ملف ٢٢٩٧/ ١٩١٩ "تقارير شهرية للمقيمية البريطانية في الخليج الفارسي. ١٩١٢-١٩٢٠." [و‎‎٢‎٦‎٣] (١٠٤٤/٥٣٠)

with no European'on the spot to superintend the purchase of grain, will undoubtedly j
lose a great deal of profitable business. 1
278. Mr. Ritchie, General Fields Manager, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, died
at Basrah on the 28th February. The Company in his death lose a man of great
ability and energy and a born organizer.
279. Mr. Simpson, Manager of the local branch of the Imperial Bank of Per
sia, has proceeded to Mohammareh being relieved temporarily by Mr. Macgregor,
who will be relieved later by Mr. Nelson from Sistan.
280. Mr. E. Helmich, the new Agent of Messrs. Wonckhaus, arrived at Ahwaz Foreign interests,
on the 19th February.
281. Abundant rain fell during the month. The prospects for the summer Miscellaneous,
harvest continue most promising.
Ahwaz.
(From 1st to 31st March.)
[Furnished by Captain A. J. H. Grey, I.A.]
(BaJchtiari.)
282. Sardar-i-Jang arrived at Malamir on the 22nd March and proposes Condition of coun *
to reach the Oil Fields on the 4th or 5th of April en route to Ab Bid. try ’
283. The Immirri sub-tribe of the Bakhtiaris has been robbing the Oil Com
pany’s Kasids and caravans in the vicinity of Naft-i-Safid. Captain Grey has
addressed Sardar-i-Jang on the subject.
284. Amir-i-Mujahid has written to Shaikh Khazal that he will arrive in
Ahwaz shortly en route to India. He has asked the Shaikh to allow Shaikh Chasib
to accompany him to India.
(Kuhgilu.)
285. No preparations have yet been made Iby the Bakhtiari Chiefs with a
view to subduing the Kuhgilu. The season for hostilities has almost past, and it
is unlikely that any action will now be taken.
(North Arabistan.)
286. The environs of Dizful are much disturbed. The Shushter-Dizful road
is unsafe owing to raids by Chahar Lang Bakhtiaris.
287. The Borasjun line was interrupted from 1st to 18th March. Condition of Roads,
288. The condition of the Bakhtiari road improved greatly during the month, and Teie-
and, towards the close of the month, became passable for camels and donkeys, g p s '
289. The Nasiri Company’s steamer “ Hormuzan ” has been taken over the Foreign interests,
rapdis to ply on the upper Karun.
290. It is reported that Monsieur Minorsky has appointed ’Ali Muhammad /
Khan, Dizfuli, to be Russian Agent in Dizful. |
291. Captain Grey left for Masjid Sulaiman on the 14th and returned to Ahwaz Movements of His
On the 20th March. Majesty’s Represent
292. The excessive rain has caused some damage to the crops in Mian Ab and Miscellaneous,
the vicinity of Dizful. It is expected that the harvest will not be quite so good as in
1911.
293. Messieurs de Mecquenem and Toscanne, Mission Scientifique de Perse,
with madame de Mecquenem, arrived from Shush on the 29th March.
Ispahan.
(From 28th December 1913 to 24th January 1914, and 1st to 7th February 1914.
(25th to 31st not received.)
[Kindly furnished by Mr. Acting Consul-General Bristow.]
Tehran Road.
294. Dr. Neligan arrived at Ispahan on the afternoon of the 2nd January and Condition of Roads,
has given H's Majesty’s Acting Consul-General the following report :— Telegraph and
6 -it iti-i - Postal Service.
“Mr. Sotham and 1 were much delayed on our journey here by the badness
and scarcity of horses and by reported robbers on the road between