مجموعة ٥/٣٠(١) "يوميّات الخليج الفارسي: المقيمية البريطانية في بوشهر (الفارسية) يناير ١٩٤١" [و‎‎٣‎٥‎٧] (٩٣٨/٧١٤)

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5000 b eles of lute -nd some cunny sac^cs) ^000 c..ses^ 6 ^ tea,
° 0 ' : b 'S of su^ r rnd 500 b-les of cotto- piece poods were
trapacanth.
(b) Gove rrwent stoc 1 : t>f surr.r on d:. te o -I' > ^ n ;
312 tons of loaf sugar and 550' soft sugar. Commercia.:
• (2 cwts)
(c) Commercial tea stocks amount to < oou < c .sesj d
vc -o,.
i onopoly price is k*.als 29. "C.
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e r_ acted this ' ontl . if a sufficient quantity of this ship
ment can be secured for the Bushire economic area, there is a
reasonable prospect of securing a better regulated system of
distribution at least in Bushire town. ^t present, l think
local officials rather reflect on the proverb "when the water
comes over your head, vicat difference between one fathom deep
and a hundred”«
(e) The sugar rationing scheme is being carried into effect.
The monoply shops have been closed and the "economic department
is issuin 0 ration tickets to the public, who will now buy direct
from the Department.
tbtbjcl -Cko : cliti
Hiat Da f ud
(a) A short tour through the Hiat Baud area in the course of a
journey from Bushire to Ganawah, Grach Saran, _nd Bebehan, was
made by the Vice Consul, Bushire, from the llth-i8th March,
security in the Hiat Baud area was found to be good. The
.-imnieh have not found it necessary to post any men on the road
from Ganawah to Gach oaran. It is now three months since there
have been any holdups in the plain section of the road, the 30
odd miles of which is in Hiat Dc.ud territory*
(b) Wheat was very scarce and its cost very high. Large numbers
of men had left the villages in sea±ch of work at Bushire. Heaps
of bones of dead animals killed by the drought and food shortage
were frequently found by the wayside* However the general con
dition of the people in these t owns seemed good. They are great
fisheaters and there is no shortage of fish*
(c) 'Reports were received of arms smuggling but no confirmation
of*this was obtained. Inquiries were made into the report of the
discovery of a* number of hidden arms at Hissar* Ho confirmation
of the details of this could be obtained without going to the
spot but it seems certain that some arms v/ere discovered by
Mohammad Khan Liravi. The ♦discovery’ was made at the same time
as the incident of Mohammad ikLi’s ’attack’ on Hiss-r reported
in this Consulate Diary for December (para 115). it v/as con
firmed by the Vice Consul that the substance of the events was a
family quarrel between Mohammad ^v.li Khan liravi, brother of the
dead owner of estates at Hissar, and Ahmad Shah, guardian of the
minor sons who receives the support of the Hiat Jaud family.
.-,s yet the Hiat Bauds and *dimad Shah have made no attempt to dis
lodge Mohammad Ali from Hissar in Sjjite of having received 50
rifles from Shiraz and the blessing of the Bushire local author
ities for the project.
^ngali
Aamad,
possession of
the
hie
Khan of ^ngali, who
estates by the late
was allowed to remain in
Shah, though curtailed of
his /