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ADMN. REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL RESIDENCY FOR 1911.
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Persia is in the state it is approved claims should be recovered by deduction
from the subsidies paid to these Chiefs. Without some such pressure the
claims will never be settled.
Such other events as occurred during the year are mentioned below
under their respective districts.
Jask.
The wireless installation at Jask was of great help to the ships of the
Royal Navy stationed in the Persian
Wireless Installation.
Gulf. It is also open for public traffic
and disposed of a number, of messages of the Mercantile Marine, Transports
and the Royal Squadron.
Mirza Ghulam Reza was the Customs
Persian Official. Collector up to 23rd December when he
was relieved by one Kal Muhammad.
A garrison of British troops was retained as Jask during the year for
the protection of the telegraph station,
British Troops.
and in connection with the gun-running
operations.
Charbab.
Mirza Karim Khan and Mirza Reza Kuli Khan were Customs Collector
and Commandant of Persian troops.
Persian Official*.
They were on good terms with the local
authorities.
Shahdad-bin-Abbas, a naturalised British Indian subject, was Y/ali of
Charbar acting under orders of both
Wall
Mir Mahmud Khan and Mir Din
Muhammad Khan.
In November 1911, it was reported that a subject of Mir Mahmud Khan
Murdcr had killed, in revenge, the Baluchi
servant of a British Indian subject.
Efforts are being made to obtain compensation for the family of the deceased.
During the year Mir Din Muhammad Khan came to Charbar and re­
covered Rs. 8-10-0 on account of house
Local Taxes.
tax from 23 British Indian subjects.
This being illegal, he was ordered to refund the amount which he has done
since the expiration of the year under report.
In November, a Baluchi, a subject of Sardar Saiyid Khan of Gaih,
smuggled a revolver and 140 rounds of
Smuggling .of Arms.
ammunition into Charbar; these were
confiscated and delivered to the Persian Customs. The smuggler was in cus­
tody from the 19th November to 13th December as a punishment. He was
then released with the concurrence of Major Craufurd at Jask. In the same
month Mir Mahmud Khan arrested four Afghans who were purchasing
arms in Dashtiari and sent them to Charbar. They were handed over to the
Military Department for disposal.
Many matters in dispute among British Indian subjects have been
settled by arbitration to the satisfaction
Judicial.
of both parties, also in correspondence
with the Director at Karachi.
Gwadub.
Munshi Abdul Rahim, the Director’s Native Assistant, supervised affairs
at Gwadur, referring such matters to
Native Assistant, Gwadur. Karachi for instructions as required
them.
Wali Ghalib-bin-Ali represented His Highness the Sultan of Maskat.
His relations with the Native Assistant
Saltan's Representative.
at Gwadur are not altogether cordial.