مجموعة ٥/٣٠(١) "يوميّات الخليج الفارسي: المقيمية البريطانية في بوشهر (الفارسية) يناير ١٩٤١" [و‎‎١‎٧‎٠] (٩٣٨/٣٤٠)

and could not U sold until the di&cre.anc> had been clearer
u , ^t the end of each day hundreds of disappointed customer 1
wou^.d 'oe turned awa^,, some unfortunates having been waiting
since dawn. The chaos still continues more or less unabated.
(b) It has be^n rumoured in the town that the
conscription law is to be abolished. This story soon obtained
wide circulation and credence s and a number of local villagers
have been refusing to report to the recruiting office for
service.
(c) There have recently been a number of cases of
burglary in the town end one cloth shop has lost goods worth
3000 Tomans, another shop e,t Sangi ^ Iso being burgled. Armed
robbers, said t o be followers of Ali Chapiri, Tangistani,
have held up and looted some individuals in the suburbs of
Bu shire.
(d) The local branch of the Adalat party last
mentioned in paragraph II (b) of last summary, have sent a
telegraphic complaint to Tehran in connection with the
percentage of millet and barley which is mixed with the
wheat issued to the bakers in the town, and also protested
against the supply of cereals to the Gulf Porte from Bushii^-.
(e) Shaikh Ali Dashti's local supporters, the
brothers Mahmud and Ahmad Burazjani and Abdullah Faramarzi,
have addressed a petition to the Shah, the Majlis and the ^
prime Minister stating that the Bush ire Deputies in the Majlis,
Aqai Khalil Dashti and A^ai Safavi, secured their election
by illegal means and a demand for an enquiry has been made.
(f) There is a rumour in the town that the Shah
wil" be visiting pars very shortly.
III. COMMUNICATIONS .
(a) The following is a short resume of the mot or able
track from Ahmadi, on the main Shiraz road 24 mile s from
Bush ire, to Ganawah. (observations made on March 8 th - Maps
10 K and 0 )•
(i) The track is only passable for motor vehicles
in dry weather and in many places north of the Hud Hillch
patches of deep mud were encountered in spite of the fact
that there had been no rain for approximately two months.
There are two main §b 8 taclcs, the Rud Hilleh which is crossed
by a ferry at Haft Tush, and the Rud-i-Shiir, further to the
north west, vfoich is crossed by a ford approximately 2 miles
south cast of the village of $edu.
(ii) After leaving A&madi (0 Hi?!) the track,
the surface of which is good, pa§*cs the Ullages of Hussainaki
(li miles) Nukal-i- Oazi (7£ ^iles) and K&l K&s&an (12 miles)
before reaching Haft Jush (f5 f|lcs} wkere there is a ferry
consisting of two bell urns roped togethep with planks laid
across to take a car. At first-sight, the ferry appears a
somewhat primitive affair b|t in practice it proved to be
remarkably efficient. Apprtaghes to the ferry on both sides
of the river are v^ry steep, and soft san£ and mud on the north
ern bank was found particularly treachergue.
(iii) Once the river is crossed, the track turns west
through Dashti (17 miles) in the neighbourhood of which some
difficulty may be encountered in crossing irrigation channels,
and then continues in the same direction through Cham tan gr.n
(Pit miles) Mukabari (23£ miles) and M&jnun (26 miles) where it
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