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2 PERSIAN GULP ADMINISTRATION REPORT
His Excclloncy Ahmed Khan Sardar,
1,0cal Government nod Portinn official*. Governor
of Boahira. Darya Bcgi, was Governor of tho Gulf
Doits throughout tho year.
His Excellency made several long trips down the Gulf in connection with
tho murder of the Residency Agent, Lingah, and other matters; during these
periods His Highness Sulaiman Mirza, tho head of tho Finance Department,
was Deputy Governor and took charge of the Local Government in tho Darya
Begi’s absence.
Masud-us-Sultan, the cx-Karguzar, never returned to Bushire, and the
office of Karguzar was vacant during the
Kargaur.
year.
Haji Yusuf, who was appointed Kalautar during the British occupation,
in August 1915, remained Kalantar
KtlftnUr.
throughout the year. .
At the end of 1915, H19 Excellency the Qawam-ul-Mulk, who had been
appointed acting Governor-General, was
Governor-General of Fata.
driven out of Shiraz by the rebels, who
appointed Kasir-ul-Mulk in his place. In April, when Qawaiu was nearing
Shiraz, Yawar Fatli-ul-Mulk, one of tho Gendarmerie officers, seized the
Government on his behalf, and held it till the new Qawain arrived, on 21th
April. From this time the new Qawam was Deputy Governor-General until
His Royal Highness Faruian Farma arrived, on tho 15th October. The latter
continued to be Governor-General until the end of the year.
Monsieur Bourgeois remained through­
Cnitoms nod Finance.
out the year as Provincial Director of
Customs.
From the beginning of the year until the end of August business was
not very brisk owing to the rebellion at Shiraz, and to the road being closed.
After that date large quantities of goods were imported until almost the end
of the year, when renewed disturbances at Kazcrun again closed the road.
The Finance Department remained in charge of Shahzadek Sulaiman
Mirza throughout the year. Owing to the disturbed condition of the hinter­
land and the impotence of the Persiau Government, the Finance Department
has been seriously embarrassed during the year.
At the beginning of the year Brigadier-General S. M. Edwardes, D.S.O.,
was in command of the British troops at
Eriliih -Military Force at Boil ire.
Bushire. He was relieved, at the end of
February, by Brigadier-General Douglas, C.M.G., who remained in command
until the end of the year.
At the end of 1915 the garrison consisted of one Squadron 16th Cavalry,
a detachment Indian Mountain Artillery with Turkish guns, the 11th Rajputs
and the 96th Berar Infantry.
In March, the 124th Baluchistan Infantry arrived, and the Squadron of
16th Cavalry was replaced by 2 Squadrons of tho 15th Lancers.
In the same month a section of the 23rd Indian Mountain Battery
arrived. Shortly afterwards this section of Mountain Artillery and 1 Squadron
of Cavalry and the Head-quarters wing of the 124th Baluchistan Infantry
left for Bandar Abbas to proceed with Brigadier-General Sykes to Kerman,
In May the 96th Infantry left for Basrah, being replaced by the 14th
Sikhs from Egypt, and, in July, the 11th Rajputs left for India, being replaced
by tho 2nd Battalion 22nd Punjabis. During tho summer the wing of tho
121th at Bushire was converted into tho 2nd Battalion 11:4th, and on 26th
October the new Battalion proceeded to Mesopotamia.
One Squadron of 15th Lancers, the detachment of Mountain Artillery, the
14th Sikhs and the 2-22nd Punjab Infantry remained as garrison till the end
of the year.
As stated in last year’s report tho confederacy of hostile Khans, Ghazanfa*-
us-Sultaneh of Borasjun, Shaikh Hussain
Condition of Baahln Hinterland.
of Chahkutah ana Zair Khidhar of
Tangistan remained actively hostile to tho end of 1916 and carried out a