave himself up to the Parman Earma on'ist June. Thus the only two rebels
left in the field were Zair Khidhar and Shaikh Hussain.
The General Officer Commanding, Bushire Eield Force, handed over
Political control to the Deputy Political Ilesident on the 26th June and the
office of Chief Political Officer ceased to exist.
A motor road has been constructed from Borasjun to Rudak 6 miles from
Kamarij, but owing to the withdrawal of the Labour Corps in June a gap is
left between Rudak and Dasht-i-Arjan, though motors can and have traversed
the rough military road in the gap, right through from Bushire to Shiraz.
As a punishment to Kazerun for its former hostility and resistence to the
Force, a proclamation w as posted that at harvest time a contribution and fine
uf 5 per cent, of the barley crop would be imposed, but owing to a very severe
visitation of locusts and hail storms which did great damage to the crops this
proclamation was later rescinded and nothing taken.
Wassmuss at the beginning of the year remained with Nasr Diwan near
Jirreh, but left him for Tehran about the middle of March.
The political history of the Bushire Hinterland, i <?., Dashtistan, Tangistan
D .. , , and Dashti is more full of incident, but
ns ure m er an . the position still remains unsatisfactory.
The source of all the trouble is the continued existence of the tw^o last
remaining rebels, Shaikh Hussain and Zair Khidhar.
At the beginning of the year the Darya Begi supported by Indian troops
and aeroplanes took military action against Zair Khidhar and drove him out
of Khaviz and Hassan Khan's (our nominee) tufangchis w r ere placed there
and still held the Khaviz-Ahram valley at the end of the year. The result of
this expedition beyond the evacuation of Khaviz was practically nil. About
the same time the Deputy Political Resident went to Khormuj with a large
escort, taking with him Zair Abdullah, formerly head of the Customs House
tufangchis, Bushire, and a Dashti by birth, the man designated by the Darya
Begi to be Zabit of Dashti. The aged Jamal Khan was captured in Khormuj
and Zair Abdullah installed in his place. He has managed to maintain him
self there by the support of Faqi Zain-ud-Din, a kinsman of his, with 800
tufangchis, and he was able to remit the maliyah for the Khormuj valley
north of the Mund river. He, however, was unable to bring the remaining
Dashti Khans to order.
Though they have not been openly hostile^ they have helped the rebel
Khans with tufangchis, and have persistently refused to come in and meet
the Deputy Governor or Darya Begi.
In March Ali Khan, who had been put into Daliki in place of Nur
Muhammad, having proved a failure was relieved of his duties as headman
and Kal Ismail Hakim of Daliki was installed in his place.
Early in April a gathering of local Khans was called at Borasjun to
attend the ceremony of investing llaidar Khan of Hayat Daud witn the
C.I .E. Twelve Khans, as well as the Imam Juma of Bushire and several
tig Bushire merchants were present. After the ceremony the assembly were
entertained to lunch, sports and a display by the Air Force. Such a gathering
is unique in the history of South Persia.
Shaikh Hussain and Zair Khidhar continued their petty raids but on
April 28th Zair Khidhar over reached himself. He occupied the village of
Baghak 7 miles from Chagadak and the Railway. Early information reached
Bushire and a column promptly made a night march arriving at Baghak
early in the morning and surrounded the village. Out ol the party of 40