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CONFIDENTIAL.
Bushire Residency Diary No. 17 of 1925 (Persian) for the month of October
1925.
Movements.
British Officials.
197. Reference paragraph 117. Lieu
tenant-Colonel F. B. Prideaux, C.S.I.,
C. I.E., returned from leave with Mrs.
Prideaux, O.B.E., and resumed charge of
the Political Residency and Consulate-
General from Lieutenant-Colonel C. G.
Crosthwaite, C.B.E., on the 2nd. Lieu
tenant-Colonel Crosthwaite left on the
4th in the R. I. M. S. “Lawrence ” for
Muscat, to resume his substantive appoint
ment as Political Agent there.
Captain G. A. Falconer, I.A., Under
Secretary to the Political Resident, who
had left Bushire on the 9th September for
Beyrout on short leave, returned to head
quarters with Mrs. Falconer on the 11th
October.
Reference paragraph 140. Major More,
D. S.O., accompanied by Mrs. More,
returned from recess in Shiraz on the
12th and sailed for Kuwait on the 14th.
Mr. G. A. Richardson, O.B.E., His
Majesty’s Consul at Bundar Abbas, arrived
at Bushire from Karachi on the 20th and
left the next day for Bundar Abbas.
The Political Resident visited Bahrain
from the 21st to the 27th.
Bersian Officials.
M. Paquet, Director of Customs, Bundar
Abbas, arrived at that port on the 29th
from Duzdap.
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199. Reference paragraph 184. The
three Iraq machines left Bandar Abbas
on the 5th for Bushire, where they arrived
the same day. At Bushire they were
delayed by further engine trouble. They
finally left on the 10th for Shaibah, which
they reached safely the same day.
It was found impossible to salve the
aeoroplane which had been forced last
month to land south of Fallahiyeh. The
valuable parts of -the machine were
removed and the frame-work burnt.
Anti-Dynastic Movement.
200. On the 12th and 13th, respectively,
the Officers Commanding at Bushire and
Bundar Abbas posted up copies of a
telegraphic circular from the Prime
Minister notifying the impending return
of the Shah and stating that the latter’s
movements did not affect Reza Khan’s
own position in the administration, nor
should they be used as a pretext for the
activities of intriguers. On the last day
of the month the notables of both towns
proceeded to the telegraph offices and
despatched sympathetic messages to the
Nationalist (anti-dynastic) party at Tabriz.
The sincerity of the people at Bander
Abbas seems to have been greater than
at Bushire, where many of the signatories
were plainly threatened by the Military
Commander before they joined in the
demonstration.
Aerial.
Foreigners.
Reference paragraph 182. Otto A. J.
Muller (German) has proceeded from
Muhammerah to Ahwaz. He has
announced that he will proceed via
Shustar and Ram Hormuz to Bandar
Abbas and thence to Afghanistan, Tibet,
etc.
Health, Persian Forts.
has been good.
198. The health of the Persian ports
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Military.
201. The detachment of troops of the
Salah Shur regiment from the Southern
Division, whose departure from Bushire
was reported in paragraph 185, has
replaced the equally strong detachment
of the Mansur regiment, sent from Bizful
to Ahwaz and Muhammerah on the Arab
outbreak in July last. The latter detach
ment has returned to its headquarters at
Dizful under the TTestem Command.
Eleven Persian soldiers from the Gulf
Ports garrisons were reported to have
deserted to Bahrain and news reached this
Letter
Dated
MOV 1925
■X site 1925
Received