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-jifltion of the valuablo co-operation rendered by them may bo conveyed to
Office. I pm also much indebted to the Political Resident in the
«ftIl Gulf for tho invaluable assistance and advico given by the First
^stant Resident Taking into consideration the exceedingly trying climatic
^jjtions caused by the intense heat and rough sea experienced during the
^rations, it is great satisfaction to me to draw attention to the zeal and
miitrj displayed by all officers and men concerned.**
° ry\iQ Government of India, while regretting that the operations should have
Ited in i053 considered that the ability and courage witli which they
(tfB
-3 conducted reflected great credit on all concerned. They asked that an
rtpression of their appreciation might be conveyed to Captain B'rdwood, and
JL,ratulated Sir P. Cox on the general success or the operations, which they
Considered iargely to he duo to the able manner in which ho had planned and
guided the expedition. The captured dhows and their cargoes realised at
public auction a sum of R5,000 in round numbers which was credited to
(jot eminent.
An expression of the gratitude of the Government of India was conveyed
♦0 Haidar Khan of Hayat Davud for his co-operation in the landing of British
uoops at Kharag Island.
The favourable results that followed the operations were conspicuous
daring a tour made early in 1914 by Messrs. Chick, Commercial Adviser to the
flesident, and James, Chemical Expert of the Anglo-Pcrsian Oil Company,
throughTangistan. The Tangistanis apparently bore no malice and enter­
tained their visitors most hospitably. Sir Percy Cox 100k occasion of these
operations to request His Majesty’s Minister at Tehran to point out to the
Central authorities that, if only the repeated recommendations of the Governor
and himself for the provision of a force or of funds to raise one had home
fruit, His Excellency would, after the operations, have been able to place a
garrison of his own at the chief Tangistani port in co-operation with tho
Customs administration. He repor ted that His Excellency said that he could
do so immediately, if he had authority or funds to entertain 200 men. Re­
presentations in this sense were made by our Legation at Tehran, and as a
result Dashti and Dashtistan were temporarily entrusted to the Governor of the
Gulf Ports who was authorised to entertain a small force to keep the districts
in order and recover Government revenue. Dashti and Dashtistan have not
jet however been officially transferred.
The Residency has, during the past year, watched with some anxiety the
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nor of Behhehan, for administering
Bis charge. The spoils of the Amir Mujahid are said to have been little less
than 100 000 tomans in value, but the Central Government had not, so far as
could be ascertained at the close of the year, received any of the past year*s
revenue due for Behbehan and the Kuhgclu from the Amir.
These, however, are chiefly matters for the Central Government to attend
to. The Amir Mujahid came immediately across the Residency sphere of
influence when, bent on plunder, he turned his attention to the coast districts,
commencing with Lirawi aud the port of Dilam and demanded revenue for the
past two years, as well as for the year 1913.
Geographically, Lirawi is a purely littoral district situated between the
province of Arabistan on the north and the district of Hayat Davud, under the
Governor of the Gulf Ports on the south.
8ince 1840, it has remained annexed to the Behbehan Government, itself
* sub-government of Pars. In 1887, its port, Dilam, was placed under the
Governorship of the Gulf Ports, just created. Before or about 1900, the
district was granted by tho 8bah to Paji Saiyid Said-us-Sultaneh. ft quondam
Governor of the Gulf rorta. He pays about 2,000 tomans per annum in
Jj%at to the Central Government and farms the district to the Khans for
tomans por annum nett. This sum has been paid regularly by .the
Jflans, under the advice of their relative of Hayat Davud, to the Imperial
®ank of Persia. Revenue had been paid up to March 1912 when the Amir
**ujahid arrived in Belibehan. Under the advico of the Shaikh of Moharar
^fth, the Lirawi Khans were induced to go and pay their respects to thfr