ملف ١٧٤٩\ ١٩٢١ "الخليج الفارسي:- ملخصات إخبارية للمقيمية البريطانية ١٩٢١-١٩٢٥" [ظ‎‎١‎٨‎١] (٤٩٤/٣٧٧)

His Excellency the Sheikh of Mohammerah arrived at Ahwaz on the 29th
December and His Majesty’s Consul visited him the following day. He
seemed somewhet ruffled by the recent action of His Excellency Zahir-ul-
Mulk who had apparently been trying to settle affairs in the Miyanab with
out any reference to him, and had sent for Sheikh Earhan and presented
him with a Kkillat. Nevertheless he expressed his appreciation of the
Governor-General’s many good qualities and declared his willingness to co
operate in every possible way in maintaining peace and order in Arabistan
He has sent a message to Earhan directing him to come to Ahwaz forth
with.
The final result of the family conference of the Bakhtiari Khans at
Isfahan is as follows :—
Amir Mufakham and Murteza Quli Khan to continue as Illkhani and
Illbegi assisted by Sirdar Zaffar and Sirdar Mohtasham. Sirdar Ashjaa takes
over the Governorship of Isfahan; Amir Mujahid receives Yezd and Sirdar
Assad remains at Kerman.
Between the 11th and 14th December the Karun rose 20*45 feet. Ex
tensive demage was caused by floods. The Shaur bridge near Shush was
swept away and a portion of the foundations of the Bandiquil bridge has been
washed out thereby endangering the safety of the whole bridge.
Comte de Mecquenen and Monsieur Tuscanne of the French Archseo-
logical Mission arrived on the 17th instant en route to Shush.
Dizful .—(19th November—20th December.)
Mirza Abdullah Khan, the new Deputy Governor, arrived from Shushtar
on the 9th December. After arriving at his house he informed those present
that he hoped to be able to further the existing state of prosperity and paid
warm tributes to the work of this Vice-Consulate. His Majesty’s Vice-
Consul called on him the following day and handed over to him all those
departments w hich were controlled by us during and after the war. The Deputy
Governor assured His Majesty’s Vice-Consul that he would consult him fully
in all matters of administration and make no changes unless they w r ere con
sidered advisable by the Vice-Consulate.
. ^tion has given rise to a report that His Majesty’s Government
intend shortly to abolish this Vice-Consulate, and many notables and tribal
chiefs have visited His Majesty’s Yice-Consul and enquired as to the truth
of this report, and reiterating their expressions of gratitude for the pro
tection afforded to them by the presence of Political and Consular Officers
during the last few years, and begging that the state of law and order and
prosperity enjoyed as a result may not be allowed to lapse, as they fear it may,
should affairs be entirely administered by the Deputy Governor and other
| Persian officials. Ihey seemed to be somewhat reassured when informed that
I there was not any likelihood at present of His Majesty’s Government abolish-
| mg the Vice-Consulate.
A heavy fall of rain occurred about the middle of November and
cultivators have been very busy ploughing and getting in their winter-
crop s#
Very heavy rain fell for 3| days in the middle of December and the
river rose some 18 feet in a few hours, considerably damaging one of the
pieis of the bridge w r hich w*as under repair. The wooden bridges constructed
during the war on the motor road to Ahwaz over the Sabsaud and Shaur rivers
w'ere both washed away.
The Deputy Governor accompanied by His Majesty’s Vice-Consul have
since inspected the site of the old bridge over the Sabsaud stream on the 16th
and it is hoped shortly to construct new bridges of a more permanent nature
over both streams.
Shushtar,—-His, Majesty’s Consular Agency has now r been moved from the
house ol Sayyid Azizullah Kalantar to a building occupied until recently
by the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation and the vacated building has been
handed over to the Governor-General.