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CONFIDENTIAL.
CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF NEWS RECEIVED BY HIS MAJESTY'S
POLITICAL RESIDENCY IN THE PERSIAN GULF FOR THE MONTH OF
MARCH 1923.
PERSIA.
Mohammerah.
^ ^ a k raill i s ’ residents of Mohammerah, in possession of British passports
were forbidden to proceed to Basrah without obtaining passports from the Kar-
guzar.
* Ahwaz.
.. N l ° sett'ement has been arrived at between the Persian Government and the
shaikh of Mohammerah regarding the revenue, including arrears, to be paid by the
latter. 1 he bhaikh is trying to settle the amount for 1922-23 at tomans 37 000
the sum agreed upon for each of the years 1920-21, 1921-22. Haii Reis whore-
presents the Governor-General, has complained bitterly of the Shaikh's unreason-
able attitude.
cn -i w Persian Government has been ascertaining the sums obtained by the
bnaikli from excise and other local taxes and it is anticipated that they will shortly
make a strong bid to obtain control of these revenues.
fioods.—Murteza Quh Khan informed H. M. Consul that the Lynch Road
would probably have to be closed to caravans this summer as the Khans could not
accept responsibility for the road now that the Governorship of Kuheilu had been
taken away from them. D
te h ,f, occurred at Shush - [t appears that Ghulam
Reza Khan attacked bhaikh Khallaf, was driven off after losing eleven men, and
took refuge in Shush Castle Ihe castle was occupied by Count de Mecquenem
and the other members of the French'Archeological Mission who were practically
held as hostages by the Khan, Ks object being to bargain for a safe conduct for
himself and his tribe to I usht-i-Kuh. At the request of the Governor-General
who appeared reluctant to take any action in an area which he maintained was
under the control of the Shaikh of Mohammerah, H. M. Consul approached the
Shaikh and t haikh Abdul Hamid Sirdar Ajall was sent to effect the release of the
Mission. Shaikhs kharaibit, Haidar and Nazar however managed to escape from
Shush Castle during the siege and Ghulam Reza Khan and Saifulla and their
families were thereupon granted safe conduct by Shaikh Khallaf into Pusht-i-Kuh
territory. Information has been received later that the Mission has been released.
^ met Murteza Q llli Khan, Shabab-us-Sultaneh and
Sirdar Hishmat at the Oilfields in order to discuss the question of the white oil
sprmgs which are owned by certain of the Bakhtiari Khans and the output of
which has seriously decreased during the last few years. Murteza Quli Khan
maintains that the decrease is due to the operations of the Company and that the
owners can claim compensation under the 1905 agreement, but the report of the
ompanv s geologist states that this is incorrect. The Company have promised
to lease the springs for a fair rental for a term of years and to postpone the question
of compensation but a final agreement has not yet been reached.
JLUZFUL.
V er < ^ ders 1 from tlie Political Resident in the Persian Gulf the headquarters
ne Vice-Consulate were transferred from Dizful to Shushtar on the 1st March *
the Consular Agent, Shushtar, has transferred his office to Dizful. •
Several robberies have taken place at Shushtar ; the police pay is in arrears.