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38 ANNUAL REPORT ON TUB PERflIAN GULP POLITICAL RESIDENCY.
Charbar.
Mr. P. W. Lang held charge of the Telegraph station throughout tho year.
He also looked nftor the interests of tho British Indian subjects.
Mirza Ibrahim was relieved on transfer on 12th June by Mirza Mohamod
Aji, who has since been performing the
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duties of tho Customs Muair.
Yusaf 8afar continues to act under tho orders of Mir Mahmud Khan.
8hahdad Abbas was relieved on 8th May
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by Sher Mohnmed who has since been
carrying out the duties of Mir Din Mohumed’a WM.
The payment of Rs. 460 per mensem to Mahmud Khan and Din Mohamcd
for the protection of the bazar was discontinued after tho ^hooting of sepoys
by the
The strength of the military detach­
Military Detachment.
ment was as follows:—
February to July • • 100 rank and file and 8 British officero.
July to September • . . 200 Ditto Ditto.
September to December . . 150 rank and file and 2 British officero
and 2 Indian offiooro.

On the Gth April, sis sepoys of the water fatigue party were shot by
Baluchis at the well near the telegraph
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garden, three died on the spot, one
subsequently and two were severely wopnded. The supposed murderers were
Azim Khan and Said Mohamed, brothers of Bahram Rind of Shirbaz, who had
left their hoae for the sole purpose of tiling some British European officers in
order to avenge the death of their brothers at Maud where Mr. Hughes and
Lieutenant Horst had fallen victims at the hands of those rebels. Reports of
their movements were occasionally received, the last being that they were
seen at Tezkopan near Charbar about 13th March, It seems not a little
singular thnt tlisir entry into the village was unknown and only noted after
the murders had been perpetrated. A sortie was made by the Walis men to
capture the culprits. The party got within range of the offenders, but,
after merely firing a few shots, returned to Charbar. The subsidised chiefs
were called upon to arrest the perpetrators of the outrage and, in order
to stimulate them, a reward of Rs. 2,500 was promised. Though
Mir Din ilohainod appeared to show an ardent desire to capture
the murderers, ho actually did nothing. On the 13th June, whilst
Azim Khan and Fateh Khan, relations of Shahdullah of Bir, were leaving
Charbar on a Government mission to recover some property looted by MirSaidi
of Shighim, from a British Indian subject, they were shot detfd by the sepoys of
the detachment in the vicinity of the same well where their comrades had
fallen some months before. This unfortunate incident caused considerable
perturbation amongst the turbulent people of Bir who were kept under control
Dy Shahdullah. The latter was informed that the matter would be thoroughly
investigated,..but would, be materially influenced by his conduct in the interval.
In anticipation of aDy trouble arising through this deplorable accident, both
Charbar ani-Jask were reinforced by the General Officer Commanding* Bushire
Force.
On the 18th November, a relation of the wazir of Mir Mahmud Khan of
Dashtyari, whilst on his way home, wa9 shot dead by our sepoys near the same
well. The deceased wore a bandolier containing 39 Mauecr cartridges but
was not carrying a rifie. The two cases were personally investigated by Colonel
Trevor at Charbar in the middle of December and report forward to the Gov­
ernment of India.
In January, a Bahrain country craft with cargo valued at about Rs. 7,325
ran ashore near Tank. Some of the cargo
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was salved and finally Bold by the
Nakhoda at Charbar. Every assistance was rendered by the Assistant Super*
intended of Ihe Telegraph Station to the Nakhuda and his orew.
In the beginning of February, dinghi ** Shikari ’* owned by H»j*
Abdul Husain of Charbar, ;n route to Charbar from Muscat, was driven ashore