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RESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1906-1000.
This sub- district was up to tbo beginning of the year in charge of the Hot
* Fakir Mahomed, who received an annual
r«r»K nub-dutriot. subsidy of Rs. 150. Hot Fakir Mahomed
fiocniB to have courted the displeasure of his chief Sardar Said Khan, who early
in the year deprived him of the Customs at Pussum Bunder (near Charbar)
and appointed a man named Luskari. It was reported in December that Hot
Fakir Mahomed out of jealousy murdered his rival Luakari, and decamped
with his family and belongings to the Arab Coast.
Hot Fakir Mahomed’s telegraph subsidy for the half-year ending the 31st
December had not boon paid up to the end of the year, and as he is not likely
to return to the Mckran, it will he necessary to appoint another headman of
the Para" sub-district. An application has been made to the telegraph
authorities by one Hot Lulla, a relative of Hot Fakir Mahomed’s, who repre­
sents himself as the acknowledged head and ba9 promised to look after the
district and the interests of the Telegraph Department. His title to a subsidy
is under consideration.
The Afghan commonly known as Knlipha, hut whose real name appears t°
be Kliair Mahomed, is the centre and
Arms traffic.
figurehead of the arms traffic between
Mnskat and the Mekran ports cf Sadech, Gnleg and Tank. Kaiipba resides at
Kerwan (15 miles north-west of Rapcli) where he is much respected as a high
priest and has a considerable following of Afghans. Some of these Afghan
retainers are sent to Maskat. to buy rifles and ship them secretly, while others
on this side scour the country for transport of camels.
Sardar Said Khan must he cognizant of this smuggling of arms, and it is
rumoured that he receives a fee of two dollars on each rifle landed. The
number of rifles imported during the year (1904 1905) is estimated at three
thousand with one hundred rounds of ammunition to each gun.
This year early in January His Majesty’s Ship Redbreast called at Galeg
and probably this fact putKalipha on his guard as he was subsequently reported
to have informed his Maskat buyers to suspend all shipments.
The periodical passage of gunboats across to tbe arms smuggling ports
undoubtedly act as an excellent deterrent for the time being.
The chief exports of Gaih are dates and Mekrani rice which are grown in
abundance in the north. Ghee is also
Products of Gaib.
exported from Cbarbar, and recently sheep
have been shipped to the Arab Coast where they command good prices. Barley,
jowari and cotton are cultivated in smaller quantities, most of which is con-
sumed and used in the country. Grazing for cattle is fairly abundant.

DASHTYARI DISTRICT.
The Dashtyari District iB administered jointly by the brothers Mir Abdi
Khan and Mir Mahmud Khan who are
General
responsible for an annual payment of
about ten thousand rupees to the Persian Government, through Sardar Said
Khan of Gaih. The latter has gone on pilgrimage and the former has been
comparatively well behaved throughout the year. Mir Abdi Khan has a bad
reputation, for constantly looting the property of telegraph servants and British
protected subjects, but no outrages have been reported during the year It
seems evident that both the brothers are well liked by the inhabitants,* and
they treat their subjects with consideration and much better than the chiefs of
the adjoining district*.
No damage haB been done to the line.during tbe year.
Dashtyari to the north of Khaki Koh is very fertile. Its chief exports are
Products of Da«btjarL cotton, barley and dhall. The revenue
blm)'produced Slf^lTeaci^ * ^dha^ SdE