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24 ANNUAL RAPOBT ON TUB PERSIAN GULP POLITICAL RESIDBNOY

Tho ohicf Rais of the Amooi section is Mohamed Khan, Saulat-us-Sultan
and is tho nominal Ilbcgi of tho Afshar tribe.
Tho chief of the Jallalu tribe is Snlar Ashayir, who is clever and well-
intentioned.
The chief of the Qasiralu section is Ahmad Khan. Lately tho Ilkhnni
was anxious to replaoe Ahmad Khan by his own brother Doran Khan, hut
as tho former and his family had held tho 8ultanship of this section for many
years, His Majesty's Consul advised the Goveruor-Goneral not to support
the wishes of the Ilkbani in this matter. The Afshar tribe consists of over
2,700 houses with an estimated fighting strength of one man per house.
Nasir Nizam, tho son of tho Ilkhanis is tho head of tho Afshar section of
the 8outh Persia Bides. Baft levies which have lately been reduced to 40
Tufangchis. Medhi Khan, the youngest brother of the Ilkhani, has lately
joined the South Persia Rifles as an aspirant and several Afsharia are S6rviug
in-the South Persia Rifles.
Mirza Mahmud Khan has held the post of Deputy Governor throughout
the year and has worked well. His
Slrj&n.
relations with the South Persia Bifles
have been most satisfactory.
The chief tribe of the district is the Buchaqchis, under Murad Khan,
fchikuh-u8-8ultan, and throughout the year this tribe has behaved well. The
nominal chief of tb* tribe is Hussein Khan, who fled to Tehran after his
most treacherous behaviour in Saidabad in 1916. Hussein Khan is most
anxious to return to Kerman. The matter is under discussion with His
Majesty's Minister, Tehra*.
The Deputy Governor of the district is Saidar Mujallal. Throughout
the year, the district has suffered little
Bam«od Kansasltr.
from Baluch lawlessness, chiefly owing
to the presence of a strong Detachment of South Persia Biflea. In March,
the case arising out of the murder of the late Bessaidar Ahmad Yar Khan
was settled satisfactorily and Nawab Khan “ Bameri ” paid a sum of Tumans
1,000 as compensation for the murder of the late Bessaidar Ahmad Yar Khan.
In February, His Majesty's Consul visited Bam and w&s the guest of
Sardar Mujallal.
The Deputy Governorship of tho district is entrusted to Sardar Nusrat,
whose son Adl-ns-SaJfcaneh held the post
/iraft.
of Deputy Governor till his departure to
Tehran in October ns a member of Parliament. Muhtashim-ul-Mamalik,
a nephew of Sardar Nusrat, was appointed to succeed Adl-us-Saltaneh.
Sardar Nusrat and other landowners have lately been complaining re the
encroachments of Zargham-us-Saltaneh in this district, which have been going
on for thelast six or seven years. The Governor-General and His Majesty's
Consul have communicated with the Zargham on. this-subject and the latter
has come to anr. understanding with Sardac Nusrat and it is hoped that the
situation will now improve
Zargbam-us-Saltaneh has held the post of Deputy Governor of Budbar
for many years. Throughout the period
B<
of the war, Zargham has kept his district
in good order, in that he has permitted no caravans passing through Budbar
to be looted and has also willingly rendered assistance to British officers
travelling through his district. In February, His Majesty's Consul paid a
visit to ZarghaiQ at his headquarters in Kahnu and was most cordially received.
With the approval of the Deputy Political Besident in the Persian Gulf a
present of 1,000 Tumans was given to Zargham by His Majesty's Consul-
fee Zargham is too independent a Deputy Governor to please the Governor-
General and the latter is consequently making frequent complaints against
the Zaigham to His Majesty’s Consul, the chief of which is inability to recover
full,revenue. On this point, negotiations are still in progress and a satisfy
lory result is hoped for*