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44 'ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULP POLITICAL RESIDENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
their comparative suceess in enfereing these arbitrary and irritating restrictions
is curious and interestii g as revealing an unexpected feature in the eug ma
of the relations of the rulers and the ruled.
Lurtstan.
61 The fact of the Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Mukarram's appointment to the Governorship
of Luristan in April and his departure for the head-quarters of his new
charge first by way of Dizful and later through the Bakhtiari country,
have already been mentioned.
His passage through the Bakhtiari country coincided in part with that of
His Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consul and several meetings took place. The
Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. took occasion to give expression to what professed to he his ambitions
and intentions in regard to Luristan, and more Specially in regard to the
opening of the Dizful-Khurramabad road, and he _ endeavoured to obtain
a statement of British policy in respect to the latter object.
The Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. was accompanied by Khan jan Khan Sagwand, who had since
the previous year devoted himself to his service.
62. It was anticipated that the Sard.ar would have much difficulty in
dealing with the Salar-ud-Haulah who had set up the standard of open revolt
and joined himself to the Eath-us-Sultan of the Dilfan.
These expectations were, however, falsified by the sudden submission of
the Salar on the arrival of some sort of force whose despatch had been organised
at Tehran. The Salar in the first place fled to Kevmanshah where he took
hast at the British Consulate.
Afterwards having received assurances of the safety of his person he
surrendered himself to the Government's agents and was conducted to Tehran
where his fortunes cease to interest us.
The path having bren thus cleared for the Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Mukarram before
his arrival, he had no difficulty in establishing his authority at Khurramabad.
No very clear account of his doings is available, but it is known that he
declared the Fath us-Sultan a rebel, and that he got in touch with the Dirakwand.
Negotiations with the latter resulted in, or were followed by, a small
Kafilah A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers. passing down through their country to Diztul in August. But this
in itself meant little, the complaisance of the Dirakwand occasionally allowing
small parties of favoured persons to traverse their country, and up to the
time of writing there are no signs that the solution of the problem of the
road has been in any way advanced. Operations were at one time undertaken,
it is stated with some success, against the Bairanwand with the object of
exacting the revenue demand from them.
In the end of October there were rumours that the Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. had come
down with Fazil Khan and Hassan Gidaw Sagwands, according to some to
Qilab. according to otliers to Saimarra, and it was asserted that he would
enter Dizful at the conclusion of the Bamzan. This rumour was not, however,
translated into fact, and it was probably started only to intimidate the
Shushteris.
63, In Pebiuary news w r as received of the arrest and imprisonment of
Fazil Khan, Hassan Gidaw and Khanjan Khan. The seizure of tliese men
was probably in connection with the payment of revenue due from the
Sagwand tribe, but the inclusion among tliem of Khanjan was a strange and
ill-juHged action. He had served the Salar w T ell and faithfully and his
services could not be safely dispensed with, though it appears that the Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division.
thought that the Shahab-us-Lashkar, an extra-Luristan minor Chief, would
take his place. It is also said that the arrest of Khanjan was not originally
intended and was caused by his resisting the arrest of the others while they
were in his company.
Shortly afterwards the discontent which had been growing against the
Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. 's regime among the townspeople of Khurrambad came to a head
and they invoked the assistance of the Eateh-us-Sultan. The latter came
with force, and besieged the Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Mukarram, who had taken up Pi