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*0R TUB YEAR l8W-
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over oomm'ind to
India. . . ..
During the summer the peace was only disturbed by occasional PcyJ
robberies along the road where not more than two or three mules were earned
away at one time.
Nasr Diwan, his Farrosh Basbi, and party arrived in Shiraz on 12th April
and took “ bast" with the Qawam and Ghazanfar-cs-Sultaneb of Borutqun
rave himself up to the Farman Farina on'1st June. . Thus the only two rebels
[eft in tho field were Zair Khidhar and Shaikh Hussain.
The General Officer Commanding, Bushire Field Force, handed over
political control to the Deputy Political Resident on the 26th June and the
office of Chief Political Officer cea£ed to exist.
A motor road has been constructed from Borasjun to Rudak 6 miles from
Kamarij, but owing to the withdrawal of the Labour Corps in June a gap is
left between Rudak and Dasht-i-Arjan, though motors can and have traversed
the rough military road in the gap, right through from Bushire to Shiraz.
As a punishment to Kazerun for its former hostility and resistance to the
Force, a proclamation was posted that at harvest time a contribution and fine
uf 5 per cent, of the barley crop would be imposed, but owing to a very severe
>isitation of locusts and bail storms which did great damage to the crops this
proclamation was later rescinded and nothing taken.
'VTassmuss at the beginning of the year remained with Nasr Diwan near
Jirreb, but left him for Tehran about the middle of March.
The political history of the Bushire Hinterland, ie.t Dashtistan, Tangistan
and Dashti is more full of incident, but
Baihiro Hinterland.
the position still remains unsatisfactory.
The source of all tho trouble is the continued existence of the two last
remaining rebels, Shaikh Hussain and Zair Khidhar.
At the beginning of the year the Darya Begi supported by Indian troops
and aeroplanes took military action against Zair Khidhar and drove him out
of Kbaviz and Hassan KbaiTs (our nominee) tufangchis were placed there
and still held the Khaviz-Abram valley at the end of the year. The result of
ihis expedition beyond tho evacaation of Khaviz was practically nil. About
the same time the Deputy Political Resident went to Khormuj with a large
escort, taking with him Zair Abdullah, formerly head of the Customs House
tufangchis, Bushire, and a Dashti by birth, the man designated by the Darya
Begi to be Zabit of Dashti. The aged Jamal Khan was captured in Khormuj
and Zair Abdullah installed in his place. He has managed to maintain him­
self there by the support of Faqi Zaiu-ud-Din, a kinsman of his, with 300
tufangchis, and he was able to remit the maliyah for the Khormuj valley
north of the Mund river. He, however, was unable to bring the remaining
Dashti Khans to order.
Though they have not been openly hostile^ they have helped the rebel
Khans with tufangchis, and have persistently refused to come in and meet
the Deputy Governor or Darya Begi.
In March Ali Khan, who had been put into Daliki in place of Nur
Muhammad, having proved a failure was relieved of his duties as headman
and Kal Ismail Hakim of Daliki was installed in his place.
Early in April a gathering of local Khans was called at Borasiun to
attend the ceremony of investing Haidar Khan of Hayat Daud witn the
C.I.E. Twelve Khans, as well as the Imam Juma of Bushire and several
big Bushire merchants were present. After the ceremony the assembly were
entertained to lunch, sports and a display by the Air Force. . Such a eatherino.
ft unique in the history of South Persia. & 5
. and Za'r Kkidhar continued their petty raids but on
April 28th Zaur Khidhar overreached himself. He occupied the village of
£ghak 7 miles from Chagadak and the Railway. Early information reached
ttashire and a column promptly made anight march arriving at B&ghak
®arlyin the morning and surrounded the village. Out of the party <J *q