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port and Its development as the terminus of a supply lino to
Russia, have been carried through without undue difficulty.

(ill) Yawar (liajor) Mujad was chief of Police until Hay,
when he went on leave and was succeeded by Rasadban (Lieutenant)
Avar, in a temporary capacity, The latter was evidently
determined to make hay while the sun shone, and in his tenure

of the office surpassed all records for corruption and the
abetting of smuggling and pilfering from war cargoes, until
his removal was secured through H.H's Legation, He was
succeeded by Pasyar (Colonel) Jahid, who has restored discipline,

and whose attitude has been uniformly correct.
(iv) Sarwan (Captain) Isfandiari, an able and energetic
officer, whose military abilities were marred by the case with
which he could be deflected from his public duty by his

personal profit, held the post of Chief of Gendarmerie up to
6th October, when he was succeeded by Sarv/an Shadrav,-an, a
former officer of the South Persian Rifles. The latter,

though lacking' Isfandlari's drive and intimate knowledge of
the inside politics of this area, has so far evinced genuine
co-operativeness and a desire to clear up the unsatisfactory
tribal situation in Dashti and Tangistan.

(v) Sargurd (Uajor) Nuri has been Officer Commanding the
Bushire garrison throughout the year, He has at various times
evinced a tendency to intervene in tribal politics, but this

has been at the orders of the Governor General at Pars; and
although Hurl's sympathies are almost certainly pro-German,
it has never become necessary to press for his removal.
Towards the end of the year it began to appear likely that he

will in future co-operate with Shadrawan in tribal matters,
(0) Allied.
(1) At the beginning of the year, the charge of the

Russian Consulate was held by Hr. Alexander Belaieff. He was
shot on January 4th, either by his own hand, or by his wife,
as a result of an intrigue with a local Swiss lady. The
Russian Consulate has since then remained officially closed,
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