Page 648 - PERSIAN 5 1905_1911

CHAPTER IT.
ADMINISTRATION REPORT FOR THE VICE-CONSULATE.
LING AH, FOR THE YEAR 1911.

Deputy Governors.—Mansur-i-Diwan continued to hold the appoint-
Loci officiaii. n,<rnt UP to thc April when he was
relieved by Shaikh Nasir Khan, who
proved to be a strong and fairly capable Deputy Governor. He in his turn
was relieved by Mirza Mahmud Khan, on the 3rd October, an enlightened man
who has travelled in Europe; who was employed in the Imperial Bank of
Persia for 17 years, but who is lamentably weak and unable to exercise pro­
per authority. Mirza Mahmud Khan retained the appointment up to the
end of the year.
Karguzars —-In January, the Acting Karguzar, Muhammad Hassan, was
relieved by Saiyid Husain, Hassam-e-Saadat, who has carried out the duties
of Deputy Karguzar for both Bandar Abbas and Lingah throughout the year.
Bandar Abbas is his permanent residence, and he has only paid four short
visits to Lingah during the year, in January, March, August and October.
Turkish.—Mr. New was in charge of
Foreign Representatives.
Turkish interests throughout the year.
Monsieur Nabil Zia Bey, Turkish Consul at Bushire, visited Lingah in
the summer, staying from the 3rd to the 15th August. Before calling on
Mr. New he erected a flagstaff and hoisted the Turkish flag at the house where
he was staying. His altitude throughout his stay was most discourteous, and
without any reference to Mr. New he enrolled some <.00 persons of Persian,
Oman, and Trucial Coast origin, as Turkish subjects, <0 of whom were given
papers of Turkish nationality, which were forwarded from Bushire by
Monsieur Nabil Zia through the post to a Persian friend of his at Lingah,
for distribution.
Nearly all these papers of Turkish nationality were subsequently re­
covered from the holders by the Persian Government. Representations of
this extraordinary behaviour towards Mr. Vice-Consul New were made to the
Porte by His Majesty’s Government, with tbe result that Monsieur Nabil Zia
was dismissed from his appointment at Bushire.
Maishat and Oman.—Muhammad Tahnun continued as agent of His
Highness the Sultan of Maskat throughout the year.
Anjuman.—This assembly has died
Local Government. altogether, and during the year no meet­
ings have been held
Meetings.—The Turkish Consul's visit to Lingah in August, and the
subsequent action taken by the Persian Government in confiscating un­
authorized passports issued by him, created some unrest locally. A certain
section formed a kind of indignation society, which, towards the close of the
year, was assuming more dangerous proportions, and which threatened to
completely destroy the authority of the Deputy Governor. Tho following
three Persian officials were members of the society and although this was
known to the Deputy Governor, he was quite powerless to chock them :—
Abdur Reza Khan (Collector of Revenue).
Abdur Reza (Chief of the Deputy Governor's tufangchis).
Bahman Shah (Persian Postmaster).
Through the representations of the Political Resident the last named was
transferred
Lecon-es-Sultan acted as Director till
Cnstaaa. tbe 18th April when he was relieved by
Monsieur L. Collette.