"تقرير الإدارة عن المقيمية السياسية في الخليج الفارسي للأعوام ١٩١٥-١٩١٩" [و‎‎١‎٧‎٥] (٣٩٦/٣٥٦)

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when they came to Ahwaz via Beni Turuf and Amara. The report was sent
by the Karguzar to the Foreign Ministry.
la February Sheikh Abdul Karim Khan, son of His Excellency Sheikh
Sir Khazal Khan, G C.I.E., was married to the daughter of Ahmad Chalabi
of Abul Khassib, and Mohammed Agba, son of Haji Eais ut-Tujjar, O-I.E.,*
£•/ was married to the daughter of the late Miiza Hamza.
His Excellency the Sheikh invited a party of British Military officers from
Basrah to lunch in honour of the occasion. Among those present were : the
Inspector-General of pommunications, Military Governor, Senior Judicial Officer,
Commissioner of Police, etc.
The Civil European Residents of Mohammerah, together with the officers
of the Indiin Convalescent Dep6t } were invited to dinner the following night,
Teace Treaty. —The signing of the Peace Treaty between the Allies and
Germany was received in Mohammerah with general satisfaction, which was
accentuated by the fact that the day coincided with the Id-ul-Fitr. Peace
celebrations were held by His Britannic Majesty's Consul, and arrangements
were made for the firing of a salute of 101 guns by His Excellency the Sheikh's
battery. The British Consulate was decorated with flags during the day and
illuminated in the evening
The news of the signing cf the Anglo-Persian agreement was received by
telegram on 10th August 1919, and waa immediately circulated to the Local
Officials and British Firms and was made known to the local inhabitants.
Every one seemed pleased at the agreement and the trend of public opinion
was entirely favourable. A telegram of congratulation was despatched to the
Prime Minister, Teheran.
Moghis-ud-Dowleh, formerly an assistant of Nezam-es Sultanah, who has
I been residing at Mohammerah with His Excellency the Sheikh for the past 7
years, left Mohammerah for S iiraz at the beginning of November on a visit to
His Highness Prince Farman Farma, Governor-General of Fars. He was the
bearer of several presents from His Excellency the Sheikh.
Polling for the election of a member of Parliament to represent Moham
merah at Tehran took place in August and was carried out under the supervi
sion oi ; the Karguzar. Shukrullah Khau, Qawam-ud-Dowleh, was elected »by
a majority of votes.
An unfortunate incident was the sudden illness of Haji Rais-ut-Tujjar,
C.I.E,, w r ho Avas struck down with a partial paralysis of the left side of
his body, w T ith partial loss of feeling and distoralion of sensation on the right
side. The diagnosis w r a8 Arterio-Sclerosis (thickening and hardening of the
arteries) due to old age and that the present attack was due either to vascular
disturbance in the brain or very slight haemorrhage (stroke of paralysis). While
the condition may ameliorate, it is unlikely he will make a complete re
covery, and it is probable that he wi'l have a more severe attack later on.
As a result of this, he left Mohammerah in August for Baghdad, where he has
been residing. His absence is greatly felt by His Excellency the Sheikh.
Information was received that a Persian, named Azizullah, formerly a
Vakil Bashi in the South Persia Rifles at Shiraz, who had assasinated a
British officer and British Non-Commissioned officer near Shiraz, w;as in
Mohammerah, in the disguise of a religious mendicant. His Britannic Majesty s
Consul at Shiraz was immediitely communicated with, and, on receipt of his
reply that the man was badly wanted, Azzizullah was arrested and sent under
escort to Bushire for onward despatch to Shiraz. .
Sheikh Mohammed Jawad Jezayeri, who was deported from ^ ajaf and
Mas residino* at Mohammerah with His Excellency the Sheikh, was permitted
to return to Najaf in August, by order of the Civil Oommissionei iu Mesopo
tamia.
Agha Abdi Es Semoor, the former Deputy Governor of Mohammerah and
tax collector of the town, was reappointed tax collector for the year, as he had
increased the amount payable as taxes to the Sheikh by about x/I 50( on t> at
paid by his predecessor. ,