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7. A temporary revorsal of opinion took place when
Britleh troop* entered iron, mare especially when His
«aJostv’s Govomnonfc broadcast thoir viowc of Rom r.hah
Fehlovt and when t.ho latter docidod to lonvo tho oountrv.
A reaction hew-over eoon act In vrhon tho Inevitable dis­
organisation of administration non l foe ted itoolf nrrf
w-hon dlsordo-re led to insecurity all over tho country
e-ido# and hoard lr\; of foodetuffo led to otoadily *iolm
prices. Hero again tho recollection of plentiful Goman
and Japanese floods whioh could no longer bo obtairod; and
Oeraan victories all over Europe# and the einple fact
that the hated and feared Rue clan coo fighting with thi
British against tho friendly Ooman* all brought about
an unreasonable hut vor7 manifest anti Brit lab attitude
amongst the people*
8* During the early day® after tho uphsavul in the
country tho grcwlng dearth of supplier of uhoat# due to
various causes# resulted in thoro not being enough broad
for the people of Shires gix! the snallor towns and
villages*
9* thie aate of affaire was of course attributed to
the British occupation of parte of the country* Even
when large quantities of wheat fran India began to a-r*4*3
arrive at Iranian ports little or no credit nao given
therefore to the British authorities* ^hia in some
s» a sure due to tho failure of the latter to give calcula­
ted end edecu*to publicity to tho wheat and sugar
arrivals and to tooir unwillingness to idontify there olv-
es with ♦he proper distribution of theae foodstuffs
which In fact saved many districts froa starvation#
TRIBAL S CTOTCON*
10# During the course of tho veer sporadic outbreaks
by sooo saa 11 bands of BolrAhnedl tribesraon caused
trouble to tho authorities* Round about Pahlian- Shajpw
(to tho voet of Easorun) and Tai-i*Khoerc*i
(seme 50 to 100 miles H.P.of Bhires) theae redoubtable
guoaen under their leaders All Khan and Veil Khan wero
able to do a fair <wount of looting* £n December «
serious attempt was nado by the Acting General orr-oor
Conaandlr^ the ' hires Laehknr to ecotch this *>anrrt^??iY,
fight ensued which resulted in, allegodlyf Mao eo *
Abmedls being killed. The loaders however got awa7*
11# Cn the Kaahgai districts i»cce roicnod
until in Sop^ombor Nasir Khan Koshgai - son of^tno i
Boulat-ud-Dowleh, took tho opportunity of tho ooptcra
•vents la Iran *o do a bolt froa tho Capital# An J**
toosidered attempt on the part of tho Shires military outncvii
to arrest him at Sanlrun lod to hie making for bla own
country whore he took up a position at
refused to be Inveigled into caning into Shlrao# h0
much persuasion however# and many precautions wiwa»
did ecme to tho town - prosentod his demands ana ^
ed to Firusabad*
12# His presence in Kashgai territory has
Persian Government and His Majesty s Lognt.on e«n
anxiety and there was reason to believe that
Khan1 a Intrenaigconce was prompted not so ouen oy
•uspiciorii of tho Mercian Oovommont'r intontionp^^