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FOE THE YBAB 1918.

CHAPTER V.

ADMINISTRATION REPORT OP THE PERSIAN MEKRAN COA8T
POR TAB YEAR 1918.

Mr. E. E. Gunter was in political charge of the Mel;ran Coast throughout
the year except from 25th February to
FenonoeL 25th March when Mr. S. N. Wilson acted
for him.
No reports of landings of any arms and ammunition on the Mekran
Coast were received during the year.
Guo-raonlng.
The chief events of the year under re"
Fenian Baluchistan. view are enumerated below:—
In January it was reported that 40 of Bustam Khan’s followers had made
a surprise attack upon Waznam, North-East of .Charbar and killed one of
Mahmud Khan’s subjects. There was some looting before the invaders pro­
ceeded inland. On their way Durra Khan, son of Mahmud Khan, attacked
them, killing two and severely wounding two of the party.
Mir Barkat sent several 'hundred men with Ayub Khan and went himself
to Harz to collect more with a view to rejoining Ayub Khan later for the
punishment of the late Islam Khan’s murderers who had taken refuge with
SsMb Khan. Be came to Bint with a large following but fortunately an
amicable settlement was arrived at between the sons and brothers of Islam
Khan. Mir Barkat returned to Bijabam
In the same month news was received to the effect that Mir Bahrain Khan
of Bampur who was at Bask with 800 followers, intended to attack the Telegraph
party constructing a line between Suntsar and Charbar. It transpired, how­
ever, that Bahrain Khan had come to punish Sardar Mahmud Khan of
Dashtyari who had killed one Jan Muhammad. A peace was patched between
them at Champ where all the leading chiefs of the country had assembled.
In March, Ali Jami of Bah a came to G-wadur with twenty armed men to
release by force two Baluchis (subjects of the Sultan of Muscat) imprisoned by
the Wali of Swsdur for disobedience. As. the men had been in imprisonment
for a long time and were in a weak state of health and the Wall was anxious to
avoid a fight, they were liberated and Ali Jami returned to Bahu.
In May, seven men, eight women and fifteen children who said they came
from Hamadan trid Kermansbah and Minab arrived at Charbar and asked to
be allowed to proceed to Muscat- They said they had left their country on
account of the oppression of the Russians who were in occupation. They were
tent to His Britannic Majesty’s Consul at Bandar Abbas.
At the close of July Mudat Khan, the former guardian of Hassain Khan
sad Mir Hoti of Lashar, with 600 men attacked Hussain Khan’s fort at Gaih
hut were driven off. Ayub Khan proceeded to Gaih with 200 armed men.
Two of Hussain Khan's men were killed and two slightly wounded before
the two parties came to an understanding.
Khalifah Khair Muhammad whe, when last heard of, was at Fanooch. He
announced his intention of attacking Charbar with a large following but
came of it. The news of the surrender of Germany has undoubtedly
h*d & good eff ect oc the people of Persian Baluchistan. *
I Turks -mentioned in the enclosed report were paid to have left Biyahan
“* a“ **
-53E-2SEE3C:
Old claims against the chiefs subsidised by the Telegraph Department
and
the people of Persian Baluchistan to
the- extent of Bs, 1,634 were settled