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ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
CHAPTER II.
Administration Report for 1921.
Vice Consulate.
Bandar Ahhas. —Mr. A. W. Eagan, I.G.S., held the post of His Majesty's
Vice-Consul, with the personal rank of Consul, throughout the year.
Lingah. —Under the jurisdiction of His Majesty's Consul, at Bandar
Abbas, Head Clerk Maulvi Abdullah was in charge of current duties at Lingah
until 15th July, when he was relieved by Mr. A. S. Jackson, who combines
the functions of Quarantine Medical Officer and Residency Agent.
Foreign Eepresentatiyes.
Bandar Abhas. —Nil.
Lingah. —Khan Sahib Haji Ahmed bin Yusuf Khaja continued to act as
agent for His Highness the Sultan of Muskat.
Minah. —Nil.
Local Goyernment.
Bandar Ahhas. —Sartup Mirza Ali Karam Khan, Shuja Nizam, C.I.E.,
held the post of Deputy Governor until 13th [February, when he was replaced
by Mirza Abdul Hussain Khan, the son of His Excellency Masud Sultan, then
Governor of the Gulf Ports.
Kalantar Abdul Hasul Khan, formerly Deputy Governor of Lingah, who
was notorious for oppression and extortion, accompanied Mirza Abdul Hussain
Khan in the capacity of Assistant.
Mirza Abdul Hussain Khan arrived imbued with Bolshevistic and anti-
British sentiments. Being moreover young and inexperienced and of an
excitable and changeable disposition he soon fell foul of the leading merchants,
who in March closed their shops and took " Bast" in the Persian Telegraph
Office in protest against his extortion and infringement of their fancied
rights.
The merchants sought His Majesty's Consul's mediation and after much
discussion were persuaded to reopen their shops on the guarantee that Abdul
Rasul Khan should be removed.
On 7th April Haji Mohammed Hassan arrived from Bushire to settle the
dispute, and on His Majesty's Consul's advice sent Abdul Basul Khan to
Bushire the following day.
Haji Mohammed Hassan remained in Bandar Abbas as Assistant to the
Deputy Governor and from the time of his arrival harmony was more or less
restored. Mirza Abdul Hussain Khan's attitude towards the Consulate
improved considerably wdth time, and he show 7 ed commendable promptitude
in the recovery of British subjects' claims.
On receiving the news of his father's dismissal Mirza Abdul Hussain
Khan left Bandar Abbas on 8th August and Haji Mohammed Hassan acted
as Deputy Governor until 3rd December when he w r ent to Bushire, leaving
Mirza Abbas Khan, the local linance Agent, to act for him. He returned on
19th December having been confirmed as Deputy Governor.
Lingah. Mohammed Heza, Satwat-ul-Mamalek, remained in office as
Deputy Governor throughout the year, in spite of frequent intrigues to obtain
his dismissal. He visited Bastak and Bushire during May and June and left
his younget brother Abdul Kassim Khan to act for liim on both occasions.