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Joviet-Persicn Censorship, erranyenents were made for
the station to be closed, and the schedules with Lin,"ah
and .Task were undertaken’by C?b?.e and ./ireless Ltd.
At Linyah, the Consular Arent took charge of the wireless
station on his arrival, and now supervises all transmissions,
The lay-out of the Culf cables has been revised, and now
consists of two cables from Muscat to Fao, one via
Bahrain and the other via Bushlre. There is thus no’
direct cable from Bushire to Bahrein, but teleyruns can
be sent either via Muscat or v^a ?ao. Cable and ./ireless
Ltd. have opened wire less cou^un lection with Bahrain, and
this service has been announced to the public by the
Persian Government. ( Foreign tele"ran rates are charged).

JBCTXOW IV.
TIUB/iL A:ID POLITICAL.
(a) Hint.,udj_Lj^ravi, and. Bud Jliljeh.
This area remained under the influence of .
Fathullah Khan and reneral security prevailed throughout
the year. 3&ndar Jilam, in L.^ravi, was occasionally
renaced by 3oir Ahr.cdi tribesmen, by the latter never
succeeded in repeatin': their last year’s exploit, v/hen
they seised the town for a day.
(b) Tanristan.
Rais All Chahoiri continued as Governnent
ha1nur of Tan"istan, and althourh two disarmament expedi­
tions nassed through his area dorin~ the year, both of
the-: nit’: specific orders to break .is power, he .’.as
succeeded by a judicious blend of bribery and intrigue, in
ns intainir.r his rosition. The Tanyistanis have, however,
?
at -r.o tiv c constituted ti e threat to h.:shire that they
did in the last war under 3a ir Khidha ■ nan, An is All1 s
father-in-law, o~d credit must be given to the disarmament
expeditions for this.
(c) Jnshti.
This area, under its numerous netty Ilhams and
Rais*, had succeeded up to the end of the year in reatherinr
two disarmament expeditions without any noticeable dir.uni-
tion of their influence. Only at Jaiyir, where a detachment
of Persian troops was landed by nirht from H.i'.b. Jeabellc,
in an attempt to seize the person of the notable brigand,
All Ismail, was an-' result achieved. Although All Ismail,
warned in time, made "ood his escape, and at the close cf
the year was in refure with the r.ashqai, he suffered sore
considerable loss of his personal property, and will probably
think very seriously, so long as the British are in
occupation of Persia, before he returns to his saugflint;
stronghold at Jaiyir.
(d) Banadir-i-Salas.

Bariy in the year, the Chief of Gendarmerie,
Jarwan Ghadrawan, attempted to arrest and detain Shai-di
.•»bdur. Ilasul al Rasuri of Asalu. hie detained him In a house
in Oaiyir; where during’the night an armed party, led by
Shaikh hasir al kasuri, cane and effected a rescue, in the
course of which Jarwan Pichdad cf the Gendarmerie wqs killed.
The attitude of the Shaikhs of .this area has
been uniformly friendly to the Allied cause: and Shaikh
■Suleiman al Rasuri, who is also officially "Bakhshdar"
(deputy Governor) of the area, ha3 co-operated with Persian
t^roops nralr.3t All Ismail. Towards the end of the year,
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