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Captain C. Wallis, Assistant to His Majesty’s Consul, proceeded to
Dizful on the 27th September to take over charge as Vice-Consul for Dizful
and Shushtar from Captain E.H. O, Elkington, M. C. Captain Wallis returned
to Ahwaz on the 30th September leaving Mirza Mahmood in charge of
current duties until the 24th October when on Captain Peel’s return to Ahwaz
he made his headquarters at Dizful.
Captain E. G. B. Peel, His Majesty’s Consul, Ahwaz, arrived at the
Oilfields on the 11th October on his return from Tehran and reached Ahwaz
on the 15 th October.
H| The Persian Telegraph Department has received instructions to forward
\\' telegrams for Iraq via. Bushire instead of via Mohammerah.
Dizful. —(25th September—29th October.)
Captain C. Wallis assumed charge of the Vice-Consulate from Captain
E. H. 0. Elkington, M.C., on the 20th September. The new Vice-Consul was
met outside the town by Captain Elkington, an Istiqbal consisting of the
Deputy Governor, the Chief Aghawat and notables of the town, Tribal chiefs,
the Sagwand Levy and the Police.
On the 27th, 28th and 29th September a large number of callers visited
the Vice-Consulate both from the townspeople and the surrounding tribes, all
being profuse in their regrets that Captain Elkington was leaving Dizful and
in hopes that the Vice-Consulate would remain, and the existing state of law
and order through its influence and efforts be maintained.
The condition of the town and district continues to be satisfactory.
Moin-ul-Tslam has received a telegram from Tehran re-appointing him
Kais-i-Adlieh and directing that the Adlieh should be reopened.
The Divisional Adviser has requested that arrangements should he made
for the Beni-Lam to graze their flocks as in previous years in Chen an a territory
without payment of a tax. The Sheikh of Mohammerah has been advised by
His Majesty’s Vice-Consul to accede to this arrangement for the next grazing
season.
Two persons calling themselves Sayyid Mirza Mir Mohamed/son of Mir
Pakhruddin, a Turk of Tabr iz, and his servant Sayyid Ibrahim of Kermanshah,
arrived here from Kerbaia. As they seemed to be somewhat suspicious
characters the Deputy Governor was asked to send them out of the town which
he did. They are now reported to have gone to Shushtar.
Almost all the Qalawands have now arrived from Khurramabad and are
encamped at the foot of the hills some 25 miles north of the town for their
winter cultivation.
Shushtar .—There was considerable excitement in the town during the
first week of October owing to the attempted enforcement of the levy of
the Navakil tax on a far more extensive scale than when the collection was
in the. hands of a lessee. The new ly appointed mamurs even went as far as
collecting the tax from stone-hewers and w r ater carriers coming into the
town, and from the townspeople bringing in corn and produce from the
surrounding gardens. After several indignation meetings on the part of the
townspeople and the intervention and representations of the British Consular
Agent the Acting Governor-General was eventually prevailed upon to make a
satisfactory settlement of their grievances.
There is strong rumour current in the town that Sayyid Azizullah
Kalantar is in Dehkurd and will arrive in Shushtar at the same time as the
Governor-General.
Isfahan. —(18th September—23rd October.)
An anti-Jewish agitation is taking place in the town and there have been
several hostile demonstrations.
All officers and units of the South Persia Eorce have now been disbanded
and have left Isfahan. The sale of Ordnance stores material, exclusive of
arms and ammunition which were destroyed, animals and vehicles realised