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BUSH IRE INTELLSGSNCE SUlliARY NO.14 i^OR THE PERIOD 16TH to 31ST
JULY, 1944. 1 ( q/ 4
^ 1. MOVEUEUTS .
(a) British Official s.
(i) Captain Keen, His Majesty’s Consul, Bushire,
returned from Shiraz on the 2Sth July.
(ii) Mr. Daubeny, Secretary to the Political Resident,
proceeded to Shiraz on the 31st July.
(b) Allied Officials .
Nil.
(c) Persian Officials .
Aqai Mustashar-Nia has arrived from Tehran and
assumed charge of the Road Transport Office, Bushire.
11. 10CA1 AFFAIRS .
(a) Following the robberies in Bushire at the beginning
of the month ( mentioned in para. II (b) of last summary ), tea
Officer Commanding Gendarmerie and Officer Commanding 'the military
. garrison, were requested to organize special patrols to deal with
the gangs of armed robbers who were still at large. These patrols,
however, have failed to achieve any satisfactory results and
during the past fortnight a number of houses Have been attacked
by armed parties, believed to consist largely of Tangistanis.
Thieves made off with 400 yards of telephone wire owned by the
Residency, and all efforts at recovery have so far failed.
(b) An unidentified cattle lifting gang has also been
operating in the vicinity of Borazrjan.
(c) One Rasadban Mohammad Rustami, in charge of the
Bushire prison, recently sought refuge in the Consulate-General
- to escane ill-treatment at the hands of the chief of Police,
Yawar Khomarlu. This individual was instructed to refer his
grievances to the Governorate, and he is now engaged in running
a case against the Police Department. Numerous complaints have
been made against the high handed action and corruption of Yawar
Vlionarlu who was posted here at the beginning of he year, and it
is understood that orders for his suspension have seen issued, his
relief having already left Tehran. Aqai Khalil Dashty, Deputy
in the Majlis for Bushire is said to have arranged for Khomarlu’s
removal in view of the suoport given by the Bushire Police to the
local branch of the Adalat party, which is bitterly opposed to
both the Bushire deputies. ( c.f. paragraph II (A) of Summary
No. ° for 1944).
(d) There has been an improvement in the gus ^ir e
drinking water situation since the arrival of three lorries of
the Rond Transport Department which have been given on loan, to
bring water to" the town. A Committee has been formed and
subscriptions collected, for the purpose of organizing the
distribution of water, and poorer classes are .being given a free
issue. Water vendors in the town have now been obliged to
reduce their prices to Rials 7 per two skins.
(e) Reference paragraph II (c) of last Summary. Orders
were received in Bushire for the arrest of Shaikh Abdullah Buraz-.
jani after his departure for Shiraz, where he is now said to be
facing charges of misappropriation of Government monopoly goods.
(f) The following leading merchants were among those