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'A Bnshakardi outlaw, named Karamsliah, who was in Military custody
for some time was shot by the Military Authorities in February.
Sarhang Saqafi went to Hen jam Island in March to select a site for
Military Barracks there.
180 Soldiers and three Baluchi prisoners arrived from Jask by “Plang”
in March.
A detachment of 180 men commanded by Setvan II, Mobayen left for
Minab in April to reinforce the garrison there.
It is said that, in April, in a fight between a Government force and
Baslmkardi outlaws, eleven soldiers were killed and one of the two wounded
soldiers brought from Minab died in the Military hospital at Bandar Abbas.
Sarhang paid frequent visits to Minab and Jask during the month of
April.
'* Sarhang II Arab Nczad, the etf-oflicer commanding, Bandar Abbas left
for Khorasan in April.
Amir, a boy outlaw, was found guilty by the Military and was shot.
The town garrison left for the hill station of Genu in June and re­
turned in September.
Sargord Safar Ali Khan Nosrat, the Military Governor for Bashakard
left Minab via Jeeruft for Tehran in July, with the intention of retiring, as
he had no hopes of promotion.
The local Military Authorities, in September, asked for tenders for
the supply of about 300 tons of steel beams for new Military Barracks, now
under construction at Naibund.
Moin Khan (Bahadur Nizam) has been appointed Raise Aranieh Rudbar
with a salary of Rials, 1,000. He has also been supplied with arras and
ammunition by the Government. Sarhang Saqafi accompanied him to
Jaghin to see the famous outlaw Abdul Hussain Kamcran. The latter
having heard of Moin Khan’s agreement with Government has agreed to
submit on certain terms.
Sarhang Saqafi proceeded to Sirjan in November and returned via
Jaghin and Manujan. He also paid a visit to Minab in December.
Conscription.—3G5 conscripts were discharged and 300 were enlisted
during the month of Mehr (24lh September-23 Oct.).
24. Mines.—Aqayi Nasrullah Khan, Jehangir, Director of the Petro­
leum Department, and Agha Babaoff Armenian, Technical Adviser to the
Ministry of Finance, Tehran, arrived in January and visited the mines.
They returned to Tehran after receiving tenders from Khan Sahib Ebrahira
Gelladary to work the mines for Government. The local Finance Depart­
ment has deputed a clerk to take over the excavated Red Oxide from the
deputy of Haji Moin who died in 1933.
Mirza Mustafa Khan Kohbud arrived from Tehran on 8th March to
supervise the shipment of the first consignment of 3,000 tons of Red Oxido
to United Kingdom, per s.s. Tabaristan in March. He was formerly em­
ployed by the late Haji Moin, and on his death when the mines were seized
bv the Government, he managed to get himself appointed Government Bro­
ker for Red Oxide. It is said that he despatched samples of red oxide to
thirteen different countries. He went to Lingah ‘on the 18th March to
inspect the red oxide mines of Bustanah near Lingah, and submitted a
report to Tehran.
Mr. Boman Irani, who has a business in Hong Kong has obtained the
sole Monopoly rights of red oxide for Indian Markets from the Iranian
Government and has undertaken to purchase 2500 tons a year. On arrival
he learnt that 500 tons Red Oxide had been sold to Messrs Haji Ali Akbar
Shirazi of Manchester for the same* market, at favourable rates, so he lodged
a complaint at Tehran.
Herr Kramer, a German, who was connected with Wassmuss at one
time, visited Hormuz in August and then went to .Lingah to visit the Red
Oxide Mines of Bustanah.