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RESIDENCY AND MUSCAT POLITICAL AGENCY FOB. THE YEAB, 1803-94. 13
Survey operations in view to connecting the Telegraph at Jask with
Bunder Abbas were undortaken in pursuance of the desire of the Persian
authorities for telegraphic communication with Bunder Abbas; the Surveyor,
however, encountered some obstruction in the Bashakird country, and it is
believed that the work has not been completed.
A charge of most oppressive and unwarrantable treatment in the case of
a boat from Ras-el-Khymah, on tbo Arab coast, was made against the then
Deputy Governor of Bunder Abbas just before the beginning of the year.
Another outrage on a boat from Ras-cl-Khymah was complained of as having
been committed at Khargu, where a young slave lad was violently carried off.
These cases were alluded to in lost year’s report, but redress bas not yet been
given. Cases of this kind are very likely to lead to reprisals on the part of
the Arabs, and the delay and difficulty in getting justice is therefore much to
be regretted. Other outrages were the plunder or capture of Bahrain boats
off Bisatin in April by the Bani-i-Malik tribe, and off Bistano in September by
the followers of the Chief of Assalu, both occurring within the jurisdiction
of the Governor of Lar. In both these cases, as also in the case of piracy at
Bunder Tibbin mentioned in last’year’s report, no result has yet attended the
application for redress.
In April the buglali of a British Indian subject, which was wrecked near
Minab, was plundered by the local Baluchis; the Persian authorities at
Bushire professed to have recovered a portion of the plundered wreckage and
paid compensation for the rest, but it is feared that this has not been done.
The difficulties connected with tho Customs question at Bunder Abbas, in
relation to Kerman and other places in the interior, were revived, and there
have been constant complaints of demauds being repeated on the transit of
goods to inland jurisdiction, notwithstanding the payment of the full treaty
rate of duty at the port of entry.
9.—PERSIAN BALUCHISTAN AND MEKRAN.
Bampur continued under the Governorship of Sirteep Zain-ul-Abadin
Khan during the year. Sirdar Muhammad Ali Khan, who had for many years
been Governor of Baliu and Gwetter, was removed from his post and replaced
by Mowladad Khan; but not long afterwards he intimated to the Native
Assistant at Gwadur that the Persian Governor of Kerman had reinstated
him.
The difficulties arising out of the mutual complaints of raids and violence
on both sides of the Perso-Baluch frontier were dealt with in the course of the
tour in Mekran by the Political Agent, South Eastern Baluchistan, who
obtained from the Hinds an undertaking to refrain from all raids over the
border pending an enquiry into, and settlement of, the matter at issue between
them and their neighbours. The Persian Government was asked to restrain
its subjects from aggression in pursuance of the arrangement that had been
amved at
Shaikh Hassan, Zabit of Minab, took a large force aided by Mir Abdul
. * Chief of Jask, against the small Tabirzai tribe inhabiting Khotak in the
lyaban district, which had become very lawless. The tribe was attacked at
urag on 3lst August, with trifling loss on both sides, and subsequently
secured immunity, and permission to reside at Khotak, on payment of 400
tomans. Lator they emigrated to Bashagird.
nla ^ *lePteinhcr an affray occurred at Jask between the fishermen of the
inhal ^>ers^an troops; and the former being joined by’ the other
viole 1 an*S’ ^eaRuered the fort in which the soldiers took refuge. Further
DCe was averted by the intervention of the Assistant Superintendent of