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CONFIDENTIAL.
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SUMMARY OF NEWS RECEIVED BY HIS MAJESTY’S POLITICAL RFSI
DENCY IN THE PERSIAN GULF FOR THE AlONTH OF APRIL 1922.
PERSIA.
Mohammerah.
The Karguzar has officially protested against British steamers not dinning their
gs on passing the Karguzarate, and has requested His Majesty’s Consul to ins
truct companies concerned not to neglect this in future. ^
The Customs have confiscated over 9 GOO Kr* in aii™^
subordinates emptoycd by Messrs. Stride’ Scott and Company, Limited^Thev
p eaded that they were taking money to Basra to pay off debts but as their e/
the matter. " ere Unsatlsfactor y His Ma j<*ty’s Consul refused to take any action in’
l f She lv A r du \ Maj ; d continu e s to make himself more and more unpopular Mde
last month s diary) and tries to extort money indiscriminately from JocaUs well as
n is protected subjects He has also brought considerable discredit on himself
by forcing a local money-changer to cash a draft of Rs. 3,000 which had beenTolen
from Mr. Munn of Messrs, the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation, Limited no expla-
nation being forthcoming as to how the Sheikh came to be in possession of the
stolen draft. On presenting the draft at the bank the money-changer was arrested
bu was released after explaining how he came to be in possession of it He then
tried to obtain a refund of his money from the Sheikh through the intervention of
Seyid Adnam, the most venerable priest of the town, but the latter met with no
success. This gentleman was so upset that he decided to leave Mohammerah as he
| considered that it was no longer a fit place to live in, and departed for Baghdad but
f died a week later of a broken heart. The news was received in Mohammerah whh
a LSn Kmelys ^ bi * Zaar8 “ and pub,ic activitles were at
It is feared that the money-changer will never see his money again.
Haji Bais, C.I E endeavoured to smuggle a case containing silver articles to
Basra in his launch but was held up by the Iraq Customs authorities at Abnl
. Khassib who detected and confiscated the case. The case was reported to the Basra
I foun““A rters ^ C ° nfiSCati0n ° f Hajl Rais ’ ,aunch should * —
i p A Th i Ka : r 1 gU ?f r of the Glllf Ports ’ Bushire, arrived at Mohammerah on the
Ist April m the 1 ersian gun-boat, “ Persepolis.” During his stay at Mohammerah
he lived on board the gunboat, which anchored near the Sheikh’s palace It is
understood that the Sheikh received him kindly. P
Ahwaz.
(Ist — 22nd April.)
His Excellency the Sheikh of Mohammerah arrived at Ahwaz on the 10th
April accompanied by his son Sheikh Abdul Hamid Khan. 10t "
His Excellency the Sheikh is much perturbed at the reported decision to send
Persian troops to Arabistan and declares that such action would be a deliberate
threat to him. As regards Southern Arabistan at any rate his position is correct
but he has been advised to put himself right with the Persian Government by paying
his land revenue without further delay. 7 pa P m S
Bakhtiari. —Sheikh Abdul Hamid Khan and Haii Mushir-ut-Tuiiar left ai,,.. 0 ,
on the 15th April to meet the Bakhtiari Khans at Ab-Bid and returZg on tht mh
so P n ri L a Sarda P r a Muht^hmn EXCellenCy ^ ^ his SOn alld the
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