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subsequenfc visit to Sargurd Nuri confirmed them in the tribal
areas for which they were to be responsible for security.
(b) Tanftistan. Rais All Chahpiri has been Government
ma*mur throughout the year. While maintaining outward loyalty

to the Government during the Dashti operations, when the line of
communication of the military force passed through his
territory, he has strengthened his position by intrigue, and has

steadily opposed the efforts of the Gendarmerie on the coast
to prevent his smuggling operations, He has succeeded in not
having any Gendarmerie in his territory except the coast, and
has used hi3 freedom inland to practise oppression, connive at
brigandage and settle scores with his personal enemies,
(c) Hiat Daud and Lirawi.

(i) Kiat Daud has been under th control of Fathullah Khan
(a grandson of the Haider Khan whose services in the last war
wero rewarded with the C.I.B.), Although he has undoubtedly

connived at the snuggling in of arms through his territory, his
attitude has in general been co-operative with the Persian
Government and friendly with the British. In particular, he
rendered service when a raid was made on Bandar Dilum by Boir

Ahmedi tribesmen, and captured their leader, whom he sent to
Bushire.
(ii) At Ilissar, in Lirawi, a coup 7/as made by Mohammed All
Khan, the brother of the late Khan of Lirawi, Aqa Khan, who had

died leaving his minor children in the care of a certain Ahmed
Shah, a trusted retainer of his, who is married to an aunt of
Fathullah Khan, Hiat Daudi, He seized the fort, and dug up a
store of buried arms and cash, Although the riflea had

suffered from their interrment, he was able to hold his position
in spite of Hiat Daud opposition, and has negotiated a modus
vivendi with them,.

(d) Pah Rud Area ("Buluk'l, This fertile area has
remained in the possession of Rais Ghulam Razmi throughout the
year. During the early stages of the operations in Dashtif
/ Razmi