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ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE
CHAPTER II.
Administration Report for 1922.
Vice-Consulate.
Bunder Ahhas. —Mr. A. W. Pagan, I.C.S., held fche post of His Majesty's
Vice-Consul, with the personal rank of Consul, throughout the year.
LingaTi. —Mr. 8. G. Jackson, I.M.B., held the post of Residency and
Consular Agent throughout the year, with the exception of 1J months in the
summer, when Mr. E. Holmes, I.M.D., officiated during Mr. Jackson's absence
on leave.
Eokeign Kepkesentatives.
Bunder Ahhas, —Nil.
Lingah. —Khan Saheb Haji Ahmad bin Yusuf Khaja continued to act as
agent for His Highness the Sultan of Muscat.
Minah. —Nil,
Local Government.
Bunder Ahhas. —Haji Muhammad Hassan continued to hold the post of
Deputy Governor until 12th November when he was succeeded by Sartip
Mirza Ali Karam Khan, Shuja' NizanT, 0.1.E.
Haji Muhammad Hassan was well meaning, but weak, and in his anxiety
to appease all parties, he would pass orders and then countermand them, until
he possessed very little authority in the district. The recovery of British
claims became increasingly difficult daring his regime and eventually the
majority of cases were transferred to the Karguzar. The merchants of Qishm
made many complaints against him for the appointment of a Zabit, whom they
did not want.
Shuja' Nizam appears at present rather afraid of his pro-British reputa
tion : it remains to be seen whether the memory of past benefits can compete
successfully against the hope of future advancement. He has lost no time in
finding employment for his son.
Lingah. —Muhammad Reza Khan Satwat-ul Mamalik continued to be
Deputy Governor until the 18th November when he was relieved by Abdul
Keza Khan from Bushire. The strong interest taken by the Lingah Sunnis
in the Kemalist question and the anti-Britisli propaganda, in which the party
indulges, seem to have somewhat shaken the friendship which he has always
shown towards us. He is however the best of all the local Governors and his
dismissal is to be regretted. Abdul Eeza Khan had not evinced any obvious
predilections upto the close of the year, but he has the reputation of having
been pro-Bolshevik.
Mindb. —Zair Abdullah Khan continued to be Deputy Governor until the
beginning of July when he was succeeded by Mirza Ahmad Khan, the son-in-
law of His Excellency Mushar ud Dawlah, Governor of the Gulf Ports. Mirza
Ahmad Khan w r as accompanied by Qaid Muhammad Ali Khan, a former
Deputy Governor of Minab, in the capacity of assistant.
On the transfer of His Excellency Mushar ud Dawlah to Arabistan,-
Mirza Ahmad Khan left for Muhammarah and Qaid Muhammad Ali IChan
officiated as Deputy Governor to the end of the year.
Zair Abdulla Khan committed a serious blunder in giving the Katkhuda-
ships of Karyan and Kohistak to proteges of Mir Barkat. Mir Barkat has
thus acquired an interest and a footing in the Minab district for which he has
always been working, and which it will be difficult to make him relinquish.
By making friends with Mir Barkat Zair Abdullah Khan chose the line of
least resistance for himself but exposed the inhabitants of the district to
perpetual oppression and depredation.
On hearing of his dismissal he refused to vacate his post until half the sum
spent by him to obtain the Governorship was refunded to him. In adopting"