ملف ١٧٤٩\ ١٩٢١ "الخليج الفارسي:- ملخصات إخبارية للمقيمية البريطانية ١٩٢١-١٩٢٥" [و‎‎٢‎٣‎٠] (٤٩٤/٤٧٤)

Wossuq-ud-DowIeh. The Sheikh says he must have ofncial receipts for revenue
which is to be remitted so tnat the Persian Government will not raise any claims
hereafter. J
The Governor-General seems now to have made up his mind to leave for Tehran
before the summer. Without the Sheikh of Mohammerah’s revenue it is practi
cally impossible for the Arabistan revenues to support the expen uve luxury of a
full blown Governor-General, and it has been suggested to His Majesty’s Minister
that the Persian Government would be well advised to appoint only a “ Kafil ”
during the summer months. The most suitable candidate is Hamid-ud-Dowleh,
the present Deputy Govenor of Shushtar.
Mr. P. P. Termeulen who has called at'the Vice-Consulate, is Consul for the
Netherlands at Basra, but holds no official appointment at Ahwaz.
Isfahan.
The condition of- the town is satisfactory. The new Government seems to be
tacitly accepted, though the Isfahan is are somewhat sceptical as to the power of
the new Government to carry out all the reforms promised in the Prime Minister’s
manifesto. The news of the advent of the South Pe sian Rifles col.imns from Shiraz
and Kerman seems to have produced an excellent effect. The Shiraz column under
Captain Hebbert, R.A., arrived at Isfahan on the 18th instant, and the Kerman
column reached Yezd on the J[5th.
The Mollahs have been much less active, and the principal Ulema have dis
persed to the four points of the compass, either in view of the arrival of the S mth
Persian Rifles of whom they are much afraid, having uneasy consciences or, perhaps
merely with the intention of avoiding the usual extraordinary expenditure con
nected with the Nauruz festivals.
The talk of the Bakhtiari Khans was no doubt somewhat wild while they were
in doubt as to the fate of Samsam-es-Saltaneh whom they believed to be under
arrest, and they lost their balance, but they have since been assured that the Bakh
tiari Khans have been in no way dishonoured and that Samsam and Sirdar Zafar
are safe and well.
It is understood that the Khans are apprehensive as to the attitude of the new I
Government towards them on account of the unpaid taxes of Bakhtiari for the pastf
fourteen years. The Government will no doubt deal with the question in due
course, and it is understood that the Khans are qujite prepared to present them-*
selves at Tehran and go into the matter if the Prime Minister summons them.
The condition of the province is satisfactory. Kum reports that enthusiastic
crowds gathered at the shrine to hear the Prime Minister’s manifesto, which elicit
ed general approval. Kum and the district are in charge of the gendarmerie.
Kashan reports that all is quiet. The administration of the town is in the
hands of the gendarmerie. The Prime Minister’s manifesto was listened to with
interest.
Roads in the province are reported safe with the exception of those north and
south of Abadeh. 130 Boir Ahmedis visited Chehelcheshmeh about 3 farshakbs
north of Abadeh on the 12th instant anch'seized three men, one of whom fled to
Abadeh and reported the matter to the Governor.
A post waggon from Isfahan was attacked near Shulgestan on the-18th instant
but the escort drove off the robbers and nothing was taken. Robbers in that
direction, presumably Boir Ahmedis, are short of food and are sending men to the
villages for supplies and to keep a look-out for passing caravans.
' Shiraz {February 8th-March 15th).
The new regima has not up to the present been regarded with much favour in
Shiraz. At first the Governor-General refused to believe that the telegram from the
Shah announcing the appointment of Sayyid Zia-ud-Din as Prime Minister was
anything else but a forgery, and when eventually he was persuaded to credit its
genuineness he replied to the Shah that he considered that its publication would ’
provoke a disturbance. The telegraphic manifesto which followed, Tvas not