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CONFIDENTIAL.
Confidential Summary of News received by His Majesty’s Political Residency in the
Shaikh Abdul Majid continues to oppress the people of Mohammerah, and has
gone so far in his exactions as to confiscate money in the bazaars in broad daylight.
No one dares to carry money on him now for fear of losing it.
About Krs. 2,500, which were being secretly exported to Basrah in a mail
bag by a farrash employed in the British post office, were detected and confiscated
by the Customs. I he postmaster has been suspended and ordered to proceed to
Basrah for further enquiries, and the farrash dismissed.
Mr. W. Dewsbury, who, until last year, was in the service of Messrs. Anglo-
Persian Oil ( ompany, Ltd., when his agreement was terminated, has arrived from
England and taken service as an engineer with tlie Shaikh of Mohammerah. It is
understood that he has signed a contract for one year. Mrs. Dewsbury accom
panied him, and is at present living with him on board the Shaikh’s yacht “ Ivy.”
It is undei stood that she is to be a companion to the Shaikh’s favourite wife (Nizam-
es-Sultaneh’s daughter).
Ahmad Thanayan, representative of Bin Saud, arrived at Mohammerah at the
beginning of May for the conference with representatives of King Faisal and His
Excellency the High Commissioner for Iraq with a view to coming to some tem
porary arrangement regarding the frontier between Iraq and Nejd.
Ahwaz (22nd April—27t/i May).
His Excellency the Shaikh of Mohammerah has paid by cheque a sum of
Ts. 12,992 to the Pishkar-i-Maliyeh, being the balance (according to his own ac-
? revenue due to the Persian Government for the two years 1920-21.
; These figures- are said to have been accepted by the Governor-General and the
Pishkar-i-Maliyeh but require the sanction of the Central Government to obtain
which the latter has proceeded to Tehran. A document was handed to the Shaikh
j remitting his revenue for the six years prior to Nauruz 1920 in consideration of heavy
' expenses incurred by him.
The Governor-General has obtained sanction from Tehran to increase the
number of his sowars to 200 of whom 100 will guard the Ahwaz-Shushtar road.
So far none of these have been recruited.
One Major Hassan Khan has arrived in Shushtar from Tehran. It is said
that he has come to enrol and train men to guard communications in Arabistan.
The Chiefs of Chenana and Khasraj have arrived at Ahwaz where they await
the return of His Excellency Sirdar Aqdas from Mohammerah. They intend to
request that in future they be allowed to deal direct with His Excellency Sirdar
Ajil instead of being under Shaikh Khallaf.
Bakhtiari. —His Majesty’s Consul accompanied by Dr. Young C.I.E., pro
ceeded to Gutwand on the 23rd April to interview the Bakhtiari Khans returning
to Ahwaz on the 25th, and proceeded to the Oilfields on the 29th April to meet
the Khans there.
His Excellency Sirdar Aqdas proceeded to Dar-i-Khazineh on the 29th April
to meet the Bakhtiari Khans returning to Ahwaz on the 2nd May. They had a
most friendly meeting and the Khans sent-a telegram to Samsam-us-Sultaneh
stating that all outstanding questions with His Excellency the Shaikh of Moham-
merah had been settled.
The Khans came in to Ahwaz on the 6th May and stayed with the Shaikh until
the 12th instant. Relations between the Shaikh and the Khans were most cordial
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