Saturday, February 3, 2018

The Bozchali regiment in Shiraz (Major C. B. Stokes, 1909)

The Bozchali regiment in Shiraz



Shiraz
Sixty-four men of the Buz-Chalu regiment entered the Consulate on the 14th October and refused to leave until the arrears of two years’ pay had been given them. His Majesty’s Acting Consul did not intervene, but all left by the 21st October, the Persian authorities having paid them in full.
The Kamareh regiment, 600 strong, arrived about the 20th October.
The district of Lar is reported to be terrorized by Seyed Abdul Hussein Lari, who has announced that to pay revenue to the present Shah is contrary to Islam.
Robberies are still of frequent occurrence on both the Ispahan and Bushire roads. A post was recently robbed near Sivend and the driver of the postal wagon brutally murdered. Several robberies have also occurred in the immediate neighbourhood of the town.

(Signed) C. B. STOKES, Major, Military Attaché.



Persia. No 2 (1909). Further Correspondence respecting the Affairs of Persia. (In continuation of Persia No 1 (1909)). [Cd. 4733]. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty. August 1909. London, p. 12.

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