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54 ADMINISTRATION REPORT OF THE PERSIAN GULF
As a counter move to this alliance the Samsara-ul-Mamalik, Sinjabi,
Governor of Kasr-i-Shirin, opened negotiations for support with Ibrahim
Pasha, one of the Chiefs of the Jaf tribe, who have their habitat on the Turk­
ish side of the border.
Meanwhile Amanullah Khan made a raid on his father’s Camp at Amla
and succeeded in carrying off a certain amount of loot. Hostilities seemed
imminent, and the Wali prepared in real earnest to crush his rebellious son,
when the Nizam-us-Sultaneh, Governor-General of Kermanshah, interviewed
and finally arranged a peace between father and son during his visit to the
Wali, while en route at the end of the year from Kermanshah to Shiraz, on
being appointed Governor-General of the Province of Pars. Amanullah
Khan has again increased his administrative possessions, and it is not un­
likely that the peace will be short-lived.
Among the incidents of minor importance may be mentioned the deputa­
tion, in the spring, of a transport officer by the Amglo-Persian Oil Company
to buy mules from the Wali, which were safely obtained, and the granting
of the title of Arair-i-Jang to the Wali of Pusht-i-Kuh, and that of Sardar
Ashraf to his second son, Ghulam Shah Khan.
Disorder has reigned supreme in Luristan throughout the year under re­
port, Governors-General following each
Luristan.
other with kaleidoscopic frequency.
In February, Sardar Firuz arrived in Burujird to take up the Governor-
Generalship, vice Saif-ud-Din Mirza. Ee started his regime unfortunately,
being worsted in a fight with the Bairanwand, with whom he afterwards made
peace, through the agency of Sarum-us-Sultaneh, one of the leading men of
Burujird.
The appointment of Seyyid Mehdi Khan, Amir-ul-Asbiyir, as Deputy
Governor of Khurramabad, was confirmed by the Sardar Firuz on arrival, but
his authority over the turbulent tribesmen in and around the seat of his
Deputy Governorship, was as nebulous as that of his superior, which is testi­
fied to by the constant disorder in and around Khurramabad.
Early in the summer the Sardar Firuz finding himself utterly unable to
cope with the situation, resigned, and was replaced as Governor-General by
the Muntassir-ud-Dowleh, until whose arrival the post was held pro-tem by
Ilaji Bashir-ul-Mamalik, who was as powerless as the Sardar Firuz.
During the latter days of the Sardar’s Governorship the inhabitants of
Burujird, utterly disgusted at the lack of law and order, applied to Nazar
Afi Khan, Fath-us-Sultan, to come and restore order, which he promised to
do, but never fulfilled.
Later, finding the situation in no way ameliorated on Haji Bashir-ul-
Mamalik’s appointment, the Burujirdis applied to the Wali of Pusht-i-Kuh
to restore order, who, however, referred them to Tehran, with the result that
Nazar Ali Khan, Fath-us-Sultan, was ordered to take in hand the restoration
of order in Nahavand, Burujird and Malayir. This he did, taking up his
quarters with a mixed force of Siisileh and Dilfan Lurs at a place called
Khawch-i-Kuchik, near Burujird, whence he wrote to the Mafakir-ul-Mulk,
“ Peshkar ” of Luristan, and other of tbc recalcitrant Lur Chiefs, threatening
them with entire destruction should they create trouble. This threat had a
salutary effect, and order was restored, but only temporarily however, for on
the Muntassir-ud-Dowleh’s arrival, in July, Nazar Ali Khan, Fath-us-Sultan.
having made pecuniary demands on him, which were refused, the latter with­
drew his support from the newly arrived Governor-General. On his arrival
Muntassir-ua-Dowleh proclaimed martial law and set about collecting the
outstanding taxes, a certain amount of which he was able to coerce the tribes­
men into paying, but on trying conclusions with the Bairanwand he was
worsted, and on more than one occasion had his camp attacked and looted by
them. Now commenced a series of intrigues on the part of Nazar Ali Khan,
Fatb-us-Snltan, who had set himself up in opposition to the Governor-Gen­
eral, and the Governor-General himself, to ingratiate themselves with the
various Lur Chiefs, with the result that the Salar Akram, Ya Rahima, and