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CHAPTER I.

ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR BUSHIRE AND FARS
FOR THE YEAR 1911.

Mr. J. H. IT. Bill, I.C.S., on return from leave, in November, was
appointed First Assistant Resident,
Residency and Consular Staff.
replacing Captain R. L. Birdwood, who
reverted to the post of Second Assistant, relieving Lieutenant E. Noel, 44th
Merwaras, who had officiated in that post since April, on the departure of
Captain J. S. Crosthwaite on furlough.
Captain C. B. McConaghy, I.M.S., performed the duties of Residency
Surgeon throughout the year. Lieutenant G. G. James, I.M.S., was deputed,
in August, by the Government of India, at the request of the Residency, as
Mobile Assistant to the Chief Quarantine Officer, and was stationed at
Mohammerah, where a severe outbreak of cholera necessitated his presence.
Mr. Vice-Consul Chick held charge of the Vice-Consulate throughout
the year, being assisted in his duties by Mr. Newton Worrall, Consular
Assistant.
Mr. Acting Consul Smart was relieved, in February, by Mr. Acting
Consul Knox, who held charge of the Shiraz Consulate until the end of the
year, Mr. Smart’s return being delayed by the attack upon his escort near
Kazerun, as related elsewhere.
Monsieur Kadloubousky held charge of the Russian Consulate-General
till April, when he was relieved by
Foreign Representatives.
Monsieur Dmitrieff.
Nabil Zia Bey held charge of the Ottoman Consulate until relieved in
September by Aguiah Bey, under circumstances detailed in the report of the
Lingah Vice-Consulate.
Dr. Listemann held charge throughout the year of the German Vice-
Consulate, which has lately been raised to the status of a Consulate.
Mr. A. H. Wright, Manager of the local branch of the Imperial Bank of
Persia, took over from Messrs. Wonckhaus’ representative the charge of the
Norwegian Vice-Consulate, in August, and retained it until the close of the
year.
On the departure of Monsieur Heritte on sick leave, in April, His
Majesty’s Consul-General took charge of the French Vice-Consulate, includ­
ing Dutch interests to the extent that the French Consulate is responsible
for them.
Governor.—Mirza Ali Muhammad, Muwaqqar-ed-Dowleh, a Persian
of Bushire origin, arrived from Shiraz
Periiao official*.
almost without warning, on April 8th,
on appointment as Governor of the Gulf Ports vice the Darya Begi. The
latter was advised to accept the situation without opposition, but, owing to
the equivocal attitude of the Persian Government towards him, he was so
suspicious of the intentions of his successor and apprehensive of a night
attack on his house, most of his servants having left him, that he took refuse
for the night previous to his departure in the First Assistant’s house, pro­
ceeding on the following day on board a steamer bound for the Shatt-el-Arab
en route for Tehran.
Muwaqqar-ed-Dowleh had given every satisfaction to His Majesty's
Consulate. Shiraz, as Karguzar there, where he was a close friend of the
Kawam and a bitter opponent of the Sowlet-ed-Dowleh, Kashgai.
Although he had been several years Karguzar of Bushire and was on
terras of personal friendship with the Resident, he was known to be a person
of violent likes and dislikes, and his appointment at the present time was
therefore not altogether welcomed, owing to the prominent part he had
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